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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by sheepz »

Greenhouse CI (http://greenhouseci.com)

A continuous integration platform for iOS and Android apps. Our goal is to create a CI environment which is focused on mobile applications, no more, no less, without the hassles of setting up and maintaining something like Jenkins.

Live Demo: http://try.greenhouseci.com/ (for iOS and Android Gradle projects)

If you have a open source iOS or Android project, I'd really appreciate if you tried to build it.

It's cool because:

* I get to work on cool technology. We are currently using Node.js, Python, Go, Mongo in the backend, and AngularJS in the front end

* I get to be part of the whole design process: the actual programming, devops stuff, UI design and copywriting

* It is technically challenging

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by spleeder »

I’m working on SongPane(http://songpane.com) – an app that helps musicians organize songs and put together set lists for live performances.

Demo: http://demo.songpane.com

It’s cool because:

* you can carry your entire song repertoire with you (chord charts) and easily combine songs to create set lists for worship services, concerts, practice sessions, etc.

* can transpose chord charts

* works on any device

* works offline

* can share set lists with other band members

* everything is synchronized in real-time

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by sheepz »

michael_nielsen wrote: post #87

A book that explains the core ideas of neural networks and deep learning. Cool because: * The book incorporates lots of running code for readers to explore and extend. * The book's philosophy is to go deep into the core concepts of deep learning, not to superficially cover a long laundry list of ideas. This gives readers a solid foundation to build on, and makes understanding other material much easier. * Deep learni…

+1 really cool, signing up.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by deeteecee »

adrianh wrote: post #73

Soundslice ( http://www.soundslice.com/ ) -- animated guitar tabs / sheet music. Demo: http://www.soundslice.com/tabs/5680/bohemian-rhapsody-for-so... It's cool because: * The state of the art in guitar tabs is horrible ASCII crap (example: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/eagles/hotel_california_ta... ). Soundslice is a 1000x improvement. * It solves a key problem for musicians, which is: when you're learning a new…

love it, im a huge music fan but i've barely started doing web development and making something related to music would've been one of those projects i wanted to try. along with these interactive guitar tabs, i wish there was just some way i could just grab guitar tabs from ANY song i liked...ill keep dreamin.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by fudged71 »

Everyone is working on new 3D printing hardware but the software is still years behind.

PrintToPeer (http://www.printtopeer.com) is connecting 3D printers to the internet for remote control and analytics. We have a web dashboard with a real-time connection to your 3D printer(s) for queueing and monitoring, and we've built a printer driver that works on the majority of current desktop 3D printers.

A hardware-agnostic API from the web serves as a platform for other developers to create apps on top of. It's an abstraction layer above 3D printing.

Being able to create tangible things from software is the coolest thing I can imagine, because of the social and environmental impacts. There are huge challenges ahead that we are excited to face.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by mercuryrising »

possibilistic wrote: post #109

Laser projection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x034jVB1avs (Pong on a 20 story building, billboards, etc.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5_v2By3Ec (Multiple laser projectors) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-A9LvPbmg (Canny edge detector) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XTi-jf-ans (Asteroids on a 4 story building) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF_OCvjq3ps (Reddit's Snoo on a 20 story building) I've just added…

I'm a little confused - what exactly are you doing? Are you making the projectors? Are you programming the game? What software are you using? Are you sensing what it's being projected on?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by mercuryrising »

burntsushi wrote: post #94

I'm working on a few projects. Firstly, I've developed a suite of Python libraries to deal with NFL data, including play-by-play statistics and slicing game footage into its play-by-play components. A demo of my work is here: http://demo.nflfan.burntsushi.net/?week=5 (excuse the slowness, my web server is crappy) Everything is on GitHub: https://github.com/BurntSushi/{nflgame,nfldb,nflvid,nflfan} Secondly, I'm also w…

Hey thanks for NFLgame! I've been using it to make a stat tracker to watch live feeds of Sunday's action.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Post by Dewie »

adrianh wrote: post #73

Soundslice ( http://www.soundslice.com/ ) -- animated guitar tabs / sheet music. Demo: http://www.soundslice.com/tabs/5680/bohemian-rhapsody-for-so... It's cool because: * The state of the art in guitar tabs is horrible ASCII crap (example: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/eagles/hotel_california_ta... ). Soundslice is a 1000x improvement. * It solves a key problem for musicians, which is: when you're learning a new…

> The state of the art in guitar tabs is horrible ASCII crap (example: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/eagles/hotel_california_ta...). Soundslice is a 1000x improvement.

Oh come on - you guys even mention Guitar Pro on the About page. This is like building a word processor and then comparing it to Notepad.

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