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Re: Ask HN: What is your side project for 2018?

#41
Getting users on my just-launched REST API Monitoring SaaS:

http://www.apilope.com

Initially I thought it'd be easy to acquire users since I'm speaking to my own kind - but it's pretty hard to get into developers' head :) No instagram influencers can be used, that's for sure.

Anybody have any ideas?

Re: Ask HN: What is your side project for 2018?

#45

12 smart contract projects, one for each month. So far I have a list of 9 projects to do, easy stuff. The usual, lottery, auction... But I want to do it from the point of view of a python backend server, so I plan to use Viper.

I'm interested in doing similar. Due to time constraints might be be per 2 months.

Some ideas:

Poker variant - quite hard but thought of a way to do it without a trusted oracle.

Hodl contract - forces you to hold for X months

Simple asset price contract where 2 parties bet each way. Requires an oracle.

Sports betting. Oracle.

Reputation coin - prove your general rep by aggregating HN, SO, Reddit etc. scores. Oracle.

The usual lottery

A "ponzi"

Let me know if you want to get in touch and I'll stick an email in my profile. Would like someone to bounce ideas and help each other if stuck.

Re: Ask HN: What is your side project for 2018?

#46
Learning video editing and video production to a level somewhere between OK/meh Facebook video and Casey Neistat. I know it can be more an art than a science, and I am learning from every videographer/producer/tech person that I talk to. Just getting a workflow down is a WIP. No one reads blog posts anymore, and I think this is a good skill to cultivate. I've done my share of volunteering as a teacher/tutor, and I'm beginning to believe I can better bring value to these organizations by helping them share what they are doing through snappy, informative short videos. I don't think I am a good teacher/tutor, and I am a natural storyteller. Does anyone have tips, suggestions, recommended sites/books? I will be using Adobe Premiere Pro.

Re: Ask HN: What is your side project for 2018?

#47

I will be definitely working on Appure ( https://appure.io ) - screenshot generator for App and Play stores, adding new features, improving existing stuff. Still, have a lot of hopes for this app

... And even though i don't have a lot of users, existing ones are very loyal and happy with the tool. It gives me a boost every day knowing that someone actually benefits from what i'm doing.

Re: Ask HN: What is your side project for 2018?

#49
I'll be continuing work on Jam Together.

Jam Together is a web application which you can use to play some music together with your friends, remotely. Right now it's possible to play with a midi keyboard as well as just your laptop keys.

I've got a piano, a synth and a drum kit working (if you create a free account. Piano only without an account).

I'll be adding more instruments, work on reducing latency (anyone here with multiplayer game development experience that would like to help out?), different jamming modes, and most importantly work on some marketing to get more feedback on the app so I can evolve it in the right direction.

Check it out on the link below. A couple of disclaimers though... Chrome only, optimised for people residing in the EU for now, otherwise latency is too much of an issue to reliably play.

http://jamtogether.eu

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