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Re: Ask HN: What are you building?

#22
Software-wise, just got a few scrappy demos I've thrown together. One creates an RSS feed for YouTube channels so you can subscribe to them as video podcasts. Problem is, it relies on hot-linking Google's servers and I'm sure it breaks all sorts of conditions in their Terms of Service. Still, want to finish it so I can at least use it myself.

Outside of that, I'm working on a screencast series for the Meteor JavaScript framework:

http://meteortips.com/screencasts

Launches in a few days. Then I'll start working on the next update to my (free) book about Meteor:

http://meteortips.com/book

:)

Re: Ask HN: What are you building?

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http://www.hackerlunch.com I am working on an iOS app that lets hackers meet up with each other and have lunch. I moved to San Francisco from Bangladesh last year and found it tough to meet other hackers. Being rather introverted, tech meetups didn't really work for me. I felt that a one-on-one meetup would be ideal. So that's what I'm building. I'm hoping to launch within a few weeks. If it sounds interesting to you…

Are you launching this specific to SF, or other cities as well?

Re: Ask HN: What are you building?

#27
http://yathletics.com - a men's activewear company that's going to make only one product per category.

I think apparel brands offer too many choices so I'm creating a brand that keeps it simple but at the same time invests in making very high quality products. For ex: the first product we launched is our athletic shirt - SilverAir. It's made using silver which kills the odor-causing bacteria in your sweat, so you can wear the shirt for the entire day and feel fresh, or reuse the shirt more often (i do).

The fabric is completely new and something we made from scratch. Without letting cost be a factor, we sourced some of the best yarns you can buy and achieved a feel that is super comfortable while being lightweight and breathable. To manufacture, we use seamless knitting machines so the body of the shirt does not have any stitches on it. (trust me, the silver is what sells but the most loved feature by our customers is the material and how you feel as if you're not wearing anything - in a good way)

Re: Ask HN: What are you building?

#29
I've been working on a video course for conversion optimization in software companies, and it's been taking much longer than I expected. There's no convenient way to show-and-tell, other than an email mini-course I made for it, and I don't want to link to that for fear of shilling.

What does it do? Ideally, get J. Random Product Person at a software company up to the point where they can confidently A/B test the marketing site and increase sales of the company.

What problem does it solve? "We know we should be A/B testing but we don't know how to get started." and "So we did A/B tests, and had a few results, and we think the business is better off than it was before, but we're not sure, and we're not confident that 'throw stuff at the wall' is the best way to go about this. Do you have any suggestions?", which are the two most common pieces of feedback from software companies about A/B testing I've had in the last, oh, five years or so.

When will it launch? Last August ^H^H December ^H^H May ^H^H July ^H^H I'm really hoping to ship it before Halloween.

Re: Ask HN: What are you building?

#30
An integrated party lighting / video projection software that listens to music real-time and allows synchronization to different metrical levels.

Website: http://wavesum.net

Here I tutorial for some of the video control stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02TU6ysHIW4 The DMX lighting part is in progress.

All feedback is welcome.

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