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Ask HN:Interesting things you built using Python

2 points by mraza007 6y ago

As a Python programmer what are some interesting things you have worked on or built using python

yboris 6y ago
Python is particularly good at data visualization. I made a submission to the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Data Visualization challenge and won 3rd place with this: https://income-inequality.info/ https://income-inequality.info/ <- Interactive visualization of income inequality Used Python to do some data cleaning, preparing, and graphing: https://github.com/whyboris/Global-Income-Distribution https://github.com/whyboris/Global-Income-Distribution and then
- mraza007 6y ago
  I think python has become the goto tool of working with data.
devenblake 6y ago
Spaghetti code (and I've commented it before) but: https://github.com/devenblake/ytfeed.py https://github.com/devenblake/ytfeed.py. A YouTube-specific RSS feed reader; you give it some channel IDs (usually a string starting with UC at the end of a youtube.com/channel/ link) and it will allow you to view the most recent videos, keep track of watched videos, etc. Built it because I despise the new YouTube interface and they're preparing to remove the ?disable-polymer=1 trick that lets you keep the old interface. I use it as my main YouTube client and really enjoy it but it's also nice as a playground to do weird stuff with Python.
- mraza007 6y ago
  Honestly that’s really interesting i never thought about that Thanks for sharing
brettkromkamp 6y ago
Contextualise, an open source (https://github.com/brettkromkamp/contextualise https://github.com/brettkromkamp/contextualise) knowledge management application: https://contextualise.dev/ https://contextualise.dev/. Currently, working on my (Python and JavaScript-based) Storyteller project, an interactive 3D storytelling web application based on semantic events: https://brettkromkamp.com/posts/narrative-events/ https://brettkromkamp.com/posts/narrative-events/
- mraza007 6y ago
  Really cool project how did you create interactive frontend
  - brettkromkamp 6y ago
    The Storyteller project’s frontend is implemented with https://threejs.org/ https://threejs.org/. The backend is a Flask-based REST API.
    - mraza007 6y ago
      Oh nice That’s great i can actually build a training module using threejs Thanks man
      - brettkromkamp 6y ago
        Not sure how I helped. But, you're welcome :)

2 points by mraza007 6y ago

As a Python programmer what are some interesting things you have worked on or built using python

Python is particularly good at data visualization. I made a submission to the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Data Visualization challenge and won 3rd place with this: https://income-inequality.info/ https://income-inequality.info/ <- Interactive visualization of income inequality Used Python to do some data cleaning, preparing, and graphing: https://github.com/whyboris/Global-Income-Distribution https://github.com/whyboris/Global-Income-Distribution and then

mraza007 6y ago
I think python has become the goto tool of working with data.

devenblake 6y ago

Spaghetti code (and I've commented it before) but: https://github.com/devenblake/ytfeed.py https://github.com/devenblake/ytfeed.py. A YouTube-specific RSS feed reader; you give it some channel IDs (usually a string starting with UC at the end of a youtube.com/channel/ link) and it will allow you to view the most recent videos, keep track of watched videos, etc. Built it because I despise the new YouTube interface and they're preparing to remove the ?disable-polymer=1 trick that lets you keep the old interface. I use it as my main YouTube client and really enjoy it but it's also nice as a playground to do weird stuff with Python.

mraza007 6y ago
Honestly that’s really interesting i never thought about that Thanks for sharing

brettkromkamp 6y ago

Contextualise, an open source (https://github.com/brettkromkamp/contextualise https://github.com/brettkromkamp/contextualise) knowledge management application: https://contextualise.dev/ https://contextualise.dev/. Currently, working on my (Python and JavaScript-based) Storyteller project, an interactive 3D storytelling web application based on semantic events: https://brettkromkamp.com/posts/narrative-events/ https://brettkromkamp.com/posts/narrative-events/

mraza007 6y ago
Really cool project how did you create interactive frontend
- brettkromkamp 6y ago
  The Storyteller project’s frontend is implemented with https://threejs.org/ https://threejs.org/. The backend is a Flask-based REST API.
  - mraza007 6y ago
    Oh nice That’s great i can actually build a training module using threejs Thanks man
    - brettkromkamp 6y ago
      Not sure how I helped. But, you're welcome :)