Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by thecosas » Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 8:48 PM UTC

What did you create this year that you are most proud of? Can be writing, software, hardware, product, project, anything. Go for it :-)

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by arunpn123 » Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 11:23 PM UTC

I built a voice-activated switch to toggle the lights in my bedroom: http://arunpn.com/projects/voice-activated-light-switch/. More than the project itself, I am happy that I got into the habit of working on side-projects regularly. Now I have a couple of projects going on to keep me entertained.

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by sideproject » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 1:20 AM UTC

This year, I took my side project HelloBox a bit more seriously

https://www.hellobox.co

It's a tool for creating a community. Its premise was "Create your own HackerNews".

I've re-designed a bunch of things, re-branded it, and am now planning to turn it into a business next year. We'll see. :)

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by tschlossmacher » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 5:21 AM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #3

This year, I took my side project HelloBox a bit more seriously https://www.hellobox.co It's a tool for creating a community. Its premise was "Create your own HackerNews". I've re-designed a bunch of things, re-branded it, and am now planning to turn it into a business next year. We'll see. :)

That's awesome! I think that's great taking a side project into something more. Are you using meteor.js? I'd adjust your above the fold look -just my 2 cents

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by krapp » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 5:35 AM UTC

I built Space Invaders in C++ and SDL. It's the closest thing to a game i've actually completed so far.

The actual implementation isn't that great, it's lacking a few things but most of the gameplay is there, but my goal was mostly learning the peripheral stuff and throwing every tutorial I came across at it.

I posted a Show HN for it two weeks ago[0] but it was never commented on. I'm not complaining about that since, given the scope of some Show HN projects, it's not likely to be impressive and I wouldn't have expected much positive feedback, but i'm still proud of it.

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10708248

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by mswen » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 5:37 AM UTC

http://computationalimagination.com/interviews.php

A place for me to express myself through writing out of my own experiences as well as interviewing really smart and interesting people like:

John Cook

Tim Hopper

Jon Krohn

Rob Trangucci

Łukasz Kidziński & Michał Warchoł

Thanks guys for sharing your insights!

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by andersthue » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 8:13 AM UTC

No doubt that I am most proud of (cannot say I invented it, more correct would be that I stumbled upon) the agile and Maker centric TimeBlock method http://timeblock.com

We started using the method Jan 5'th 2015 and now we have a SaaS app with paying earli bird users and more users of the method not using the app.

Two of the companies using the method (besides us), attribute their growth directly to TimeBlock.

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by Ayietim » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 12:56 PM UTC

Hi,

I started the blog:

http://ayietim.wordpress.com.

Io share what I have learnt and keep learning about success and why so many people are failing in life. I share how to deal with depression, frustration, fear, a failing relationship and the challenges of starting a business. I leverage on my training, my passion for research and teaching and, my desire to always put a smile on a face. I read a lot of materials every day and talk to a lot of people every week, to learn more and to share lots of stuff that have impact on life. I try to keep my posts brief, simple and delivered in a poetic form. So, please come over and check out the blog:

http://ayietim.wordpress.com.

Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Thank you.

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by jister » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 2:19 PM UTC

andersthue wrote: post #7

No doubt that I am most proud of (cannot say I invented it, more correct would be that I stumbled upon) the agile and Maker centric TimeBlock method http://timeblock.com We started using the method Jan 5'th 2015 and now we have a SaaS app with paying earli bird users and more users of the method not using the app. Two of the companies using the method (besides us), attribute their growth directly to TimeBlock.

Cool project! How did you market it?

Re: Ask HN: Things you created in 2015?

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Post by yungGeez » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 2:34 PM UTC

I decided to create a twitter app that allows people to post 140 character rap, and challenge other people. I wasn't able to test because of a lack of users / ability to promote due to low funds.

http://tweetabar.xyz

The site pretty much explains how it works, and was supposed to be used as a "Coming Soon/I need Testers" medium, but failed completely haha.

I suck at front-end btw.