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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by Bostonian »

nemo1618 wrote: post #300

I'm working on a language optimized for solving programming challenges as quickly as possible. That is, I'm not optimizing for execution time , I'm optimizing for time between reading the problem statement and having a working solution . As far as I'm aware, there aren't any existing languages in this space. There are plenty of "code golf" languages, which optimize for shortest finished program , but that's slightly…

I remember looking at a textbook for scientific computing, seeing what I thought was pseudocode, and later learning it was Julia.

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Post by andrewfromx »

uberswe wrote: post #130

A CMS written in Go. It’s still very early and it has the basics of user creation, multiple domain support, themes and user management by default. What will make it really powerful is plugins. Plugins are still being developed and currently use the go plugin package which is really good for performance but can be bad for security and compatibility with versions and operating systems. I plan to either move over to usi…

just curious your reason for picking MIT over https://unlicense.org/

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Post by tppiotrowski »

Mapping shadows across the earth in real time based on location and time of day.

https://shademap.app/

Things I learned along the way:

- How slippy maps work and Leaflet.js

- Most elevation maps use data collected back in 2000! [1]

- You can perform calculation on the GPU without knowing GLSL [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Radar_Topography_Missi...

[2] https://gpu.rocks/

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Post by hydradiego »

I'm working on building an IDE, Handmade Hero-style [1]. Writing the code analysis part completely from scratch (parser, static analysis, building a database of the user's types), integrating with Neovim and gdb for seamless vi keybindings and debugging.

A related project is RemedyBG, which is a debugger trying to replace Visual Studio's debugger, and is also written without any third-party libraries: https://remedybg.itch.io/remedybg

[1] https://handmadehero.org/

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Post by chr1 »

nickysielicki wrote: post #211
enjeyw wrote: post #51

An aggregator ala reddit/hackernews/twitter that uses a market mechanism to better incentivise content discovery. One of the biggest issues with existing aggregators is that: - how well content performs is dependant on the attention it gets immediately after posting. - However, readers aren’t incentivised to sift carefully through new content, which is generally of lower quality than "frontpage" content - This means…

I've had a recurring thought where you supplant upvotes with something like an ELO system. Basically, my thought is that I know I can follow something like the reddiquette, or the HN rules. I'm certainly not perfect, but I don't downvote when I disagree, and I don't upvote when I agree, and I try to not make unsubstantive comments. Reddit and HN maybe used to follow this when they were very small, but as sites grow t…

Different people have different interests, so using just one group as etalon, would leave most people unsatisfied. It would be better to let users choose their own groups of "good" actors, either explicitly or based on upvote similarity.

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Post by rileyt »

Im building an easy way to convert your LinkedIn profile to a PDF and web resume: https://standardresume.co/linkedin-resume-builder

Making a resume sucks, but it doesn't have to. With Standard Resume you can import your LinkedIn in one click, pick from 12 templates, and share it as a PDF, or web resume (great for casual applications and referrals).

It's a lightweight tech stack that I maintain myself. It's Firebase+React+Next, combined with a custom written PDF layout engine.

Web example: https://rsm.io/sidney-template

PDF example: https://assets.standardresume.co/image/upload/v1607879981/re...

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Post by speg »

Cutting my first dovetails. After years of trying to find time I’ve committed to getting into the shop for at least a few minutes every day.

I’m starting with a simple single dovetail box. No lid.

Bought some quarter inch thins that are ready to go so I didn’t have to worry about surfacing the stock beforehand.

I spent 25 minutes in the shop tonight cutting the second pin. So far both are a bit loose, and I went past a line but they don’t look like a rabid beaver went after them so I’m happy!

Hopefully I can string together a couple easy wins and build some more complex things later in the year.

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Post by stanislavb »

A website tracking all mentions of GitHub repos on HackerNews and Reddit (almost in real-time). As a result of that, there are a lot of interesting stats that could be extracted.

For example:

Most popular repos per language: https://www.libhunt.com/lang/python

Similar and alternative projects: https://www.libhunt.com/repo/Signal-Android

Most popular programming languages: https://www.libhunt.com/index

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by app17 »

Exomind[1], a personal knowledge management tool that takes the form of a unified inbox in which you can have your emails, tasks, notes and bookmarks organized into collections. I have an iOS and a web/electron client at the moment, and a simple Chrome extension for bookmarking. I plan to eventually add files (blobs), definitions and support extensibility via WASM applications.

Its backend (Exocore[2]) is built on top of a personal / private blockchain and is made from the ground up to be hosted in a semi-decentralized fashion on your own personal devices (your computer, raspberry pi, a cloud instance, etc.). It is written in Rust and has iOS, C and Web (WASM) clients.

It has very rough edges, but I'm using it daily to organize my life. It has also been my learning playground to improve my Rust skills over the last two years. If all goes well, I'm a few months away from some kind of tech preview.

[1]: https://github.com/appaquet/exomind

[2]: https://github.com/appaquet/exocore

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