Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by zerr » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 9:55 PM UTC

JDiculous wrote: post #230

Left $150k software engineering job (well got fired for making video called "9 Ways to cope with having a boring 9-5 job" which somebody found and sent to HR) to make videos about stuff I think is interesting ( https://www.youtube.com/c/JDiculous1 https://www.facebook.com/HonestLogic ), with a slant towards addressing wage slavery, basic income, student loans, capitalism, etc. Still in the early stages, but I'll be h…

Wow, is it even legal in your country? What was the official reason mentioned? Maybe you can sue them?

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by laylomo2 » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 9:55 PM UTC

Met my goal of becoming proficient in OCaml and finding work in it.

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by swlkr » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 10:00 PM UTC

spiralganglion wrote: post #252

swlkr wrote: post #32

I finally released my full stack Clojure framework: Coast on Clojure, tepid response so far probably because the community doesn’t really like frameworks, but I’m a rebel

[Edit] Here's the link for others who are curious: http://coastonclojure.com Yay for Clojure frameworks! I've done the framework thing, and I've done the library thing, and there is absolutely room and reason for both. I'll take a look at this and keep it in mind when I start my next project. Good name, by the way.

Haha thanks, definitely taking an alliteration heavy approach, just like my inspiration, Ruby on Rails

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by jwq1 » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 10:00 PM UTC

alin23 wrote: post #126

mhasbini wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried https://p2k.co/ ?

Yes, I've used it for a few months. That's the reason I've started working on my thing. I felt that it didn't have the features that I needed the most (hyphenation, dropcaps, ad removal etc.) and I would have felt like a jerk to ask for these things from the developer. These are not common needs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They're my needs haha, I sent you an email to become a beta tester

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by aub3bhat » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 10:01 PM UTC

Deep Video Analytics: https://www.deepvideoanalytics.com Github : https://github.com/akshayubhat/deepvideoanalytics

A large scale visual data analytics platform, think SQL/MapReduce/Full-text search but for images and videos using Deep Learning. Now writing few papers on/using it to finish and get my PhD.

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by dejv » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 10:01 PM UTC

Biggest thing seems to be writing non-trivial GraphQL + Rails backend. It was quite interesting work: there is still not really much best practices for this combination, so just to make it work in a Rails way did take some time and trial and error. At the end I am happy with results and I hope to find some time to publish blog post on it.

Other than that: I did some face lift for my side project http://notationtraining.com and implemented new MIDI API to connect midi (piano) keyboard directly to web app.

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by matthewhall » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 10:02 PM UTC

Finished the entirely custom 3D Printer I've been building for 2.5 years. It's just swell.

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by partisan » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 10:03 PM UTC

I worked on and will be open sourcing a framwework for developing CQRS/Event Sourced applications in .NET Core.

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by supdood » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 10:09 PM UTC

Spent the first half at a startup I'd been working at for about a year before getting acquired by Amazon and joining the Alexa org. Made peanuts on my options and left after a few months to start a cannabis company. Our aim is to manufacture and distribute high quality vape cartridges and pre rolls while contributing to the liberation and well-being of the drug war's many victims and their communities. So far, so good! :)

Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

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Post by borplk » Sun, Dec 31, 2017, 10:12 PM UTC

JDiculous wrote: post #230

Left $150k software engineering job (well got fired for making video called "9 Ways to cope with having a boring 9-5 job" which somebody found and sent to HR) to make videos about stuff I think is interesting ( https://www.youtube.com/c/JDiculous1 https://www.facebook.com/HonestLogic ), with a slant towards addressing wage slavery, basic income, student loans, capitalism, etc. Still in the early stages, but I'll be h…

Did you speak to a lawyer? Firing you for that sounds illegal.