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Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by thesorrow » Thu, May 31, 2012, 1:11 AM UTC

ilaksh wrote: post #53

thesorrow wrote: post #37

I'm building an interpreter inspired by interactive fictions (IF) by infocom. The goal is to be able to generate your css/less (including a generated styleguide) and HTML page skeleton just by writing plain english. Here is an example : "btn can be a button element" "btn can be a anchor element" "large-button is a kind of btn" "large-button color is black" "large-button background-color is lighten(black, 10%)" I'm st…

You might have a look at http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/site/ Attempto Controlled English http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/site/docs/ace_nutshell.html

Thanks, this can help me a lot :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by ammmir » Thu, May 31, 2012, 1:11 AM UTC

I feel like I always need more than one project on my plate, so I'm working on two main apps right now:

CloudPlay (http://cloudplay.fm), my first Mac app, is a music player that searches for music locally (iTunes) and online (YouTube, SoundCloud), similar to Spotlight, and makes it easy to build playlists and share them. I'm going to iterate on it lots this summer while in the nReduce (http://nreduce.com/) program.

Dialoggs (http://dialog.gs) is an app I'm building with my buddy Drew Wilson (of Pictos fame). It's like a topical Twitter with privacy. Dialoggs lets you create (or be suggested to you after a number of replies) discussion topics (known as Dialoggs) that can be public, invite-only, or completely private, making them great for collaboration within a team. We're working on UX refinements as we learn how people use the app, and sometime this summer, will have a more public launch. More info on my blog: http://amirmalik.net/2012/04/27/introducing-dialoggs

Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by wxl » Thu, May 31, 2012, 1:13 AM UTC

A brain____ macro language and interpreter[0]. I've always really liked Brain____ and I wanted to make it easier to program in, and this is my attempt at that (still pretty early release, kinda buggy).

[0]: https://github.com/w-x-l/nil

Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by justhw » Thu, May 31, 2012, 1:27 AM UTC

KhalidAbuhakmeh wrote: post #65

I recently deployed my own bootstrapped application called Mucho Support ( http://muchosupport.com ). It let's you build a contact list of team members and gives you a hotline (local phone number). When a business emergency occurs, a concerned party dials the number and Mucho Support will cycle through your list of supporters until you reach someone. You can also text your phone number and it will blast message every…

A sugggestion: Your home page is very busy. Try to simplify it a bit, it's okay to have to scroll.

Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 31, 2012, 1:30 AM UTC

keiferski wrote: post #3

I'm working on step 2 of a naming company (we create names for new startups and products). The plan is to offer a package with a name, logo, and business card, so I'm working on my logo design skills and bringing in some more designers. Also, I'm building an copy editing service that's more transparent and straightforward. Most editors have complicated pricing schemes that vary depending on the topic, document type a…

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Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by heliostatic » Thu, May 31, 2012, 1:54 AM UTC

joshmattvander wrote: post #51

Over the weekend I built a little app to simplify selling on craigslist. It essentially turns your listing into an auction, tracks views and handles all of the inbound e-mails. All you have to do is accept the best offer(s) if you decide to accept any at all.

Link? This sounds great (as someone trying to move and sell a bunch of stuff).

Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by chromatic » Thu, May 31, 2012, 1:56 AM UTC

I'm building a site that performs discounted cash flow analysis of stocks. Most of the existing work in this area comes from people selling custom spreadsheets. I think there's a good chance to disrupt that market, especially by combining it with education and a notification component.

Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by peluso91 » Thu, May 31, 2012, 2:12 AM UTC

jcc80 wrote: post #44

tgrass wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since good SEO is a personal relationship with the client, it might benefit you to personalize your About Page. Clearly the price is right, but to sell me, I want to know that there is a team behind the effort.

Thanks for checking it out and the suggestion. Definitely will have to be upgraded soon (hiding it in the footer menu isn't the answer I guess).

I would also suggest a sales video explaining how much better performance based SEO is than the standard company. Put it where your screenshot is on the homepeage. Videos really connect with people, especially if you can get across your passion to really help your clients. something simple would cost you under a thousand if you found the right person to do it. (check out www.quiry.com "manifesto" or even go with some basic kinetic typography with music and your voice in background)

Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by bartonfink » Thu, May 31, 2012, 2:18 AM UTC

davyjones wrote: post #70

pgXplorer - http://pgxplorer.com An open source GUI for PostgreSQL databases.

Davy -

I've been futzing around a lot with Hadoop since you last mentioned this on here and haven't been doing much SQL work. Any news on the development front? Anything new I should take a look at?

Re: Ask HN: What are you Building?

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Post by yesimahuman » Thu, May 31, 2012, 2:27 AM UTC

Breefield wrote: post #54

yesimahuman wrote: post #20

Building HTML5 mobile app designer tools. Launched in late February, now ramen profitable, several YC rejections under our belt...we are going to bootstrap the damn thing! http://codiqa.com/

Wonderful looking site, the UI and UX look really great. Wish I had a use for the tool myself.

Thanks! Love your site