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

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Post by appjeniksaan »

I wanted a simple RSS feed of the Verge, so I created a small web project that updates the content every hour. It is online at: https://theshook.one

When I started using it, I thought it would be great if I could filter categories/tags that are not interesting to me. For example all the Verge's "Deals" content is focussed on the US and not at all relevant to me, so you can simply disable that category and never see any of those articles.

To make it a bit more challenging from a technical perspective, it is build to work without any JavaScript :-)

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

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Post by hagfjall »

coopykins wrote: post #547

I built https://getweeklio.com/ mostly for myself, it's an app to organise weekly meal plans/shopping list that you can use with multiple users. I use it with my wife, since we had a child and it has been useful, thought it was mostly an excuse to learn react native at the time. I started to add some more features like asking chat gpt meal plans and other things I have on my mind but I haven't gotten around implement…

Neat thing. I like the idea! We're having the same talk at home to optimize meal planning. Adding new meals along the way and have a greater library of meals we like to choose from. Currently I'm using Evernote with tags for different types of meal, all stored in one giant notebook. Previously I had my own server exporting this notebook and metadata to HTML and randomize a meal on-the-fly. Works OK but no weekly planning in that setup.

If I would go all in for an app like this, I would need to have the ability to export all the data. Since you are a single developer and one never knows what will happen in the future etc.

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

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Post by asalahli »

zer0tonin wrote: post #508

I've created Mikochi ( https://github.com/zer0tonin/Mikochi ) for myself. It's a file manager for your personal server / NAS, that also allows you to stream files to VLC/MPV. Before creating Mikochi, I used to access my collection of movies through Jellyfin. Jellyfin has a really nice UI and does a ton of things like adding metadata, but I didn't use those things. I also didn't use their in-browser video player becau…

I have been looking for something exactly like this for years!

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

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Post by smeej »

solarkraft wrote: post #283
smeej wrote: post #277

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love KOReader and also strongly prefer reading on my ereader (really an eInk Android tablet), but I've never found a great way to get the annotations and highlights out of KOReader and into my PKM, Logseq, where I could actually make good use of them. Logseq works with markdown files, so it doesn't have to be anything very sophisticated in terms of export format. I recently reached out to the team behind Omnivore,…

Ha, what a coincidence! I use Logseq as well. And ... yeah. I don't really do anything with the KOReader highlights, which I know wastes a lot of potential. I don't really feel like Logseq would be the right place to put annotations - the surrounding text is hugely important in my case. For annotating web pages I also use hypothes.is, which also has its issues with reviewing past highlights (but does seem to have a d…

I really love the way Logseq for desktop handles PDFs. That's the gold standard for me. I can highlight in four colors and add annotations wherever I want, and they're automatically pulled over into individual note blocks, which I can edit and tag alongside the doc. If I click one such note on the future, it opens the PDF and shows it to me in context.

But PDF annotation doesn't work in the mobile app. Omnivore is the closest to similar functionality for web articles that I've used so far, but scrolling vs. turning pages makes a big difference on the ereader's screen.

I actually used Calibre to convert all my epub books into PDF, and I try to read them on a convertible HP tablet/laptop I coerced into running Linux, which I can highlight on with a compatible pen, but it still leaves a lot to be desired.

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

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Post by akudha »

jurassicfoxy wrote: post #568
hksoft wrote: post #386

Slightly ashamed to admit that I built an online exam cheating tool using pytesseract/tkinter/ChatGPT and ShareX. I won't go into complete detail but it works like this. -> Define area to be screenshotted using ShareX -> Set ShareX auto-capture feature to screenshot defined area every 30sec (in my case, the area where the question and answer choices will be) -> Using pytesseract, parse the image and retrieve the pars…

I think it's hilarious that anyone smart & hardworking enough to build a tool this neat would bother cheating on an exam in the first place, haha.

The inspiration might also be the thrill of being naughty, breaking rules etc, not just doing well in exams

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

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Post by rudasn »

sea-gold wrote: post #707
rudasn wrote: post #301

I made wirehub.org[1] because I needed a way to setup a WireGuard VPN without giving out my private keys to anyone. Yeah I could self host an open source solution, but where's the fun in that? :p [1] https://wirehub.org

This looks really nice. Your screenshots and features text are slick. They really make me want to try it.

Thanks! :)

Let me know if/when you do, if there's anything I can help you with.

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

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Post by geekster777 »

On Windows, my most common use of the start menu is to tap the windows key and start typing out some math. The issue is that Windows isn't actually solving that math locally, but showing you the Bing search results for the expression. This has annoying latency, means you need an internet connection, and doesn't work for expressions that look like legitimate searches (ex 12345-2345 looks more like a zip code than math). I ended up building a lightweight desktop app with Rust/Sciter/JS that listened on Win+` and gave instant solutions. Was more of a fun exploration of the windows apis, but I easily use this app several times a week.

https://github.com/jpnickolas/Algebrisk

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

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Post by lsferreira42 »

franze wrote: post #124

I mostly code my own games with a target group of 1, my favourites are http://lalo.li/lsd/ https://updownredgreenetc.franzai.com/ https://spinner.franzai.com/ https://dance.franzai.com/ (basically a lava lamp you can interact with) from the app side i like https://qrpwd.franzai.com/ coded to save my 2 factor backup codes qr encoded and encrypted in my photo stream and https://github.com/franzenzenhofer/thisismy a com…

Man, this http://lalo.li/lsd/ is a really fun game, i lost about half an hour on it now

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

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Post by gretard »

A few years ago I was working as performance tester and had to do lots of reporting, which involved reporting JMeter results into Confluence. We had to merge multiple tables and compare them over time. It was quite painful.

To facilitate this I came up with an idea of an online web app allowing testers to produce testing reports in more structured way. For example, you can quickly merge a few tables, remove unnecessary columns, copy as markdown. Also it includes a few other features such as testing JSONPath expressions, creating decision tables and checklists.

It took a while to finish, but now https://qanotebook.com/ exists :)

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

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Post by gr__or »

I started building my own code editor, but cut scope and kept it limited to sth like a total key action conversion mod for JS programming:

https://dflate.io/state-of-tofu

I then further cut scope and extracted a few useful actions into a less revolutionary but more well rounded vscode extension

https://dflate.io/vscode-soy

It also inspired me to take the learnings and build a mobile code editor for shaders

https://dflate.io/shady-phoney

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