I worked on these, for example: https://chttr.co/ (a social network) and http://embed.rocks/ (Embedly alternative).
Currently I'm working on something based on the Chttr.co code.
Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
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Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#462Built Commento, a privacy-focused alternative to Disqus: https://github.com/adtac/commento Right now, it exists as a Github project that you can self-host, but I'll soon offer it as a paid service if you don't want to host and maintain servers on your own. (And maybe even apply to YC, who knows :)) It started out with me reading a blog post [1] and thinking "I can write Disqus tonight". And that's how it began; I had…
I really enjoyed reading your code, it's got a great style. Play on :D
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#463Started working on my first side project! It's an alternative way to screen developers that I think is better than anything that's currently out there. I'm interested in hearing feedback on the idea. You provide JSON data that will be exposed through an API which candidates will use. They are given instructions on how to parse and manipulate the data. Then they POST the response to you. If the response is 200 OK - th…
This approach shifts the effort on constantly changing the source JSON data and specification on how it needs to finally look to the client. Lazy devs will inevitably post solutions online. This approach also requires the client to implement ratelimiting, but you could fix that by having the data POSTed to your servers instead. I unfortunately can't remember the name of it, but a service was presented on here a while…
You're thinking of Matasano?
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#464I nearly ended up a pancake when my steering failed heading into a turn in February, the day before my birthday. I realized the circumstances that led to me not being able to fix it before it led to near disaster weren't going to change on the path I was heading down largely by habit, so I finally set some priorities. I decided to focus on making a business out of music. I'm far from where I want to be, but it's been…
Music is sooooo hard to make a living at. I burned through my savings and am getting back into engineering. I love music, but it won’t feed 4 kids, even if the music is stellar. Cheers to you!
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#465I started streaming coding on Twitch - https://twitch.tv/mimmingcodes It’s rekindled my excitement of using the Internet to share knowledge.
I've never watched anything on twitch, but I just sat through a bunch of your old recordings, and really enjoyed it! I'm a dev and really like pairing, where I work now they hate it, this was kinda nice to relive that pairing-ish vibe :D good work :D
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#466I've been finally making serious progress on my startup, and have been picking up bigger customers lately. I kind of fucked up and decided to try the whole solo founder thing. I don't recommend it. I had a few bad experiences with cofounders at previous startups, so my rationale was to wait for the right person to come along. But that never happened... so I decided to just go solo. Being a solo founder has been by fa…
Being a solo founder is only hard in the beginning. If you survived the first two years then you are over the hump. Good luck for 2018.
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#467I was dabbing with this for the last quarter of 2017: https://www.getfrills.com
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#468Earlier quoted context omitted.
(Moral of story: don't announce genuinely amazing new initiatives without taking the time to get the donation links working first!) Curious how/why something like PayPal/Stripe integration couldn't be done in a short amount of time. Not as a criticism, just "is this actually technically hard?" (or is it just a time issue?)
1. I was genuinely sharing what I did this year, was not hoping for any positive financial outcomes. 2. Integration with non-profits donations is not trivial. After registering as a non-profit, it takes some time for the list of registered non-profits to propagate through to donation tools (facebook, gofundme, etc). Sometimes, I have to fax in documents to prove legitimacy, and it takes a few days for that to process…
Check out givelively.org for (free) Stripe-based nonprofit fundraising and payment tools. I used to work there and they are doing a great job simplifying the process. I'm happy to put you in touch with the team if it's helpful.
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#469Built a fintech-ish startup all by myself, zero funding. I didn't intend to do it all by myself but it's not a sexy business so no one was jumping to go full-time. It came close to breaking me as a human being, honestly. Anyway, I went from being a CTO who was constantly being pitched horrible no-good business ideas by first times CEOs - who as a rule, wanted to give me 10% equity but also wanted me to build the proj…
Do you have a link where we can learn more about you / your startup?
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#470With some encouragement from fellow HNers I've been working on startyourownisp.com. It's a free guide to starting a (wireless) Internet Service Provider in your garage.