Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by gdubs » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

I learned the basics of Houdini to turn Lidar data into visualizations [1], as well as take a point cloud scan of my wife to drive a particle animation [2].

On the non-tech side of things, our garden has been a real source of happiness. We planted everything from seeds with the kids and grew pollinator flowers, vegetables, etc. [3]

One of my favorite projects was finally making a sourdough starter and taking my pizza making up a notch. [4]

1: Houdini https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nG_jdpY7F/?igshid=r2pegr6lrr3l

2: art http://gregorywieber.com/insta.html

3: flowers https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-f3h5JWUq/?igshid=rf7jx6vaimgw

4: pizza: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAy8Hf0pF29/?igshid=1gipfxkhd9bh...

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by jwilber » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

4plymag.com

A little data-driven magazine for skateboarding.

Superfluous? Yes. Fun? Also yes

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by 4bh1nav » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

A simple, minimalistic and beautiful Diet Log android app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lilbite.ai

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by os7borne » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:06 PM UTC

Spent time on an extremely silly yet immensely satisfying project: https://what2cook.today

What2Cook Today helps you save time by recommending new meals with recipes.

This project came out of sheer frustration trying to think of new things to cook everyday during this lock down. Currently, the website covers primarily Indian meals but I will hopefully cover more cuisines in the future.

What2Cook Today is a side-project that was a week-long one built in my free time.

Appreciate any feedback to improve.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by alishirv » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

I've written a simple p2p video call with LI capability.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by tomcooks » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

Released a Creative Commons boardgame free for all

https://www.tomcooks.com/projects/snipr/

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by progre » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

blhack wrote: post #94

arpa wrote: post #35

Nothing of any importance. Managed to screw myself up to the point of having constant generalized anxiety, so yeah, things are really working out here.

If you're having a panic attack, run up a flight of stairs, or hop on a bike and do a sprint around the block. Get your heart pumping. It sounds really counter intuitive but it works.

I agree, kind of. I have also suffered from panic attacks and the problem with this is that I'm thinking that I'm about to have a heart attack. The mere thought of running makes it worse. Breathing exercises (this has to be practised in advance) helps for me.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by prezjordan » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

I recreated parts of the Windows 98 UI using CSS. https://jdan.github.io/98.css/

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by gpm » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

I graduated from university.

I just made a starlink coverage map: https://droid.cafe/starlink

I started working at a job.

I've made quite a bit of progress on a game, but it's on pause for now.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Post by vishnumohandas » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

alexktz wrote: post #124

vishnumohandas wrote: post #116

Built a self hosted alternative to Google Photos for my family. Will be productionizing it soon. Here’s a sneak peak: https://youtu.be/b5XN5GMmc6I

This looks rad. Any chance of a Github repo that I can star so I don't forget about this?

The client code is available here: https://github.com/ente-io/frame

To be honest and upfront, this won’t be a freeware. I’m planning to charge a reasonable one time fee that’ll help pay rent. :)