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Re: Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

#815
Repeter. Forward traffic from a custom DNS domain to my localhost via an ssh tunnel.

Pulumi (like Terraform) stands up the t2.micro ec2 instance, configures nginx, and assigns the dns in Route53, and enable letsencrypt for https. Then tear it down when your down with it. I find it's much faster than the sass alternates, like ngrok.

https://github.com/nelsonenzo/repeter

Re: Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

#817
https://github.com/overset/JP01

Designed and open-sourced a custom CNC Aluminum Unibody case for an existing open-source split-fixed mechanical keyboard PCB called the Arisu, similar to the TGR Alice.

Prototypes arrived in record time and definitely enjoying them as I type this.

The PCB can be quickly built by several prototyping companies and available at: https://github.com/FateNozomi/arisu-pcb

Re: Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

#819
I’m working on a 1 inch bell siphon for vertical hydroponic growers. Growers will be able to use one pump to send water to a top grow tray and have the siphon drain the water into a tray beneath. The siphon on the tray beneath will then start and drain water to the train below it. This cascade of water will finally drain back into the reservoir of water and the cycle will begin again.

I’ve been working on this for the last month and finally got it working. It will be listed on my site soon.

https://www.justponics.com

Re: Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

#820
I redesigned my blog and started writing again during the quarantine. I've also run a clean install on my Mac because it couldn't boot for some reason. One valuable lesson I learned during the clean install was to set up the development environment correctly. I should've realized that most people don't understand Unix directory structure. As a result, they run `sudo` if something doesn't work.

I wrote the guide to myself, but I emphasized the importance of dependency manager in the post: https://sayzlim.net/setup-macos-web-development/

It becomes much easier to learn a new framework knowing that I've installed everything correctly on my Mac. No more struggling with permission errors.

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