I'm researching and writing a paper on Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) computer architecture. I'm focused on comparing the advantages/limitations of three different qubit modalities: superconducting, trapped ion, and neutral atom.
Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#782I'm working on a solution to the age-old problem of tracking my food intake. Every app I have every tried from the many dozens on the market has not met my need of a low friction simple UI tool, so I've built it myself. I've built Journable, a simple & frictionless chat-based & photo-based calorie tracker. Just type in what you've eaten, in as much or as little detail as you can. Or type in what you did for exercise.…
I've wondered if a camera you "show" your groceries to as you unpack them would be enough to track incoming items accurately.
Or a couple of cameras around the kitchen, with an ML setup that recognizes both incoming food items, and their use in cooking. Then it could give you notifications/calendar items on things expiring :)
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#783I have been developing methods to help K-12 teachers reduce disruptive chatter in classrooms. Example feedback from a student: "It was relieving to not get a headache for once." https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15j0QD3dqrJjTapTB4K31...
If you find that useful, or are interested in collaborating, please hit me up! (Contact info in profile.)
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#784I've noticed that my son spends way too much time on YouTube or playing Minecraft and one of the few offline activities he enjoys doing on his own is coloring. And since he comes to me every time he wants a new coloring book and we spend about 10 minutes together searching for each picture, I made a website with a collection of coloring books for him. The site is very simple, but to be honest, I haven't had so much f…
20 years ago I met a young woman in her mid 20's. She's setup coloring book pages with google ads by the thousands, in pretty much every language. Her income from that was around $8K a month, and this was late 90's?
Similar story, but for the mobile era: I knew an indie app developer who built a portfolio of early mobile apps. His top-earners were a coloring book app, bead animal patterns, and a no-essay college scholarship app. Those three allowed him to pay himself and a partner salary and drop contract/client work.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#785I'm working on a WebGL-based timeline that covers the entire history of our Universe and let's you zoom in to see more detail. After I finish this 2D version, I plan to create a 3D VR timeline that you can "walk" through, complete with animated dinosaurs, etc. A while back I had started on the VR version using Unity but unfortunately lost all the code when I made a mistake migrating from Google Drive to iCloud :(
https://youtu.be/Jj0tfwX3JVE?si=3WDYUzYjQUnsLU7E
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#786My son loves collecting pokemon cards and trading with his friends at school.
We talked a lot about Pokemon on Friday and it got me into a nostalgic mood...
Side Note: Pokemon has done a great job staying relevant for 3 decades.
So... I made a python script with gpt-vision where he can manage his collection and uncover the value of each one. He just snaps a photo and boop, there's the returned valuation. He's now got his whole collection documented and appraised. :)
Most importantly, we had a lot of fun spending time with each other on this.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#787I'm building a platform for developers to build, deploy, and share web crawlers. It's built entirely on Cloudflare and aims to be the cheapest and easiest solution for crawling tens of millions of pages.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#788Starting out in self-hosting.
Got a VPS from Hetzner and will start by self hosting my blog and setting up actual (budgeting tool)
Then will move to self host my notes, media, and my applications.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#789I've noticed that my son spends way too much time on YouTube or playing Minecraft and one of the few offline activities he enjoys doing on his own is coloring. And since he comes to me every time he wants a new coloring book and we spend about 10 minutes together searching for each picture, I made a website with a collection of coloring books for him. The site is very simple, but to be honest, I haven't had so much f…
Wow, you and I should be friends - this is my project: https://color.vos.lol
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)
#790Cabinette[0], a macOS app for musicians/producers to manage their music catalog. My WIP folder has about 75 songs, ranging from electronic/orchestral/piano, and I wanted something with dedicated filtering, tracking progress over time, and pretty drag/drop. So... I built it!
Currently in TestFlight, but 1.0 is launching soon :) Feel free to give it a spin, and drop thoughts on the feedback board.
(Another idea I'm starting is an easy-learn, hard-to-master, productivity app: split calendar and todo list, with fluid drag/drop and power user features. Targeting the iPad at first, and will hopefully bring to more platforms. Keep an eye on my website[1] for launch!)
[1]: https://peterkos.me