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Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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I'm sad to hear that you feel so anxious :( Exercise helps a ton. So does therapy (cognitive behavior therapy especially). Mindfulness meditation can help a lot, too.

It feels... guilty not to do something productive; like work. Or something showcase-worthy. I guess it also has something to do with "turning off" when working from home: it's like you have to give 120% every day until you can't and then the downward spiral starts. Home becomes office, and slowly, creepingly all becomes work and, well, I guess one just have to remind oneself that taking care of yourself and "turning…

I feel you. Had come into lockdown with a laundry list of stuff I though I could finish because of gained time. Very little has materialized. A thing that helped was bringing in another person to check on each other.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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I've been working on a Powered Air Purifying Respirator at https://airtoall.org/products/papr/. Our goal is to release a cheap (you can't get certified if you don't sell it) and open device that is niosh certified and thus usable. Currently working on our manufacturing prototype.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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I've started to scratch my own itch, trying to improve the audiobooks streaming experience. https://bookcamp.app I've got enough validation to think there's a market for it, especially in the Plex community. So for the MVP, the server acts only as a layer between Plex and the client. This allows me to build a great audiobook player and add features on top that Plex is not capable of.

I've the same itch with ebooks/papers (pdf, epub, azw3, etc). It's impossible for me manage them and keep them portable. Great work! I'll definitely check this out. The logo is lovely too.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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Covid tracker for my home state + an API to get data for other states.

https://mississippicovid.com

Cranked it out in a couple weeks and the code made me sad so I haven’t touched it since...ugly UI, bugs, etc

Also started back on an IoT soil sensor project.

Need to finish editing a book but tech provides an excusable distraction !

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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I managed to plant vegetables and keep them alive and growing well in to June. I make the same attempt every year, so this is a record for me. On a more serious note, I had plans when the lockdown began. I wanted to build some kind of a "robot" as an educational venture. Do some redecorating, learn Unity and figure out how to use the TIG welder I bough one night when I was drunk. In reality what has happened is that…

Tig welding is great way to essentially meditate, similar to painting, once you figure it out that is. Start with lines on 1/4" steel flat bars.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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I built this: http://artbuffer.com/

I built it so I could easily create unique art for printing, framing and putting up in my home.

Some examples: https://www.artbuffer.com/view?a=wslyHCoGjqoA3ZKgsQ_hNAlnshT...

https://www.artbuffer.com/view?a=-9Wr6aLtgF383zsAWxchXJbt8CW...

https://www.artbuffer.com/view?a=OuIs3I6vHAyqV-PoMb6EFiRVAFw...

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