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Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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I am working on an AWS Slack integration (https://dev.aws2slack.com/), which allows you to interact with your AWS accounts from inside Slack using CLI commands.

Additionally you get Trusted Advisor checks and CloudTrail event notifications, which you can e.g. use to get alerted on unauthorized API access.

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I have lost all motivation for lesser challenges. I can't be excited about a very specific project with a doman-specific purpose. One could probably summarize my mission as to bridge the gap between consuming and creating software. Sometimes, I tell people that I'm creating a new language (which I am). A tree is just a unidirectional graph. Most file systems use the tree structure which is crippling. I'd like to know…

I think we can build the trust system using a hypergraph. There's also a couple special kinds of nodes that will shorten the walk between seemingly disconnected items. I've been thinking about this for a while too.

> A simple graph can be considered a special case of the hypergraph, namely the 2-uniform hypergraph.

Hypergraph it is.

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Atmospheric cube satellite kits for STEM programs: http://www.trimtab.space/ We 3D print a cube satellite, send them to the school, they fill it with their experiments (conditions are extreme at 100,000 ft.) and we send it up on a high altitude balloon. We've got a 3U launch planned a few weeks from now.

100,000ft isn't even close to Low Earth Orbit. Isn't calling that a "satellite" mis-representation? :(

Good point, not really about altitude though (velocity).

We're calling it a 'cube satellite' because of the form factor. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

As an aside, I recently worked on an altitude control system for a weather balloon (like Project Loon) which is generally called an 'atmospheric satellite' even though it's not technically in orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_satellite

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I've been having fun the last few months by creating and launching! The latest of which seems to have struck a chord: MailScope http://www.mailscope.io adds profile data to your existing mailing list. Why? Well, if you don't ask for firstname and lastname on signup, you'll get increased conversion. But if you then want to get increased open and click rates when you actually send email, you should start personalizing…

Interesting idea how do you get the names? My initial idea would be to crawl some social networks for the name.

Not the guy but on the site it says "We search hundreds of different data sources including public databases, private APIs and social networks. We can accurately match over one billion email addresses to firstname and lastname."

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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I released a short book on unit test. I am focusing it towards embedded software, and try to be agnostic to any particular unit testing tool.

I started it about 6 months ago on Leanpub and iterated it openly. Interesting journey so far.

https://leanpub.com/successfulunittest/

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The only real failsafes I have are overcurrent detection on the blade motor (when you hit something bad, current will spike) which triggers immediate shut-off, as well as a big red emergency stop button that will be on top of a pedestal at between knee and waist height. Otherwise I intend to implement naive obstruction avoidance to start where I detect proximity to an obstruction and simply steer away from it when I'…

Also think about something for shutting down if one of the wheels lose contact with the ground. Eg being lifted up (or flipped over)

Good point. Will definitely do this.

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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I'm rethinking the computer. The hardware, the software, the UI paradigms, everything. Xerox PARC 2.0. - We must stop writing UI by hand - We must adopt a new language that's less ambiguous - We must prefer graphs to trees - We must not build service-specific apps and websites - We must stop thinking of computer hardware as a personal device, and make switching from a device to another completely seamless - Local sto…

We have surprisingly identical ambitions. BVic's "Future of Programming" is particularly relevent to several of your points and really puts how terrible our current system is in context.... https://vimeo.com/71278954

I feel like this sentiment (of "everything is wrong") is gaining traction recently (last year/two). Maybe it's just wishful thinking though...

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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post #105

I've been having fun the last few months by creating and launching! The latest of which seems to have struck a chord: MailScope http://www.mailscope.io adds profile data to your existing mailing list. Why? Well, if you don't ask for firstname and lastname on signup, you'll get increased conversion. But if you then want to get increased open and click rates when you actually send email, you should start personalizing…

Interesting idea how do you get the names? My initial idea would be to crawl some social networks for the name.

Clearbit could be one of the solutions to this.
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