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Nix-based PXE booting. It can boot different images than your NixOS-based system configurations, but the main focus has been to support NixOS. We even have a system which is able to scan your hardware pre-boot, and then launch the initial ramdisk with a kernel which has all the required drivers pre-installed. https://github.com/majbacka-labs/nixos.fi

How is it possible that I was the first person to star this repo?

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Yes, working on Sonomo, a platform that allows investors to invest in music royalties, an income-generating asset that pays monthly dividends.

Investors can choose to invest in individual songs or curated collections of songs called "Baskets" to diversify their portfolio.

https://sonomo.com

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Since a few years I'm developing a free and open source tool for D&D and TTRPGs in general, that let's you design handy printouts to print on thermal printers.

Thermal printers are small in size and the format is perfect for quick printouts :) (and it's just fun)

The tool is called Sales & Dungeons: https://github.com/BigJk/snd

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There's certainly a smattering of machine learning algorithms involved in some of the software components, but I'm working on Zipline's next generation "platform 2" delivery drone. As an embedded engineer, something has gone horribly wrong if we're trying to solve problems with AI!

I watched a youtube video about Zipline in Rwanda (maybe Mark Rober?) and it's so cool! Keep up the great work!

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I’m working on an app that ties a tech stack to psychological configurations so we can stop the “How many times did you mention Typescript” game on resumes and applicant tracking systems. The result is that HR can find diamonds in the applicants who might not match the precise keywords but can nonetheless do the job.

Very interesting. I hope I catch this when it comes out.

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I'm building a trading terminal tailored specifically for scalping traders, prop firms and brokerages https://stakan.io . Coming from a trading background myself, I've worked for trading desks and quantitative trading firms, so I've seen many tools used by professionals that are not popular among retail investors, are not very well-known, or exist in the form of heavy and hard-to-get desktop apps. I’m trying to build…

As a retail trader I prefer desktop heavy apps rather than web based ones. I believe what is missing in the crypto space is an algotrading app that allows me to code my own strategies and indicators.

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I'm building a trading terminal tailored specifically for scalping traders, prop firms and brokerages https://stakan.io . Coming from a trading background myself, I've worked for trading desks and quantitative trading firms, so I've seen many tools used by professionals that are not popular among retail investors, are not very well-known, or exist in the form of heavy and hard-to-get desktop apps. I’m trying to build…

As a retail trader I prefer desktop heavy apps rather than web based ones. I believe what is missing in the crypto space is an algotrading app that allows me to code my own strategies and indicators.

I've been thinking a lot about algorithmic trading and imagined interfaces where you can code or build your own strategy from some blocks; this is really something I'd like for myself. But it's a bit out of reach for me right now as such an app, in my opinion, would really need a lot to be built before it can be useful; not an easy MVP here.

Also, have you tried TradingView? What do you think about them? They have scripting for strategies and indicators. It is an array-based language, I think, somewhat similar to R, just simpler. Nevertheless, I was able to craft quite interesting things in there.

As for desktop apps vs web-based: desktop apps definitely have their uses and advantages. I'm not saying web-based is better, but I think it's just more approachable, and there are ways where some of the existing apps might be improved.

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I'm working https://annotate.dev , a tool inspired by the Stripe documentation, to let anyone create step by step code walkthroughs. Here's a sample of a walkthrough you can create: https://annotate.dev/p/hello-world/learn-oauth-2-0-by-buildi... Would love to hear any feedback thoughts!

This is great idea!

I actually have several potential improvement ideas.

1. Put the walkthrough it in a graph, or a minimap to see the whole picture easily? Or in a https://c4model.com/ visualization 2. Why not make clickable code references visually stand out? 3. Make a VScode extension for it

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I'm building https://ambiph.one , an ambient music/white noise/soundscape web app. It's a free alternative to apps which have a monthly fee or are covered in ads. Lots of lovely feedback from people who've found it useful for sleep, tinnitus, focus, ADHD etc Just launched a PWA and now working on more mixing features like spatial audio, reverb and high/low-pass filters to let you create even more immersive sound envi…

Just played with this a bit and it seems like exactly what I’ve been wanting. Can’t wait to try it at work tomorrow. Thanks for this!

Fantastic, let me know how you get on!
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