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Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by bansuian »

kleiba wrote: post #635

When I was a child, my best friend and I were dreaming of making our own game. We got as far as writing (parts of) the story for a Lucasfilm Games-style point and click adventure, but my programming skills as a young teenager were too poor to actually make that game. That idea has actually never left my mind though, and now, a few decades later, I've started to realize that if I don't get on it soon, I probably never…

I too have ideas from back in the days and with LLMs it's easy to get started. Previously the activation energy was high but with LLMs you get the basic scaffold in place and then take it from there. Is your friend also working on it? Don't give up, ideas like this are like fine wines, am sure you brain has been running a background process on this idea.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by bansuian »

bwb wrote: post #749

Working on https://shepherd.com/ and trying to help readers find books they will LOVE (not just like). In a few days, launching user accounts + our first user feature using our new Book DNA review system that is trying to help narrow in on the type of books you love and why. The goal is to serve better recommendations going forward and get more people excited about reading. It is fun :)

Cool website, and cool domain. What is the difference between this and Goodreads?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by sveske_juice »

anandijain wrote: post #493
sveske_juice wrote: post #468

I am working on a new Computer Algebra System (CAS) tool, which is a programming language focused on math called Openbirch https://gitlab.com/Sveske-Juice/openbirch . It will probably be licensed with some open source license like GPL or MIT. Right now there really isn't much functionality, but i hope that it someday will be as good as other existing CAS tools like Maple and WolframAlpha. The main motivation for this…

that's awesome! I wrote a Mathematica like cas about a year ago and it was definitely one of the most rewarding projects I've worked on. I didn't get to look too deep into the source. Do symbols in openbirch self evaluate like in Mathematica?

Currently you can define some functions which will be autorun on expressions. So if you for example write an expression by itself, like `d/dx x^2` it will automatically call a "main" function, which among other things handles differentiation. So it will be evaluated to 2*x.

I would love to see your mathmatica like CAS. I'm still kind of new to this field of CS :D

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by stefandesu »

XetiNA wrote: post #765

I've been trying to work on things that aren't necessarily economically valuable but that are on my mind and I want to share. For example, a carbon footprint calculator that pokes fun at the idea of the individual being to blame for climate change. https://a.mancato.nl/climate-calculator And after seeing my dad struggle to find stuff online because he was seeing so many ads, I made an adblocker ad. https://a.mancato.…

The climate calculator is absolute genius! I instantly had to share it with my friends.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by bwb »

bansuian wrote: post #962
bwb wrote: post #749

Working on https://shepherd.com/ and trying to help readers find books they will LOVE (not just like). In a few days, launching user accounts + our first user feature using our new Book DNA review system that is trying to help narrow in on the type of books you love and why. The goal is to serve better recommendations going forward and get more people excited about reading. It is fun :)

Cool website, and cool domain. What is the difference between this and Goodreads?

Thanks!

Yep, I am different because I focus on helping readers find books they will LOVE (not just like).

So, I am trying to figure out why readers like specific books and how to get a book in front of them with a higher chance of them loving it. I am trying to build a Book DNA profile of each reader and see if I can use that data to deliver a better recommendation to them. I am hoping to increase excitement around reading if I can achieve this.

The second focus is on helping readers browse and explore books in new/fun/unique ways. This is where I started, as it was an easier place to get going, and we've asked over 12,000 authors and experts to share five books around a topic, theme, or mood they are experts in or passionate about. We are trying to connect those in fun ways so you can follow your curiosity through the website. And we have a lot more crazier ideas coming :).

The third focus is to build a strong community around sharing what books I love and celebrating them.

A longer breakdown here: https://build.shepherd.com/p/what-is-shepherds-mission-for-r...

Goodreads is more of a pure book tracking app and they haven't really built anything new in 8 years. Which is a pity.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by pierrebarre »

curtisblaine wrote: post #891
pierrebarre wrote: post #178

I am working on https://www.merklemap.com/ A subdomain / CT search engine.

How do you discover non public subdomains?

Hi,

The mechanism is explained here: https://www.merklemap.com/documentation/how-it-works

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by michaelsalim »

Still working on TheOpenPresenter[0]. It's an open-source & web-based presentation software. Anything you need to show on the screen somewhere, it should be able to do.

It's usable now, but still not user friendly since I'm focusing on the functionality. Hope to get alpha out this month!

[0] https://theopenpresenter.com

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by wamberg »

https://longhaul.fitness/

I'm working on an exercise database and a strength training app.

Two years ago I tore my meniscus and had to go through physical therapy. The experience was eye-opening! Before PT, I thought I was relatively fit because I wasn't overweight, walked a bit, and went to yoga 1-2 times a week. At PT, the therapists basically told me, "You tore your meniscus because you're weak." I had just turned 40. I noticed that I could tweak my back if I sneezed wrong. My mental model of myself hadn't caught up with the stressors of aging that were set upon me. I had never been much into weight lifting before, but I needed to update the way I was taking care of myself.

I didn't know many strength training exercises. Like any good engineer, I started to build a database. It's free and open source:

https://github.com/longhaul-fitness/exercises

I needed a way to track my workouts, so I started to build an app. Over time the app grew beyond tracking my workouts to planning them too.

The app isn't for sale yet; I'm just looking for testers now. Sign up at the first link and try it out for free. Let me know what you think if you want to have a hand shaping the app that's worked for me for two years and counting. I love talking about strength training. Email welcome!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by fdlaks »

I'm building a camera with zoom / pan / tilt that uses the Raspberry Pi high quality camera and a small telephoto lens I got off of Amazon.

The enclosure for the camera is all 3D printed and made in fusion 360, and I even 3D printed a little box that a cheap joystick fits into that connects to a computer in order to control the position and zoom of the camera over serial.

I live pretty close to an area in San Francisco where you can see massive container ships coming in and out of the bay area, eventually I think it would be cool to have the camera setup somewhere around there so that I could get alerts when ships are entering or leaving the area and watch in real time over a 4G connection to the camera.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?

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Post by bansuian »

supplied_demand wrote: post #885

I've been thinking a lot lately about the idea of "assets" and what makes an asset class investable or not. This lead me to build a few investment reports for alternative assets (think: wine, Pokemon cards, art, comic books, sneakers, etc.). The first two reports were Wine [1] and Pokemon Cards [2]. I'm currently working on the third edition, Fine Art. [1] https://www.altasset.report/001-wine/ [2] https://www.altasse…

Interesting, so what makes an asset class investable or not? For me I think its will there be a continuing market given that it requires adult participation. I think Pokemon will no long be as there is a need for attachment when young and kids these days have more alternatives.
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