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

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Post by nav »

Segmentation wrote: post #528
nav wrote: post #251

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> Each look is based off of heavy research around looks, textures and trends that are currently in. Based off what, Hipster™ magazine?

Yes. Pirate™ and Oil Rigger™ magazines are also looked at pretty closely :p

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

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Post by emdonahu »

hyperion2010 wrote: post #386

I'm building a tool (using python) that helps scientists (me) plan and automate repetitive experiments of pretty much any kind. The amusing part is that by using a database as a back end one can--guess what--query data based on experimental conditions and streamline and automate analysis. Many scientists I have talked to (who collect their own data and do their own analysis) simply store their data sets on the file s…

Sounds cool. Is there any extant code/docs/blog posts/publicly viewable material of any sort?

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

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Post by trey_swann »

chasb wrote: post #506
trey_swann wrote: post #493

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The steps you will need to take to comply with HIPAA when using TrueVault will vary based on your implementation. If you use our JavaScript widgets so that you never actually touch PHI, then you may be able to avoid the Administrative Safeguards. But, if you handle PHI and then send it to TrueVault you will need to comply with the Administrative components of HIPAA. The HIPAA Security Rule requires appropriate Admini…

So a developer who uses your JavaScript is no longer a business associate?

Again, the steps you will need to take to comply with HIPAA when using TrueVault will vary based on your implementation. I’m happy to jump on the phone and answer any questions that you may have. We can go over the use case that you have in mind and the HIPAA implications. Feel free to email me directly at trey@truevault.com.

To clarify, a Business Associate is any entity that uses or discloses PHI on behalf of a Covered Entity. Furthermore, a Business Associate is any person who, on behalf of a Covered Entity, performs (or assists in the performance of) a function or activity involving the use or disclosure of PHI.

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

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Post by capisce »

guycook wrote: post #395

Working on a QML runtime for browsers. It's cool for all the reasons QML on the desktop is for describing UIs. Still early days but there's a prototype at http://ivorydungeon.net/HQML and code at https://github.com/guycook/HQML

How are you planning to do animations?

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

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Post by trey_swann »

spoiledtechie wrote: post #515
trey_swann wrote: post #48

https://www.truevault.com/ TrueVault is a HIPAA compliant data backend for apps, devices, and sites. Developers use TrueVault so they can develop healthcare apps without building out their own HIPAA compliant infrastructure. You access data in TrueVault via our API and native clients. Think of TrueVault as Stripe for confidential patient data. You use Stripe to store credit card data so that you are PCI compliant. Ou…

LOVE. Thank you. Might sign up soon.

Thank you! That's very nice to hear. Let me know if you have any questions. Here to help. trey@truevault.com

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

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Post by lukaseder »

Making my strongest software engineering beliefs a business with http://www.jooq.org

It's cool because two of the oldest and most popular technologies in the software ecosystem (Java from the 90s and SQL from the 70s) are still integrated like it's 1997, through the awkward JDBC API. Meanwhile, everyone else has since been trying to hide SQL away (e.g. JPA).

While jOOQ doesn't help everyone (http://http://www.hibernate-alternative.com), most DBA / SQL-centric developers who have stumbled upon jOOQ found the idea very intriguing, and it certainly beats SQLJ in user acceptance.

What's really cool as well is that I can help the Java folks remember how awesome actual SQL can be. Today's junior developers hardly even know the SQL language.

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

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Post by jed_watson »

I'm working on a web app framework / cms for node.js built on express.js and mongo called KeystoneJS, and have been for a few months.

Keystone makes it easier to get a blog / website / web app up and running without a lot of the module research or boilerplate code node.js usually requires. It also provides a beautiful, useful admin UI (think activeadmin for rails).

It's open source (MIT), and cool because...

* There isn't really anything like this for node.js yet (that we've found). There are a so many great modules and you can plug in almost anything, but getting projects off the ground requires a lot of boilerplate compared to frameworks like rails or django.

* It makes sophisticated things trivial by providing drop-in patterns - like session management and auth, and clever fields for your models, e.g. location fields and image fields (which make for a better admin UI but don't abstract too heavily the underlying data the fields represent).

* We're trying to build an "out of the box" system that doesn't keep you in the box. You can use what you like and swap out what you don't. You can use Jade or Handlebars. Plug in any express middleware you like. Use the built in auth system or provide your own.

* It's all based on the best practices my team have come up with in over a year of node.js web app development and we're using it to power several commercial, production projects. So it's got real-world usage and solves real problems.

* Quite a few people have said this is a gap in the node.js ecosystem, and ultimately if Keystone is just useful for us and a handful of others that's fine, but it would be really exciting if we could start something that helps node.js grow or helps other web developers use the platform. Especially for projects where rapid development is important, and having a great admin UI available would be the difference between using node.js and not.

If you're interested check out http://keystonejs.com

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

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Post by carterschonwald »

younata wrote: post #243

I have been building a (highly accurate) flight simulator. Basically, I'm taking a geometric approach to the flight dynamics model (similar to how x-plane works, except they're using... older techniques/technology. I'm using much more advanced stuff [working on seeing if I can simulate the airflow for the entire craft, as opposed to doing it by sections and then integrating those together]). This is in contrast to th…

very very cool! At some point i want to dig into how to write physics simulations, in the mean time i'm slowly working on trying to make better numerical computing tools, which is sort of a precondition to playing with simulation.

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

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Post by lukaseder »

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…

Very nice, and good choice of tune :-)

I wish someone made something as well executed as this for the piano. Or maybe I'll just learn the guitar, now.

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

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Post by carterschonwald »

ghc wrote: post #265

I'm working on http://algorithmic.ly -- algorithms as a service. It's cool because I get to help startups who don't always have the resources to hire someone like me who specialized in implementing and scaling certain kinds of algorithmic features. These startups need help with everything from geospatial search up to anomaly detection and predictive analytics. It's bootstrapped, so while I'd love it if it was a publi…

very very cool! I'm doing a similar sort of consultancy, and one of the challenges is actually building the reputational capital needed to actually have that sort of deal flow. So props on getting that working!
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