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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by hazz99 »

bashit wrote: post #4

I'm creating an interactive presentation on Git for my company who has been using SVN since the dawn of time. Many might consider this a boring project but it also happens to be a wide sought out skill. Very few really dive in to becoming power users of Git which is why I think it's a cool project for me. Teaching any topic to someone else almost always resolves in a considerable skill enhancement for the teacher.

Would you mind sharing it publically? I've only ever used for, but wouldn't consider myself a power user. I don't know how to rebase, for example. I'm sure there's value showing it online!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by ankit219 »

I am working on Blubyn - an AI powered travel agent helping users book flights and hotels quickly by personalizing results. Here is the link: http://onelink.to/blubyn (app only - available on both iOS and Android)

Being an avid traveler, it has always bothered me that travel experience has remained almost the same over the years. We scout 50 websites to figure out where to go and what to do, where results/posts are something written with a view of catering to everyone(and hence very little for my interests), then to book I have to look at 100 different variables (and repeat the process almost everytime), and not helped by 8-10 websites which all look and function the same way - showing the most results, and not being upfront about anything. It still takes me half an hour to book a flight or hotel - when I do the same set of checks and actions everytime.

Once the booking is done, now again begins the anxiety of scouting trip advisor and lonely planet and forums to get more knowledge about a place. Altogether its a very inefficient experience, to say the least. Comparing that to buying a product on Amazon, one click booking, personalization, one stop shop, a seamless experience, and its fares really bad.

We want to bring that Amazon experience to travel. We have just started, long way to go. Hoping to crack it.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by ILikeConemowk »

hazz99 wrote: post #51
bashit wrote: post #4

I'm creating an interactive presentation on Git for my company who has been using SVN since the dawn of time. Many might consider this a boring project but it also happens to be a wide sought out skill. Very few really dive in to becoming power users of Git which is why I think it's a cool project for me. Teaching any topic to someone else almost always resolves in a considerable skill enhancement for the teacher.

Would you mind sharing it publically? I've only ever used for, but wouldn't consider myself a power user. I don't know how to rebase, for example. I'm sure there's value showing it online!

These two very detailed posts deal exactly with how to get started with git and how to become proficient with it:

https://sentheon.com/blog/easy-git-guide-and-reference-for-t...

https://sentheon.com/blog/git-cheat-sheet.html

Thought you and your parent could find them useful as well.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by hazz99 »

ILikeConemowk wrote: post #54
hazz99 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you mind sharing it publically? I've only ever used for, but wouldn't consider myself a power user. I don't know how to rebase, for example. I'm sure there's value showing it online!

These two very detailed posts deal exactly with how to get started with git and how to become proficient with it: https://sentheon.com/blog/easy-git-guide-and-reference-for-t... https://sentheon.com/blog/git-cheat-sheet.html Thought you and your parent could find them useful as well.

Damn, that is a very well designed git tutorial! Thanks for the recommendation, this is just what I need.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by hazz99 »

graystevens wrote: post #9

I’m working on a skin for developer laptops so that you can apply those sweet conference and startup stickers. No more risking your resale value, or even physically risking damage to your expensive MacBook. I want the skins to be identical to the original laptop material so that they are practically invisible. So for the MacBooks, a silver aluminium sticker (or space grey etc.) I’ve done a proof of concept and it wor…

I'd be interested in buying this. Do you have an online store yet?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by graystevens »

hazz99 wrote: post #56
graystevens wrote: post #9

I’m working on a skin for developer laptops so that you can apply those sweet conference and startup stickers. No more risking your resale value, or even physically risking damage to your expensive MacBook. I want the skins to be identical to the original laptop material so that they are practically invisible. So for the MacBooks, a silver aluminium sticker (or space grey etc.) I’ve done a proof of concept and it wor…

I'd be interested in buying this. Do you have an online store yet?

Not yet, still gauging interest (and trying to find a reliable source for the vinyl). I’ll be sure to tell HN when that becomes a reality.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by matt_the_bass »

GaryNumanVevo wrote: post #12

I'm working on getting better at cooking. My partner loves to cook with me, but I kind of suck at it. It's cool because we can spend some quality time together making a meal.

This is great! One hint I find useful is paying attention to eating. Try to decompose the taste of a dish. Then try to identify what makes those tastes.

Enjoy!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by matt_the_bass »

I’m working on fabricating interactive art pieces/clocks. I’ve been making these ask gifts for a few years. A big part of the gift is my time and effort. I think that is invaluable.

People always ask if I sell them. So I’ve come up with a wordclock design I really like and am working on some basement manufacturing.

For my day job I’m in charge of making physical products. So this is a hobby extension of that skill set.

Right now I’m hoping to ramp up production enough to sell a few of these for the holiday season. Hopefully this weekend lead time will change from 3-5 weeks to 1 week. Moderator Dan suggested I post a Show HN about this. I plan to once I get through this production hurdle.

Www.finewordclocks.com

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by sfusato »

I'm working on a tourism portal about Ravello, a jewel town of the Amalfi Coast: https://www.ravello.com

Right now I'm re-writing it using Elixir & Phoenix. It's currently running on Wordpress after first being a static site served from Amazon's Cloudfront & S3.

This way I'm also transitioning away from PHP & Laravel, my previous stack, to Elixir & Phoenix and learning its ropes along the way. I'm super excited about this new stack.

It's cool because I get to work and learn more about places I like using awesome tools.

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