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Ask HN: What are you currently working on? [April 2016 version]

18 points by asimuvPR 11y ago

Its always interesting to learn about things fellow members are working on. It doesn't need to be a startup or anything amazing. Your latest hacky code will do. :)

coreyp_1 11y ago
https://github.com/coreyp1/defiant https://github.com/coreyp1/defiant If you want to know why, check out this blog post (part 1 & 2 are the why, part 3 is the what): https://cscrunch.com/blog/corey-pennycuff/its-2016-and-youre-still-doing-forms-wrong-and-so-your-framework-part-1 https://cscrunch.com/blog/corey-pennycuff/its-2016-and-youre...
- asimuvPR 11y ago
  I like your motto. Be defiant! Why the heck not! :) Definitely giving it a test drive.
  - coreyp_1 11y ago
    Thanks, but be warned, this is only the start of a bigger project, and needs A LOT of work to be ready for anything stable.
egraether 11y ago
Coati - an interactive source explorer for C/C++ based on Qt and clang: https://www.coati.io/ https://www.coati.io/
- asimuvPR 11y ago
  You might want to test putting the use case slider near the top. I almost closed the tab without realizing what a nice tool you have built.
mtmail 11y ago
Related "What side projects are you up to?" from 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11429183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11429183
- asimuvPR 11y ago
  Oops! I searched for the query terms used int he title of this post. Sorry for posting a similar thread so soon.
crad 11y ago
https://github.com/gmr/httpc-aws https://github.com/gmr/httpc-aws An Erlang based AWS client that intends to be a thin wrapper for httpc. What makes it different than other Erlang based AWS clients is configuration and credentialing. Config and credentials can be set in the app config, OS environment variables, AWS CLI configuration files, or by accessing the AWS EC2 Instance Metadata API.
- asimuvPR 11y ago
  Beautiful code there.
  - crad 11y ago
    Thank you :) I'm still working on coding and documentation style, so I appreciate the feedback!
Pacodastre 11y ago
https://gitlab.com/stackshuttle/grow_journal https://gitlab.com/stackshuttle/grow_journal A webapp to create journals for the plants you're growing. It is using elixir/phoenix. Always looking for contributors :-)
pedalpete 11y ago
Favor - like phonegap or jquery for IoT. A consistent api to across different hardware and let's you write it all in Javascript. https://github.com/favor/it https://github.com/favor/it
- asimuvPR 11y ago
  This is very nice. I like how you leverage the idioms of jquery to provide a very readable API. I'm definitely trying it out.
  - pedalpete 11y ago
    Thanks, please drop me a line if you have ANY questions, suggestions or issues. I keep seeing downloads on NPM, but so far nobody has contacted me with questions or bug-reports, so I can't tell if it is actually being used. Also, let me know what you build! Curious to hear about experiences. Thanks
147 11y ago
Not a startup nor code, but I'm working on starting a solo consultancy or something as my first real business. I'm having issues figuring out: * How to position myself * What specific service I'd offer instead of just plain old commodity coding. I'm thinking about perhaps working with non technical business owners. * How to reach the people I'd like to work with I'm in the research phase at the moment.
- ponyous 11y ago
  I am interested in this as well. If anyone have any good read on the topic please share!
crisopolis 11y ago
I'm working on a dispatching platform written in Vue.js and Elixir. Think... cable tech, power tech, disaster worker... being able to communicate via mobile that they are on scene, enroute and etc. with there dispatch center. https://alpha.highwayapp.co https://alpha.highwayapp.co - Alpha for... you know alpha.
lowtecky 11y ago
Posting a series of procedurally animated music visualizations to social media. I'm attempting to deliver one every day. Coded in Processing (+Minim/ControlP5). Stitched together w/ FFmpeg. https://instagram.com/preziotte https://instagram.com/preziotte https://twitter.com/preziotte https://twitter.com/preziotte
Tyler-Durden 11y ago
http://bitbot.cc http://bitbot.cc - A random instance generator loading a pseudo random picture and a pseudo random comment. It's basically my learning project for when learning new programming languages.
Jemaclus 11y ago
A tool for writers to track word counts, with fancy charts and shit. I built it for myself, but wound up opening it up to anyone who wants to use it. I don't really care if I get users or not, but it's fun to work on: https://www.novelsarehard.com https://www.novelsarehard.com
pierreluc 11y ago
An innovative methodology calls 5 Day Hacks to bring smart solutions to tricky problems - in just 5 days! Companies will achieve concrete results, greater knowledge, efficient strategy and develop a better functioning team within 5 days. http://nerdic.co/5dayhacks http://nerdic.co/5dayhacks
- selmat 11y ago
  This is interesting idea. I was thinking about something similar - to be an facilitator during solving technical problems with system approach methodology. I am wondering, how big is demand for your services? If it's not secret you can shoot me an email.
bnp 11y ago
I've been working on a windows app to pull data in tables from PDF files into Excel http://www.3xfour.com http://www.3xfour.com I am a financial analyst in my day job and spend a lot of time pulling data out of annual reports and investor presentations into financial models, so it mainly focused on solving that use case for myself. Previous solutions exist but its a hard problem to get 100% right, I still have a way to go. The more interesting part is to be able to automatically populate missing data in an Excel table that comes from a PDF, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzN_elbjWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzN_elbjWo
sidcool 11y ago
Lately got interested in DevOps and learning/working on Chef and AWS migration.
Jugurtha 11y ago
I'm designing an interface to allow cars that only display digital video to display analog video from rear view cameras. One selection bit (car on reverse) to multiplex two inputs (video from car control unit and video from rear view camera) to one output (car screen).
ninjavis 11y ago
There's something in the pipeline for me on innovating on how we type, as in articles and web content. To me, it seems like the QWERTY keyboard has been around forever, its layout was specifically designed to make people type slower when the first typewriters were introduced. Why aren't we seeing more innovation on the software side of things? That's where I come in :) And I also launched my first startup, upperhound.com, this morning - eyes bloodshot just before I went to bed. I decided I don't want to be a wantrepreneur any longer. Procrastination is such a killer. I mainly negotiate 50% + SaaS membership discounts for interested subscribers. Btw, asimuvPR, what are you working on currently?
erik14th 11y ago
https://www.highelobuilds.com/ https://www.highelobuilds.com/ A website to search for League Of Legends builds from challenger games. I had a lot of ideas, that's the one who made it because it's small enough so I can do it all by myself and I can keep it alive for a long time spending very little on it.

18 points by asimuvPR 11y ago

Its always interesting to learn about things fellow members are working on. It doesn't need to be a startup or anything amazing. Your latest hacky code will do. :)

coreyp_1 11y ago

https://github.com/coreyp1/defiant https://github.com/coreyp1/defiant If you want to know why, check out this blog post (part 1 & 2 are the why, part 3 is the what): https://cscrunch.com/blog/corey-pennycuff/its-2016-and-youre-still-doing-forms-wrong-and-so-your-framework-part-1 https://cscrunch.com/blog/corey-pennycuff/its-2016-and-youre...

asimuvPR 11y ago
I like your motto. Be defiant! Why the heck not! :) Definitely giving it a test drive.
- coreyp_1 11y ago
  Thanks, but be warned, this is only the start of a bigger project, and needs A LOT of work to be ready for anything stable.

egraether 11y ago

Coati - an interactive source explorer for C/C++ based on Qt and clang: https://www.coati.io/ https://www.coati.io/

asimuvPR 11y ago
You might want to test putting the use case slider near the top. I almost closed the tab without realizing what a nice tool you have built.

mtmail 11y ago

Related "What side projects are you up to?" from 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11429183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11429183

asimuvPR 11y ago
Oops! I searched for the query terms used int he title of this post. Sorry for posting a similar thread so soon.

crad 11y ago

https://github.com/gmr/httpc-aws https://github.com/gmr/httpc-aws An Erlang based AWS client that intends to be a thin wrapper for httpc. What makes it different than other Erlang based AWS clients is configuration and credentialing. Config and credentials can be set in the app config, OS environment variables, AWS CLI configuration files, or by accessing the AWS EC2 Instance Metadata API.

asimuvPR 11y ago
Beautiful code there.
- crad 11y ago
  Thank you :) I'm still working on coding and documentation style, so I appreciate the feedback!

Pacodastre 11y ago

https://gitlab.com/stackshuttle/grow_journal https://gitlab.com/stackshuttle/grow_journal A webapp to create journals for the plants you're growing. It is using elixir/phoenix. Always looking for contributors :-)

pedalpete 11y ago

Favor - like phonegap or jquery for IoT. A consistent api to across different hardware and let's you write it all in Javascript. https://github.com/favor/it https://github.com/favor/it

asimuvPR 11y ago
This is very nice. I like how you leverage the idioms of jquery to provide a very readable API. I'm definitely trying it out.
- pedalpete 11y ago
  Thanks, please drop me a line if you have ANY questions, suggestions or issues. I keep seeing downloads on NPM, but so far nobody has contacted me with questions or bug-reports, so I can't tell if it is actually being used. Also, let me know what you build! Curious to hear about experiences. Thanks

147 11y ago

Not a startup nor code, but I'm working on starting a solo consultancy or something as my first real business. I'm having issues figuring out: * How to position myself * What specific service I'd offer instead of just plain old commodity coding. I'm thinking about perhaps working with non technical business owners. * How to reach the people I'd like to work with I'm in the research phase at the moment.

ponyous 11y ago
I am interested in this as well. If anyone have any good read on the topic please share!

crisopolis 11y ago

I'm working on a dispatching platform written in Vue.js and Elixir. Think... cable tech, power tech, disaster worker... being able to communicate via mobile that they are on scene, enroute and etc. with there dispatch center. https://alpha.highwayapp.co https://alpha.highwayapp.co - Alpha for... you know alpha.

lowtecky 11y ago

Posting a series of procedurally animated music visualizations to social media. I'm attempting to deliver one every day. Coded in Processing (+Minim/ControlP5). Stitched together w/ FFmpeg. https://instagram.com/preziotte https://instagram.com/preziotte https://twitter.com/preziotte https://twitter.com/preziotte

Tyler-Durden 11y ago

http://bitbot.cc http://bitbot.cc - A random instance generator loading a pseudo random picture and a pseudo random comment. It's basically my learning project for when learning new programming languages.

Jemaclus 11y ago

A tool for writers to track word counts, with fancy charts and shit. I built it for myself, but wound up opening it up to anyone who wants to use it. I don't really care if I get users or not, but it's fun to work on: https://www.novelsarehard.com https://www.novelsarehard.com

pierreluc 11y ago

An innovative methodology calls 5 Day Hacks to bring smart solutions to tricky problems - in just 5 days! Companies will achieve concrete results, greater knowledge, efficient strategy and develop a better functioning team within 5 days. http://nerdic.co/5dayhacks http://nerdic.co/5dayhacks

selmat 11y ago
This is interesting idea. I was thinking about something similar - to be an facilitator during solving technical problems with system approach methodology. I am wondering, how big is demand for your services? If it's not secret you can shoot me an email.

bnp 11y ago

I've been working on a windows app to pull data in tables from PDF files into Excel http://www.3xfour.com http://www.3xfour.com I am a financial analyst in my day job and spend a lot of time pulling data out of annual reports and investor presentations into financial models, so it mainly focused on solving that use case for myself. Previous solutions exist but its a hard problem to get 100% right, I still have a way to go. The more interesting part is to be able to automatically populate missing data in an Excel table that comes from a PDF, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzN_elbjWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzN_elbjWo

sidcool 11y ago

Lately got interested in DevOps and learning/working on Chef and AWS migration.

Jugurtha 11y ago

I'm designing an interface to allow cars that only display digital video to display analog video from rear view cameras. One selection bit (car on reverse) to multiplex two inputs (video from car control unit and video from rear view camera) to one output (car screen).

ninjavis 11y ago

There's something in the pipeline for me on innovating on how we type, as in articles and web content. To me, it seems like the QWERTY keyboard has been around forever, its layout was specifically designed to make people type slower when the first typewriters were introduced. Why aren't we seeing more innovation on the software side of things? That's where I come in :) And I also launched my first startup, upperhound.com, this morning - eyes bloodshot just before I went to bed. I decided I don't want to be a wantrepreneur any longer. Procrastination is such a killer. I mainly negotiate 50% + SaaS membership discounts for interested subscribers. Btw, asimuvPR, what are you working on currently?

erik14th 11y ago

https://www.highelobuilds.com/ https://www.highelobuilds.com/ A website to search for League Of Legends builds from challenger games. I had a lot of ideas, that's the one who made it because it's small enough so I can do it all by myself and I can keep it alive for a long time spending very little on it.