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Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?

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Re: Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?

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Post by scotty79 »

When modems ruled the world I made Delphi application that sat in a tray and with a click of a button would connect me to the internet and launch mail client to get mail, launch GetRight to continue my downloads and browser because that's probably the reason I wanted to connect to the internet. It could also disconnect me and close everything. Computers were weak and minute of connection was expensive.

Most recent thing I wrote for myself is not really an application, just a piece of JS to pull the entire history of a chat with a specific person on tinder to keep archive of especially weird humans I encountered. Oh, how low have I fallen...

Re: Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?

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Post by fimdomeio »

I have a cli prompt that asks me each day if I'm doing client work for a certain client. At the end of the month it calculates the total, emails the treasury department asking for the invoice.

I also was unwary enough to build my own web framework over time, so part of the code I initially developed for a non profit to manage memberships is now also used as my status page to check on website status, hosting renewals, to keep a list of clients, organize invoices. I also use part of it in my house automation instead of something like home assistant. The interesting part is that developing a complex module for one project sometimes creates new possibilities for the others.

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Post by jrhey »

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Re: Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?

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Post by supertron »

_kush wrote: post #61

I've built a few apps which started out as tools for my own use and later polished + released for public. - Cone: This started out as a small tool to help me identify the name of the colors of objects around me (i am a red-green colorblind). Now it's a full fledged color picker app with a Pantone license - https://cone.app - CBVision: This is another small tool for colorblind people which shifts the problematic color…

> and later polished

You weren't kidding. Your apps are stunning!

Re: Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?

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Post by walteweiss »

Bogdanp wrote: post #13

A really simple keyboard driven reminder tool for macOS: https://github.com/Bogdanp/remember I’ve been using it every single day since I wrote it.

I like the idea! Sad I almost left macOS (to Linux), so I would love to see something similar for Linux. Maybe you researched this before and know some similar alternatives? Could be anything, even a terminal app.
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