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Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
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Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
this looks awesome!
thanks- appreciate it! Hopefully I'll see you on there ;)
I just signed in and sync with spotify
I'm about 50/50 soundcloud / spotify
Are you planning on adding soundcloud integration? Given the recent soundcloud layoffs and financial trouble I would understand if you were hesitant about putting in that time
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#63I'm building a game wiki/guide platform right now[1]. The idea mainly came from just wanting to re-create a game's interface on the web[2] and it gradually grew to a game guide and now a multi-game guide platform. I tried to learn new tech on the way to keep myself interested. The large parts being LeafletJS/PixiJS, moving onto React, then Firebase, and so on. A lot of my web project ideas are related to the video ga…
This sounds awesome. Excited to check it out!
Me and my wife were working on a way to take game wikis and make them mobile friendly for when we play games like Starbound / Stardew Valley. These types of projects are fun because you're feeling the pain of it while trying to have fun so it's a lot of motivation.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
this looks awesome!
thanks- appreciate it! Hopefully I'll see you on there ;)
Yeah you hit the nail on the head. I'm nervous about the time investment given their current status. Maybe once chance's check clears...[1]
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#65Like many others I got the idea because of an itch I had with work.
I run a small SaaS and I found myself constantly creating and updating HTML pages of various types: help and documentation for users, landing pages, product description, in-app content etc... There are myriad solutions for each of these, but none really nailed the use-case to me so I imagined what I really wanted and started building it.
It's taken a long time but Cicerone is getting close to an alpha release. Basically it's the most pleasant way of creating structured HTML content that I could come up with. http://cicerone.co
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#66As an employee, I saw my past bosses making the same mistakes over and over. The problems stem from the fact that they are usually engineers promoted to a management role, but they get no training whatsoever. So I did some research, and I'm writing a short book discussing the essentials of day to day management; with a focus on communication.
That would be an interesting read. Where do I subscribe to get notified on release?
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#67I'm iterating on a problem we had a work and for other side-projects.
We needed to forward webhooks to one, or multiple hosts; sometimes mutate them (split, …). Sometimes forward, sometimes no. So I created Hook+ [https://hook.plus]. Still not finished at all, needs some docs, etc…. But I plan to properly finish it by the end of the year. :)
The idea in itself already exists, it's not a revolutionnary tool at all.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#68Like many others I got the idea because of an itch I had with work. I run a small SaaS and I found myself constantly creating and updating HTML pages of various types: help and documentation for users, landing pages, product description, in-app content etc... There are myriad solutions for each of these, but none really nailed the use-case to me so I imagined what I really wanted and started building it. It's taken a…
Can it be summarised as React for static sites?
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#69I solved a problem that I had at work. I needed a tool to make interacting with HTTP APIs easier, and didn't like any of the existing ones, so I created Insomnia [ https://insomnia.rest/ ]. It took a weekend to build a proof of concept, then I released it to the public. As I improved it, the user base grew slowly. Then, a year later, I was able to quit my job to pursue it full-time. If you're curious, I have an Inter…
https://insomnia.rest/eula/
> You agree that Floating Keyboard Software may collect and use information gathered in any manner as part of the product support services provided to you, if any, related to Insomnia REST Client. Floating Keyboard Software may also use this information to provide notices to you which may be of use or interest to you.
Wait what? I guess I won't be going anywhere near this thing.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
#70I couldn't find a workout app that I liked. The ones I tried just didn't fit the flow-of-use I wanted. I just wanted something to track my weight lifting, and wanted it to be super simple. So, scratched the itch with Riker. https://www.rikerapp.com
Android planned anytime soon?