I made a Firefox extension (and accompanying autohotkey script) because muting Twitch streams of League of Legends esports broadcasts in between games with my mouse was irritating and I could find no existing way to do it with a keyboard shortcut. https://github.com/RheingoldRiver/MuteTabsMatchingPattern
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#332Yeah bunch of scripts mostly. Things I find most useful are tamper/grease monkey scripts that makes interacting with common websites easier.
- I play a lot of chess and I want to click a button to copy the chess PGNs from chess.com easily while playing a game: https://pastebin.com/UKVUXQxc
- Another one is to grab property info from Redfin and paste it in google sheet for easier analysis and comparison b/w properties: https://pastebin.com/EmH66Q0r
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#333I'd been dealing with an RSI issue for about six years and had largely given up programming because of it, seeing no way around—then had an idea for a new kind of code editor that would let me program with motion sensors instead of seated with mouse + keyboard: http://symbolflux.com/projects/tiledtext
Once I was far enough in I saw the tech could be generalized beyond my own personal use case (it is vaporware though, never got the level where others could use it)—but 99% of the drive was just making something so that I personally could code without pain again.
Re: Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal use?
#334I made a Firefox extension (and accompanying autohotkey script) because muting Twitch streams of League of Legends esports broadcasts in between games with my mouse was irritating and I could find no existing way to do it with a keyboard shortcut. https://github.com/RheingoldRiver/MuteTabsMatchingPattern
Wow, this is such a specific problem that I also have. Thanks for this.
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#335Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Hundreds! Doesn't everyone? Raising my hand in agreement! A couple highlights: - Video syncing library before those became cool (2014). Originally built on top of firebase; now rewriting with my own backend. Very slow going :) - Twilio server + interface. I'm my own service provider (thanks to Twilio)
> - Twilio server + interface. I'm my own service provider (thanks to Twilio) What does this mean? You run a pbx that implements twilio's apis and can be accessed via twilio's api endpoints? Or something else?
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#336I created a program that prints QR codes onto sheets of peel-and-stick labels. When someone scans the code, they are directed to a simple web app that manages food sharing with my four roommates. We noticed that we buy a lot of the same things (bananas, avocados, eggs, etc), so we implemented a system where anyone can stick a QR code onto something they want to share, and anyone else can scan it to record what they t…
Congrats! You've invented a very bare bones inventory management system :)
Re: Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal use?
#337Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Hundreds! Doesn't everyone? Raising my hand in agreement! A couple highlights: - Video syncing library before those became cool (2014). Originally built on top of firebase; now rewriting with my own backend. Very slow going :) - Twilio server + interface. I'm my own service provider (thanks to Twilio)
> - Twilio server + interface. I'm my own service provider (thanks to Twilio) What does this mean? You run a pbx that implements twilio's apis and can be accessed via twilio's api endpoints? Or something else?
Twilio is the PBX and gateway for calls + texts.
I run a server that lets me receive calls wherever I am (SIP or forwarding, as required) and send messages. Like a self-hosted Google Voice but more flexible and with a greater choice of numbers + forwarding destinations.
All my server does is respond to HTTP requests from Twilio and send HTTP requests when I send a message.
Somewhere in the Twilio interface, you can define a SIP endpoint, but I forget where it is. That's enough for placing calls and does not require running a server.
Almost forgot to mention that I receive text notifications via pushover because I am not an Apple developer ... so no app for me.
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#338Wrote a small ERP system that's effectively for my personal use. Use it every day.
I wrote a small dynamic DNS system that I'm pretty sure no one else uses :P
Lots of scripts and whatnot, of course.
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#339Ignoring one-off bash scripts as needed, the standout examples of mine are a simple site for doing a specific type of date math in a bookmarkable fashion [0], as well as a webapp for my D&D 3.5 characters (pre-DNDBeyond days) [1]. As far as I know I am the sole user of both.
Re: Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal use?
#340I'd been dealing with an RSI issue for about six years and had largely given up programming because of it, seeing no way around—then had an idea for a new kind of code editor that would let me program with motion sensors instead of seated with mouse + keyboard: http://symbolflux.com/projects/tiledtext Once I was far enough in I saw the tech could be generalized beyond my own personal use case (it is vaporware though,…
You may also be interested in Desktop Linux, without a keyboard, mouse or desk[0] presented by Shervin Emami at Linux.conf.au in 2020.
I can't remember if that spoke directly to programming entirely by voice control, or it led me down the rabbit warren of other videos and resources.
[0] https://youtu.be/3aQfwS5pyrg 43 mins