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Me too! I'm freelancing out of Tokyo right now and will be in Vancouver next month.
What you guys are freelancing on?
Mostly in JS world (React & Node), but some RoR here and there.
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#533I'm currently working on a macOS application that allows users to save and load their working context, by which I mean sets of open applications and their internal states.
It has helped me reduce information overload, and allowed me to switch between tasks more efficiently - and I hope other people will find value in this as well.
It's an idea I've been toying with and prototyping in different forms on and off for about four years now.
I'm finally releasing an open Beta this summer/fall, as soon as I implement delta updates and the license validator.
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Hi, could you teach me how to navigate hiring phase? I have more than 2 years of JS experience, python, shell and whatnot, still 130k sounds good for me.
1. Foundations. How are your foundations? Given an array of promises, could you run them serially (instead of running them in parallel like Promise.all). 2. Do you have experience working with technologies that are trending? If not, start a side project using them. 3. How's your speed? Given the assets, could you build this in an hour? (this was an actual hands on interview problem) https://www.google.com/logos/2011/…
1. Wow, never thought of Promises as a foundation. I was never a fan of them in the first place.
2. Trending technologies do not necessarily make sense.
3. If I'm not mistaken, this is just: on mouse over, switch CSS class. CSS jutsu would be... interesting though. Oh, and set position.
Anyway, I am starting to see a lesson for myself here :) Thank you, sir!
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#535I'm building a new way to grow plants using electromagnetic water-vapor distribution systems.
Had some successes, mostly failure, but getting there. Should be more accessible, use less water, less expensive, and produce better/more food than traditional hydroponic systems (and far more than traditional farming).
LPA grow system without needing any pumps.
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#536I am finishing a procedural generation pixel-art editor, aka you connect nodes to get a rectangles of colour. The cool part is the nodes you use are often other graphs also built with the tool. It is a bit like Houdini but for pixel-art.
It is close to be a niche but solid product. I can reproduce with it a reasonable amount of the pixel-art I see daily. I am currently writing the tutorials for it.
https://lbarret.itch.io/rectitude
The underlying engine is a restricted functional language and the architecture is based on streams of values. I am quite proud of the architecture because so far, I had very little accidental complexity to manage and that's key for me to stay motivated/productive on the project.
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#537I have a few things I work on, including writing Free Hero Mesh (which is a puzzle game engine).
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#538I'm currently working on a macOS application that allows users to save and load their working context, by which I mean sets of open applications and their internal states. It has helped me reduce information overload, and allowed me to switch between tasks more efficiently - and I hope other people will find value in this as well. It's an idea I've been toying with and prototyping in different forms on and off for ab…
I look forward to using this! Have you given any thought to being able to sync a working context between computers?
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#539Developing the first completely new class of wind instrument mouthpiece introduced in recorded history. For wind instruments there are reed mouthpieces, double reed, jet reed, lip reed, etc. These have all existed in various forms for millenia. My design, based on over 15 years of research uses optical sensing to very precisely measure multiple dimensions of the embouchure. It will be available in the form of a hands…
Very interesting. It sounds like you'll be able to get more variety of expression out of the instrument. I'm assuming it's entirely digital?
Are there any videos of it in action?