Drywall - A website and user system for Node.js
http://jedireza.github.io/drywall/
Recent cool news: got word from the hosts of Node Knockout that submissions are allowed to use it in the competition.
Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
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#32Building on Hofstadter's models of analogy-making to build pattern recognition algorithms that work in a more human-like way. At least, that's my hope!
My background is in computational neuroscience, but I'm doing this on my own, mostly for fun. If it sounds interesting, I'd love some company! greg at gregdetre dot co dot uk
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#33A statically-typed, JIT-compiled dialect of Lisp. I felt that there was a spot between performance and low-level control, and high-level metaprogramming that no language right now occupies (Except possibly Rust, which looks pretty promising).
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
#34I'm working on an aggregated information panel for the novice Bitcoin day trader.
It's great for Bitcoin buyers & sellers because the panel is consolidated around the more popular exchanges & wallets, its cleaner & easier to read than most financial-type sites, & all the data is real-time. Also, I'm working on supplemental features such as a live balance & calculator page to help make more informed decisions without having to navigate to other pages.
It's cool to me simply because its a site I myself want & need and mostly, its an excuse to play with technologies I've always wanted to learn & use so I'm glad I finally took the time to do so.
i.e -Django as webapp front-end with Gunicorn & nginx in the mix, -Gearman as a background worker pulling data and storing it in a DB, -nodejs + socket.io pushing the DB data to Django, -supervisord controlling Gunicorn & Gearman processes
And all of these living in their own VM environment for load/performance & decoupling of the usual silo of services.
Ping me if you're interested in finding out more about it :)
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#35I'm working on something of a responsive.io clone that uses Flickr as an image store. Not sold on the name yet, but I'm calling it Fittr in the mean time. It is mindful of retina displays, only requires that you know the flickr id of the image in question, and will optionally load a smaller image first, to make larger images appear to load quickly.
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#36I'm moving to zambia for the winter to start an after-school program doing basic computer and internet literacy skills with kids.
It has been really fascinating watching all of the tools and projects that have popped up over the past few years attempting to make really high quality educational resources widely available, but these tools remain generally out of reach for those people that would most benefit from them.
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#37https://starthq.com - a web app launcher & new tab replacement extension - like the old Chrome new tab page, but better.
What makes it cool is that we are implementing a number of desktop and mobile OS features, like multiple, screens, fast shortcuts, cross app search, notifications etc. but for web apps.
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#38Betathegame.com - Beta is a game that teaches players programming, game design, and facilitates synergistic learning.
I think it's super cool because it's one of the few games I've played that has a heavy educational component while also being fun. It's also cool because it's extremely open. Through the use of the in-game terminal, players are able to build intricate levels and puzzles, then share them with others.
Due to the extremely customizable nature of the game, I foresee teachers being able to create homeworks/tests/assignments within. That's the synergistic learning part :)
We've done workshops with Black Girls Code, DIY Days, The Village, and the Grace Hopper Convention in places like NYC, Sheffield (UK), Philly, Minneapolis, and most recently Toronto. With each iteration we are seeing more and more excitement, from kids and adults as well.
If your interested and located in NYC, we're doing a game demo this Monday night (10/28) at Microsoft HQ (www.meetup.com/gaming/events/139786752/). stop by, play our game, chat with us, play other cool indie games and have fun!
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#39My weekend project for the last few weeks is a new Shader language. It's a twisted version of Forth, with some APL-inspired pieces. https://github.com/daeken/Shaderforth
The macro facilities and compile-time arrays make many things super, super compact and beautiful. A great example is a raymarcher: https://github.com/daeken/Shaderforth/blob/master/examples/r...
You can see it in action on Shadertoy here: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4slGWl !Warning! Windows users have been reporting some problems, so be careful. (If it crashes your browser, please let me know what your setup is!)
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#40A Pivotal and Trello hybrid for agile software development teams.
Pivotal works but lacks the idea of "stages", which is very useful because it actually reflects the real world.
Trello is cool but it isn't made specifically for software. For example, it doesn't have acceptance workflow.
Combining ideas from both of these results in a very compelling and (I think) useful product. Version 1 will be ready next week.