https://www.outagereports.net/
Was building up a library of outage reports/post mortems.
Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
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#802A birdfeeder, a security camera, and this python script: https://github.com/ctrager/opencv_py/blob/master/red_yellow_... I want to record visits to my birdfeeder but not all the visits. 99% of the visitors are sparrows, which, no offense to any sparrows reading this, are dull colored. I want to capture the cardinals, bright red birds. The python script monitors the video stream and starts recording when the image get…
I think Sparrows are classed as LBJ ( or LBB): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_brown_bird
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#803http://myoilguage.com Hardware is version .1 and as well as web app. I am learning new web stack tech to Enable commercializing this and improve the hardware.
Also, I just saw someone else here is doing something similar for a water tank. And your pipe cap housing reminded me that I had a similar project in mind but float switches would not be rugged enough. I'm going to revisit it using ultrasonics!!!
My version 2 is based off of laser. I believe it wil be more accurate. Also battery based.
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#804I'm building a service for developers who want to help out small businesses or non-profits [0]. I'm still at the ideation stage, gauging interest, but would love to hear everyones thoughts! The backend is a simple Python/Flask/Postgres app [1] but holding off on building it out until there is more demand. Spun off a GCP Flask starter template from this repo useful for folks wanting to deploy python apps to GCP/App En…
awesome idea, but I think you should add some more skills to the list.
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#805This is a little past half-baked... https://mindfulmanager.io
It's a productivity app I've been building for the last couple months that allows you to manage your focus, organize your projects, keep a daily journal, and work in timed sessions. There are a lot of additional features that I will be releasing soon as well :)
This is actually the first time I've told anyone about it, as I still have a lot of refinement to do, but I'm looking forward to early feedback!
I made a 20% off discount code for this thread - just enter HN20 at check out if you're interested! Also, if you can't afford it, just hit me up and I'll hook you up ;)
Super excited! Happy coding everybody!
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#806Not even at the development stage yet, but I want an app version of the "X days since the last accident" sign to use for accountability. I want my phone to tell me "7 days since you last called your parents", "4 days since you last did the dishes", "3 hours since you just took a moment for yourself". These would be silent yet persistent notifications that I'd see anytime I check my phone. Easy to dismiss/reset to 0. I want to feel accountable before the task turns into something I'm ashamed of like "147 days since you called your grandma".
I imagine you'd set thresholds for each event, and the notifications would have a simple reset button. But other than that, you'd never really open the app. If you do something on your own, it'll feel good to dismiss the item like crossing it off the todo list.
I assume this would be real easy to make, but learning anything app related always feels like a monolithic task. I'd ironically love a "It's been 4 days since you looked up Android documentation" to help keep me on track with this project (:
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#807Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting! Can you share the code/run on-premise server? I'm interested for a different (language) church. I started to try GitHub pages to share lyrics, but failed to add all songs I planned.
Here's the Repo: https://github.com/lytedev/lyric_screen
Nice! I did something similar when the pandemic started, but more focused on displaying slides and not organizing lyrics:
https://github.com/paupin2/slides
I'll definitely copy some ideas from you :)
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#808Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. Yeah, I call and get the receptionist. I tell them about the software and get their interest (which is always seemingly high). They give me the email address of their plastic surgeon. I email the surgeon with a link to this page while explaining to them that I'm creating this software but want to validate the idea before putting more time into it. Nobody responds to my emails. 2. The photos are right there in the…
Thanks for answering. 1. I think the website does your project a disservice instead of amplifying it. This is because it seems to focus on the cool engineering side of the project (really cool!). Instead, I think it should focus on the value it could generate for the clinics and how close you are to make it work. For example, you change the first paragraph as follows. (English is not my first language, so phrasing an…
Thank YOU for answering! I agree with all of your feedback, and the clarity of your restructured and prioritized text will definitely improve my chances of success. In the event of any sort of success, I'll be sure to return to share in the success.
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#809http://onemodel.org A text-mode personal organizer with internal structure and plans to capture/manage/share/integrate arbitrary knowledge for & by humankind, something like AGPL + wikipedia or evernote + local control + structured/effective/efficient sharing + computability more than with just piles of words as the fundamental layer. Currently in scala+postgresql, aiming for rust and maybe sqlite.
Self-explanatory site I hope; I use it daily and am making very slow progress (health limits currently). But maybe it is just for my own benefit. Hard to say :)
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#810Not even at the development stage yet, but I want an app version of the "X days since the last accident" sign to use for accountability. I want my phone to tell me "7 days since you last called your parents", "4 days since you last did the dishes", "3 hours since you just took a moment for yourself". These would be silent yet persistent notifications that I'd see anytime I check my phone. Easy to dismiss/reset to 0.…
I strongly suggest you the Loop Habit Tracker [1][2]. Simple yet powerful app. You configure your habits and associate a frequency, and once done they disappear from the list. You can set up reminders/alarms as well.
The only "tip" I would suggest to you is to open the app once a day. For that, I created a daily habit of "checking my habits". A little bit meta, but it holds myself accountable.
Some of my tracked habits: calling mom/grandma, reading, use Anki, gratitude journal, exercice, drink 1.5L or water a day, meditate, breathing exercices, no screen time after 20:00, etc.
Of course, not meant to disencourage you from doing your own app, just to show how I scratch my very same itch. May the code be with you ;)
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.isoron.uha...
[2] It's an OpenSource project! https://github.com/iSoron/uhabits