Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

https://ulysses.sonnet.io -- It's a "text input" tool I built to develop a daily writing habit and reduce stress. It makes editing text really hard so you can focus on writing first: https://sonnet.io/posts/ulysses/

So far I'm doing 800-1000 words per day on average so I'm pretty happy with it! My fluency has improved drastically.

TODO:

- I need to change the name because Ulysses is a well known writing app. (I think I'll go for homer.sonnet.io--Homer was blind, I did like the stream of consciousness aspect as it describes the UX well...) - privacy-aware analytics (or a button you can tap if you enjoy the app). I have no idea how many people are using the app at the moment. - package as a Vercel app/docker image (so you can host your own instance easily)

I'm also working on a small indie game called Mannerbomb. It's the opposite of Bomberman--you're a bomb trying to exit the level before exploding.

Tailor - Chrome Extension that give you direct access to style DevTools with your own fully custom vanilla CSS.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tailor/cigchnpekef...

When I say fully custom, I mean it: https://twitter.com/ronvoluted/status/1344629519638937602

The idea came from the fact that when you zoom into DevTools, the entire thing gets enlarged including Panel tabs, setting icons, etc. It would be great if you could just zoom the source code under Elements or the input under Console. Well now you can!

It's obviously out there for people to use already but it's half-baked because I want to improve the UI+UX, and I suppose this counts as DX too haha.

Interesting - if you had a parsing language defined, you could combine raw data with transformations, e.g.

float_name 5.75 DUP MUL float

so the transformed data gets loaded in. Could be cool for arrays or more complex data where you want to save the raw data and a record of how it gets transformed.

And I understand you are targeting a minimal implementation, but the concept could also apply to bigger datasets and higher level languages, e.g.

array_name 1 2 3 4 5 "x if x%2 ==0" array

I have! Although to be honest I haven't given either of them a very fair shot since the UI and complexity are a pretty quick turn-off for me personally. It's hard to compete with the established community of either site though — maybe I'll figure out a way to integrate with one or both of them eventually so people have the option of keeping things in sync between Roosevelt and elsewhere.

Another nice-looking solution I've been trying out is Readng: https://beta.readng.co