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Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by jazzyjackson »

panphora wrote: post #8

The web has gotten boring. I'm starting a static web host where every page is remixable by default. One click and you have a copy of any web page hosted on the platform. Not only that, but the front-end code (HTML, CSS, JS) is treated as the source of truth. Whatever changes the owner makes to a page (through DevTools, some custom JS, or clicking a button that does something) is saved permanently to the DB. This make…

I went through a couple of rounds of a similar project, started just snapshotting a document's innerHTML to disk to capture edits, then created a customElements framework (really a thin wrapper around the official api) to swap out one custom element for another while maintaining all the state on the DOM.

I called it MIXINT for remixable interface. It's abandoneware now but IMO a pretty good vanilla-JS approach to window panes with class-sensitive menus. see github for code and manic dreams in the readme [0] and video of the interface swapping out one class of window for another [1]

But what I really wanted was to expose the guts of the code in a way that made it easier to edit, and as a protest to JSX I threw together a unified JSON syntax for templates that get rendered into HTML/CSS so that I could write javascript code that returns objects and just build up DOMs that way - but when I started implementing variable substitution and array mapping in my JSON templates, I realized I could do away with the javascript altogether and write entire web pages as declarative JSON, just using a few prefixes that trigger macro expansions, replacing one branch of the tree with another until no more prefixes are left (the eureka moment came when reading about macro expansion in the TRAC language - I was just going to stick to feature parity with Handlebars before realizing I had a bone fide programming language on my hands)

This is all off and on the last 4 years. I'm about to overhaul the years-old homepage with better examples but you can see the concept here [2]. Maybe some of the code would be useful, I'm certainly on board with the mission, I just wish I was better at avoiding those pesky rabbit holes :)

[0] https://github.com/jazzyjackson/MIXINTvNegative1

[1] https://youtu.be/URMHbhK0zrs

[2] https://lookalive.software

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by kraig911 »

toddmorey wrote: post #90
kraig911 wrote: post #30

I'm a front-end developer / artist / father. I'm trying to make a software application for families common in my situation. I have an 8 year old daughter who is very autistic and there is a huge lack in tools I feel that a family and kid can communicate with. To that end - I am trying to make a communication board tool. In my mind think of Trello board but there's not much in the way of words only symbols. Right now…

Also a father: 11 year old son who's very autistic. In process now of creating better visual tools / schedules to help him understand & have agency in his day. Have thought a lot about this space, too, and identified similar needs. Please connect via email in profile.

I don't see your email. I put mine in the about box.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by ggcdn »

dashwehacct wrote: post #104

It’s a bit of a wacky idea, but there are a bunch of outdoors clubs that have sub-par technology solutions. As these groups are small, usually minimal hardware and a FOSS tool or two is all they really need. Meaning their actual cost is probably way less then their expected cost (or what some hungry web dev quoted them at). The idea is to bridge the gap between these groups and some tech that would add value to the g…

fyi email isn't shown, you have to add it to your 'about' to appear

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by wnolens »

newaccount74 wrote: post #91
dbuxton wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you looked at Workflowy ( https://workflowy.com/ )? Allows you to share a subtree of your overall knowledge universe, works on all platforms, etc.

Looks nice! But I'm not sure I need all that complexity for a shopping list, and $60 a year is a bit steep if I'm only going to use it for a shopping list.

I used it free for years without running into the limit that i needed to pay for.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by shakezula »

I have an open source mtg boardstate engine I’ve been building that I would love to collaborate on with other mtg players. It’s written in Go, vue, and backed by Postgres. Hit me up at my email if you’re interested in helping contribute.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by [deleted] »

conartist6 wrote: post #96
akkartik wrote: post #61

I work on ways to write programs that help outsiders understand their big picture (rather than insiders understand incoming contributions). The goal: you (any programmer) should be able to use an open-source program, get an idea for a simple tweak, open it up, orient yourself, and make the change you visualized -- all in a single afternoon. More details: http://akkartik.name/about What I have so far: https://github.c…

This is related to the goals I have for https://github.com/conartist6/macrome , except that my focus is on restoring forking potential for frontend development. I expect if forks become more abundant that the need for trust will be a major driver of merges.

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Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by remram »

wallawe wrote: post #45

I just released a barebones MVP yesterday for a sports betting site with a little twist: We give users a little bit of money each week to play with ($0.50 right now) and if they can run it up past a certain point we'll pay them out in cash. If they lose the money, we put another $0.50 in the next week. It's legal in the US since the users aren't allowed to deposit and mainly for entertainment purposes. The plan is to…

So you get them hooked and hand them off to where they can lose real money? Even if you are hoping not many people move over, and are mostly focusing for the people who will stay with you, your revenue model is that funnel.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by brk »

mrfusion wrote: post #116

Anyone know anything about getting a hardware product to market and interesting in working together? I’ve got an idea for a new kind of power outlet. Edit: my email is in my profile if you want to get in touch.

Yes... I have a fair bit of experience here.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by f6v »

A long short but I’m a PhD student in medicine with focus on bioinformatics. I have extensive prior experience in software development. Hit me up at i.am.filippov at gmail if you have something deep tech healthcare-related in mind.
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