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

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

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Post by mackwic »

thewoo wrote: post #22

What: A cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) self-help website to support people who are currently in therapy, or who want to know more about common mental health conditions Where: http://self-help.tools Why cool? It aims to help people to take control of their therapy. The evidence indicates that people going through a course of CBT who take more control of their therapy, and take more responsibility for their well b…

I like your project a lot. But the articles seems harsh to read (I don't really know, I'm projecting myself).

Did you think about making short clips ? Maybe making the font nicer, more healthier ? (no serifs, use the color scheme of the healthcare, put round thing all around)

I don't know, it's like I am opening an encyclopedia rather than a self-help book. Is it the goal you want to achieve ?

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

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Post by k_kelly »

What: A better way to find github repos relevant to your interests. Works by compiling all the starred repos of contributors and . Currently in early alpha at https://github.com/KingsleyKelly/GitStar.

Why? I went from having about 10 starred repos to 300, and found loads of useful libraries and tools along the way.

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

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Post by z3ugma »

ibanez270dx wrote: post #5

What: A personal finances app Why: Because Mint and Credit Karma have horrible interfaces that don't allow me to manage my money and view spending trends in a way that I feel is satisfactory. Prototype for now and using plaid.com API for access to financial institutions.

I'd be really interested to see this.

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

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Post by alphagenerator »

austenallred wrote: post #18

We're building grasswire ( http://grasswire.com ), a real-time newsroom that's curated and fact-checked by everyone. It's cool because it is unreasonable that in this day and age the information that governs the world is controlled by governments and corporations. it's cool because social media is ridden with lies, errors and propaganda, and it doesn't make sense that those keep spreading without being refuted. It's…

I think what you're doing is very important. Thank you for tackling this problem.

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

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Post by lowglow »

mkal_tsr wrote: post #11

#knowledgebomb Fully offline live-USB (Ubuntu) w/ offline Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, OpenStreetMaps, and other public domain / creative common sources, all running on OSS. Just download and toss it on a USB, then use it as you want. I think it's great for those that have/may-have an intermittent internet connection, want to have an offline way to browse wikipedia, want to put it in a time capsule, are going campin…

This is a pretty decent idea. I wonder if you can build an app for this? I'm not pay for cellular data/voice anymore and would love offline access for a bunch of things like this. https://www.techendo.com/posts/how-i-killed-my-cellphone-pla...

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

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Post by balor123 »

mackwic wrote: post #23

I work on an embedded device which monitor your body in a way that will prevent people to hurt themselves without being aware of (because they can't feel it). It's not cool at all. All the pain, the damages on the body. Sometimes the amputations. It's a lot of pressure to develop a software which has to decide if you are in danger right now and how to help. Anyway that's what we're doing and we want to do it right. N…

Wow, that is totally cool! I don't have any neuropathies but I could see how it would totally suck. I imagine you'll be targeting the low hanging fruit first (limbs)? I would guess that the tongue is probably the worst place to lose feeling. You'd lose the ability to distinguish between chewing food and tongue.

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

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Post by vikp »

What I'm working on: Turfly (http://www.turf.ly)

Why it's cool: You get to capture real-life territory by running and walking through it. Just keep your phone in your pocket. Compete with your friends if you want. This is the game I have always wanted, and I get to make it. Feels great.

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

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Post by Permit »

V-2 wrote: post #24
Permit wrote: post #19

I'm working on a new way to visualize and edit code called Code Connect ( http://codeconnect.io ) We're leveraging Microsoft's new Roslyn compiler to break apart software into functions. The user then navigates their code on a function-by-function basis, similar to what was shown off in Code Bubbles a few years ago. We've got a demo video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuQ8NJOypqs We're planning to launch our…

Pretty cool. Reminds me there was a thing called Debugger Canvas, too (although I don't think it ever got mature, I may be mistaken). What's with the bracing style inside these bubbles?? :) Looks normal in Visual Studio, yet the whole body of the method gets an extra indentation in CodeConnect

Yeah unfortunately Debugger Canvas was scrapped after Visual Studio 2010.

Haha, yeah that's an artifact that's no longer present in current versions. It was including the tabs as part of the content of the function. So that's why it looks weirdly indented in that video.

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

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Post by jeffmorrisjr »

spencerfry wrote: post #7

What: https://www.uncover.com Why is it cool: In the fifteen months we've been in operation, we've never lost a customer. It just gives everyone a smile on their face and that's the type of businesses that I like to work on.

@spencerfry

Out of curiosity: why does your tagline say "makes it easy to put a smile on your employees faces" yet the landing page image features an employee who is not smiling?

I know this seems petty but that employee does not actually look very happy. Small things like this make a difference.

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