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Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

#621
I'm working on a python script that downloads web serials as ebooks. It's set up to check if a new chapter has been posted, and if there's a new chapter that finishes a book, it outputs the book as an epub so I can read offline.

To add a new story, I just write a function that takes a webpage and returns the next link and chapter content. It's low enough overhead that I can easily add new stories.

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#622
Small potatoes, but last week I started working through Project Euler problems as a soothing distraction. A good number of #1-50 are solvable as nice Python one-liners.

I’m getting bored of prime number puzzles though, so next up is dabbling in generative art and music.

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#623
Working on an extendible hashing based database. 10 years ago I've built a storage product with the extendible hashtable functionality. Seeing haveibeenpwned recently I realized there's a need for this kind of db so I decided to redo it as a standalone program. I'll do it in Rust instead of C++ this time.

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I'm working on a morse code iOS app that can optionally use Force (3D) Touch. My dad had a stroke recently and is quarantined in a care facility. He can't talk but remembers morse code like a boss. He can't lift his finger off the screen to "tap" and there were no other morse apps out there for people with physical impairment. With this he's able to communicate... I've been coding for 15 years but this was life chang…

Congrats on the awesome project. In case you haven’t come across it ACAT [1] might be of interest, especially if word rate becomes a limiting factor in communication for you dad, or if he’s interested in using a computer. ACAT is highly flexible around how it accepts inputs. To that end, you might be able to take what you’ve done and open it up to a broader audience by writing an extension that turns the iPhone with force touch into an input sensor, with or without the use of Morse.

[1] https://github.com/intel/acat

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#627
I'm working on a tool called ui-editor (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22116528)

  Project is aimed to build ui-components and build an abstraction around frameworks. It is a UI developer tool that is web based built on modern stack - ReactJS, Webpack and supported by public npm modules and most importantly babel-core.

  UI-editor is also aimed to generate code cross frameworks and it currently can generate code for ReactJS and storybook out of the shelf.

  Web development has been misguided a lot by mix of paradigm yet the problem remains the same. 

  Link to project : https://github.com/imvetri/ui-editor

  Demo to project : https://imvetri.github.io/ui-editor. 
If you use storybook try this

1. UI-Editor -> Toolkit -> check "React - Storybook" button. 2. UI-Editor -> Components -> click "Page" component. 3. UI-Editor -> Components -> Page -> Export.

Extract the zip and import it in storybook project.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

#628
I'm working on an app/website called GroceryFriends.

GroceryFriends allows people in need to create a shopping list and post it so that other people who are feeling generous and/or have surplus can find people in their area in need of certain groceries and provide it for them.

I've noticed a lot of at-risk people are putting their lives on the line (and potentially spreading the virus) just to go shopping at stores that are sold out. Also, a lot of people are out of work and are completely screwed by this, struggling to provide for their families. It's absurd, and there should be an easier way to help for those willing.

https://github.com/warent/groceryfriends-fe

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

#630
I am working on an online service that helps foreigners to learn Japanese by reading native material.

I have been frustrated while learning this language because the Kanjis makes smooth reading almost impossible, and for me it has always been the fastest way to fluency in a language.

I am building a browser extension that will help anyone to read and browse the Japanese internet.

Here in Tokyo we are not quarantined, but most events have been canceled and I have been remote working for almost one month now. So I made a good progress.

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