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I'm sad to hear that you feel so anxious :( Exercise helps a ton. So does therapy (cognitive behavior therapy especially). Mindfulness meditation can help a lot, too.
It feels... guilty not to do something productive; like work. Or something showcase-worthy. I guess it also has something to do with "turning off" when working from home: it's like you have to give 120% every day until you can't and then the downward spiral starts. Home becomes office, and slowly, creepingly all becomes work and, well, I guess one just have to remind oneself that taking care of yourself and "turning…
Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?
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#83I've started to scratch my own itch, trying to improve the audiobooks streaming experience. https://bookcamp.app I've got enough validation to think there's a market for it, especially in the Plex community. So for the MVP, the server acts only as a layer between Plex and the client. This allows me to build a great audiobook player and add features on top that Plex is not capable of.
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#84Cranked it out in a couple weeks and the code made me sad so I haven’t touched it since...ugly UI, bugs, etc
Also started back on an IoT soil sensor project.
Need to finish editing a book but tech provides an excusable distraction !
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#85I built an education site teaching how to build apps and websites without code: www.nocode.mba
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#88I managed to plant vegetables and keep them alive and growing well in to June. I make the same attempt every year, so this is a record for me. On a more serious note, I had plans when the lockdown began. I wanted to build some kind of a "robot" as an educational venture. Do some redecorating, learn Unity and figure out how to use the TIG welder I bough one night when I was drunk. In reality what has happened is that…
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#89I built it so I could easily create unique art for printing, framing and putting up in my home.
Some examples: https://www.artbuffer.com/view?a=wslyHCoGjqoA3ZKgsQ_hNAlnshT...
https://www.artbuffer.com/view?a=-9Wr6aLtgF383zsAWxchXJbt8CW...
https://www.artbuffer.com/view?a=OuIs3I6vHAyqV-PoMb6EFiRVAFw...