I'm converting my whole mindset and toolchain to reactive with Vert.x and Mutiny. It's really inspired me to build cooler things, with such convenient access to concurrency.
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#72I'm on and off spending some time on a (probably) completely useless and really bad idea: a filesystem based document "database" with very basic indexing capabilities, in nodejs.
It sounds so horrible, I can't get my mind off it! :P
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#73Social & local still has room for new useful solutions.
Most people don't need new randos in their lives. They might have time to be in group chats with peeps of value. Selecting interests by unverified people isn't the solution, even though most apps go this route. Value + ease, is key to this. The are clever ways to group people and semi verify that have not been exploited yet.
What I am working on. If you are a skilled iOS dev or backend pro (cloud functions to be written!) and interested, DM. (or anyone else).
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#74I am working with a bunch of fellows to make scalable teaching/training tools. Most of it will be open source, some will be free to access (since we have to use platforms like youtube).
The current project in that direction is a timeline-maker targeting research labs. Imagine joining a research lab (for MS/PhD) and getting a timeline of key papers in their field. This will set a baseline for "literature survey". Some of my professors from my college have already shown interest.
It is nothing fancy though. A python script that take YAML input and produce an HTML output. Now producing that YAML input with all the data from 100+ papers is the tedious task. I am currently doing it for my field - speech recognition.
Re: Ask HN: What is something exciting you're working on?
#75I'm on and off spending some time on a (probably) completely useless and really bad idea: a filesystem based document "database" with very basic indexing capabilities, in nodejs. It sounds so horrible, I can't get my mind off it! :P
I've been working on something (probably) similar in C#.
The idea is to tag files/documents with attributes like "auto", "insurance", "2022", encrypt the file locally (using your manually entered key), copy it to a network share/cloud storage/etc., and add the tags and document information to a database.
Later on, you can search for documents based on the tags and get a decrypted copy of the file.
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#76I am building a browser runtime for Animate CC exported animations, kinda like Lottie. It can be utilised by a web component for simple use-cases. It is designed to integrate nicely with React, Vue, or immediate mode contexts, and run on a 2d canvas context (although it is quite simple to facilitate other “targets” like the DOM, ThreeJS, etc).
I am building this because the Texture Atlas exporting feature from Animate CC is actually pretty awesome, yet only an Adobe Air runtime currently exists for it. I find Lottie restricted in its use-cases, can’t handle many animations, and I require raster images. My library can be used from loading spinners all the way up to entire games, with a simple but powerful model for manipulating animations dynamically at runtime.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have had this exact idea before, and agree with you on almost every front except for this seeing widespread adoption by non-hackers. :P "Radically freeing" is exactly how I'd imagine it too. If you need any help at all on the non-technical aspects (logistics, fundraising, manufacturing/stock-keeping), please shoot us a message (email in bio). Not asking for anything in return, would just love to see something like…
Thanks, I appreciate this. I have thought of many of these factors, and am well familiar with many of the ways that non-technical aspects of technical projects can surprise/horrify/block/crush you.
Brilliant. In that case, please share your project here when it's ready to go!
I'm sure it would reach the front page very quickly, and I'd love to buy one if only to support you!
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#78Just launched: http://PageWal.la
It turns Facebook Business Pages into Web Sites. Give it a try!
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#79Derw[0], an ML-family language that targets TypeScript or JavaScript. The aim is to have a language similar to Elm, but can do interop with TS a lot easier. I'm mostly excited that this will make my TypeScript projects a lot more enjoyable for me to work with. [0] - https://derw-lang.github.io/ Github - https://github.com/eeue56/derw Announcement post - https://derw.substack.com/p/why-derw-an-elm-like-language-th...
how is this different from Reason?
Roughly, Reason is OCaml, Derw is more like Haskell/Elm. Derw wears the Elm influence proudly, with similar design decisions and goals, and similar standards for tooling. Reason is maybe more appealing to people from JS or OCaml backgrounds, with support for things like JSX. Derw is like Elm: functions and values.
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#80I'm working in a spiritual successor for the dBase/Foxpro family of languages (https://tablam.org).
I have published my initial attempt, and now trying to get serious on the parsing (the internals are far more powerful than the porcelain let it see). This is to be able to show errors like in https://docs.rs/ariadne/0.1.3/ariadne/ (yesterday finally the first!) and get some type inference/checking.
Plus, lossless parsing so it could work well with a editor.
This have proven to be harder than expected!
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After it, I wish to work on the UI and embed a DB (sqlite) but also wish to build my own rdbms, how hard it could be? :)