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Ask HN: On which project you're working right now?

20 points by anujkk 15y ago

Just curious about what HN Community is coding these days.

struppi 15y ago
Data visualization in .NET for a client (I'm a freelancer). http://gclimbing.com http://gclimbing.com (written in Java with a custom web framework) and my blog as side projects. I also want to start another little side project, either in Ruby on Rails (I want to learn it) or in Java - not sure yet.
- anujkk 15y ago
  Any ideas for your new project? I'm also looking for same but for practicing python.
  - struppi 15y ago
    It's really just a little twitter-like web app. Nothing big or special, but maybe I'll put it online when done - just to ensure my web server doesn't get bored ;)
Egregore 15y ago
I'm doing an ExtJs (a rich JavaScript framework) project right now.
amccloud 15y ago
http://pixelcloud.com http://pixelcloud.com A simple way for design teams to collaborate and share what they’re working on. :) The stack: Python, Django, Backbone.js, MySQL, Solr, Redis, Nginx, Gunicorn. The integration between Django and Backbone.js was a b*tch. I'll hopefully be osing two small apps that make it a breeze for others.
PedroCandeias 15y ago
Right now I'm consulting (got to update my profile) for a client in the rent-a-car business. On the side, I'm still chipping away at a new version of threddie, my little chat/brainstorm app. All of it in the familiar lamp stack. I'm also trying to find the time to go through Zed's Learn Python the Hard Way.
- PedroCandeias 15y ago
  And the downvote was for...?
  - david927 15y ago
    Probably nothing. What you're doing is interesting. Those icons are close together; it might have been an attempted upvote.
dmm 15y ago
I have two big projects: a parallel raster(map) reprojector that does some interesting resampling and a semantic web representation of the nation's geospatial datasets.
- joshfinnie 15y ago
  Not sure why you were downvoted. These sound like some very interesting projects. Would love to hear more about where you are going with the web represenatation of geodata!
ttpva 15y ago
Right now I'm totally focused on what we like to call "ZenDesk for voice" - http://talkdeskapp.com http://talkdeskapp.com
david927 15y ago
A database that looks and acts like a spreadsheet. You can say Person.Name or you can say Person.A5. Every cell can itself be another spreadsheet/table. So you can query Person.A5.C3 or Person.Kids.Age. A query of :"Ahoj" will get any instances of that value in O(1) in any column of any table. Each query/command is a single HTTP GET request. The spreadsheet is all done in pure canvas, and there's a JS equivalent for the backend, so it can work off-line and synch up.
- mahmud 15y ago
  Sounds like javascript. foo["bar"] is same as foo.bar.
  - david927 15y ago
    There is a lot of overlap with Javascript. For example, you can also get your results in JSON. If you take a cell and for its child you fill in just A1, you get back the scalar (x.A1 is the same as x in this case); but if you fill in A1, A2, A3 you get back the array [x,y,z] and can access it with an index; if you fill in A1, B1, C1, you get back the object: {A:"x",B:"y",C:"z"}; and of course, if you do both, you get an array of objects.
- anujkk 15y ago
  How is this being implemented? Is it a server side database and client communicate to it using HTTP Get request? Does it use POST and PUT requests too for modifying it(as in the case of REST? Also, I'm confused about "spreadsheet is all done in pure canvas". Are you talking about canvas of HTML5?
  - david927 15y ago
    It has two components: server-side in NodeJS (parsing), C++ transaction server, TokyoCabinet. Yeah, it's (roughly) RESTful. The UI is spreadsheet in HTML5 Canvas: http://kayia.org http://kayia.org (but this is for development -- it's very early) The project is hosted on Github: https://github.com/david927/Kayia https://github.com/david927/Kayia
blazzar 15y ago
Just about to release my first little site http://reviewport.net http://reviewport.net (holding/basic info page at the mo) LAMP stack - never touched any of them before building this and the only ever other code I wrote was a little ASP about 10 years ago (when I say little it was one recruitment site). So this has been a real learning experience.
mcrittenden 15y ago
http://fileslap.com http://fileslap.com - a file sharing site. Adding features, mostly.
- anujkk 15y ago
  Really nice service with a beautiful UX. :)
joshfinnie 15y ago
I am working on Version 2 of BeerLedge.com. Now that Untappd has become more popular I am trying to work through some code where I can differentiate myself. It started as an exercise to learn python (using the Flask micro-framework), but I have really fallen for the idea and love working on it.
gaius 15y ago
I have a little project I call Operation Foothold, which is about removing blockers to enterprise adoption of OCaml. So far I have useful Oracle bindings, and have started work on a Coherence binding. This project is briefly on-hold while I re-learn C++... More on my blog at http://gaiustech.wordpress.com/ http://gaiustech.wordpress.com/
BenSchaechter 15y ago
Working on http://gopollgo.com http://gopollgo.com -- would love any and all feedback!
rudasn 15y ago
I am working on a video bookmarking site http://mytubemarks.com http://mytubemarks.com (beta) and examining the possibilities for a new type of a classifieds website. What are you working on?
solost 15y ago
I am working on http://www.shallwecoupon.com http://www.shallwecoupon.com - I launched it last month and am continuing to work on the finish of the site (I still have about 600 logos to update) before I go back and start adding incrimental functionality. It took 30 days to build and implement, I am pretty please with the results so far. Thoughts?
callmeed 15y ago
Cilantro: "about.me for restaurants"
mannicken 15y ago
Porting of some C++ network code for a client. http://olekbeluga.com/notepad/notebook_mockup.html http://olekbeluga.com/notepad/notebook_mockup.html as a hobby.
dchuk 15y ago
1) Building and growing the most kickass SEO research and competition analysis tool on the market: http://serpiq.com http://serpiq.com 2) (attempting to) Revive a forum for SaaS builders I started a few months back: http://www.saasaholics.com http://www.saasaholics.com
- trussi 15y ago
  I signed up for SerpIQ. Clean UI, but the UX needs work. You present good data, if the user knew what to do with it. Close the loop and tell me. Don't make me become an SEM expert. You're the expert. Just tell me what I should do with the results. Then you have a killer product. I bounced from SaaSaholics once I saw it was a generic message board. That won't cut it these days. Gotta have a more social UI.
JamieLewis 15y ago
Right now, I am currently designing/writing a game for Android, mainly as an exercise to get me back into game programming.
martinshen 15y ago
Moved to SF a few months ago and got some traction/funds. Working on UpOut: discover fun now. Looking to hire employee #1.. equity + pay. Email me if interested.. martin at UpOut

20 points by anujkk 15y ago

Just curious about what HN Community is coding these days.

Data visualization in .NET for a client (I'm a freelancer). http://gclimbing.com http://gclimbing.com (written in Java with a custom web framework) and my blog as side projects. I also want to start another little side project, either in Ruby on Rails (I want to learn it) or in Java - not sure yet.

anujkk 15y ago
Any ideas for your new project? I'm also looking for same but for practicing python.
- struppi 15y ago
  It's really just a little twitter-like web app. Nothing big or special, but maybe I'll put it online when done - just to ensure my web server doesn't get bored ;)

Egregore 15y ago

I'm doing an ExtJs (a rich JavaScript framework) project right now.

amccloud 15y ago

http://pixelcloud.com http://pixelcloud.com A simple way for design teams to collaborate and share what they’re working on. :) The stack: Python, Django, Backbone.js, MySQL, Solr, Redis, Nginx, Gunicorn. The integration between Django and Backbone.js was a b*tch. I'll hopefully be osing two small apps that make it a breeze for others.

PedroCandeias 15y ago

Right now I'm consulting (got to update my profile) for a client in the rent-a-car business. On the side, I'm still chipping away at a new version of threddie, my little chat/brainstorm app. All of it in the familiar lamp stack. I'm also trying to find the time to go through Zed's Learn Python the Hard Way.

PedroCandeias 15y ago
And the downvote was for...?
- david927 15y ago
  Probably nothing. What you're doing is interesting. Those icons are close together; it might have been an attempted upvote.

dmm 15y ago

I have two big projects: a parallel raster(map) reprojector that does some interesting resampling and a semantic web representation of the nation's geospatial datasets.

joshfinnie 15y ago
Not sure why you were downvoted. These sound like some very interesting projects. Would love to hear more about where you are going with the web represenatation of geodata!

ttpva 15y ago

Right now I'm totally focused on what we like to call "ZenDesk for voice" - http://talkdeskapp.com http://talkdeskapp.com

david927 15y ago

A database that looks and acts like a spreadsheet. You can say Person.Name or you can say Person.A5. Every cell can itself be another spreadsheet/table. So you can query Person.A5.C3 or Person.Kids.Age. A query of :"Ahoj" will get any instances of that value in O(1) in any column of any table. Each query/command is a single HTTP GET request. The spreadsheet is all done in pure canvas, and there's a JS equivalent for the backend, so it can work off-line and synch up.

mahmud 15y ago
Sounds like javascript. foo["bar"] is same as foo.bar.
- david927 15y ago
  There is a lot of overlap with Javascript. For example, you can also get your results in JSON. If you take a cell and for its child you fill in just A1, you get back the scalar (x.A1 is the same as x in this case); but if you fill in A1, A2, A3 you get back the array [x,y,z] and can access it with an index; if you fill in A1, B1, C1, you get back the object: {A:"x",B:"y",C:"z"}; and of course, if you do both, you get an array of objects.
anujkk 15y ago
How is this being implemented? Is it a server side database and client communicate to it using HTTP Get request? Does it use POST and PUT requests too for modifying it(as in the case of REST? Also, I'm confused about "spreadsheet is all done in pure canvas". Are you talking about canvas of HTML5?
- david927 15y ago
  It has two components: server-side in NodeJS (parsing), C++ transaction server, TokyoCabinet. Yeah, it's (roughly) RESTful. The UI is spreadsheet in HTML5 Canvas: http://kayia.org http://kayia.org (but this is for development -- it's very early) The project is hosted on Github: https://github.com/david927/Kayia https://github.com/david927/Kayia

blazzar 15y ago

Just about to release my first little site http://reviewport.net http://reviewport.net (holding/basic info page at the mo) LAMP stack - never touched any of them before building this and the only ever other code I wrote was a little ASP about 10 years ago (when I say little it was one recruitment site). So this has been a real learning experience.

mcrittenden 15y ago

http://fileslap.com http://fileslap.com - a file sharing site. Adding features, mostly.

anujkk 15y ago
Really nice service with a beautiful UX. :)

joshfinnie 15y ago

I am working on Version 2 of BeerLedge.com. Now that Untappd has become more popular I am trying to work through some code where I can differentiate myself. It started as an exercise to learn python (using the Flask micro-framework), but I have really fallen for the idea and love working on it.

gaius 15y ago

I have a little project I call Operation Foothold, which is about removing blockers to enterprise adoption of OCaml. So far I have useful Oracle bindings, and have started work on a Coherence binding. This project is briefly on-hold while I re-learn C++... More on my blog at http://gaiustech.wordpress.com/ http://gaiustech.wordpress.com/

BenSchaechter 15y ago

Working on http://gopollgo.com http://gopollgo.com -- would love any and all feedback!

rudasn 15y ago

I am working on a video bookmarking site http://mytubemarks.com http://mytubemarks.com (beta) and examining the possibilities for a new type of a classifieds website. What are you working on?

solost 15y ago

I am working on http://www.shallwecoupon.com http://www.shallwecoupon.com - I launched it last month and am continuing to work on the finish of the site (I still have about 600 logos to update) before I go back and start adding incrimental functionality. It took 30 days to build and implement, I am pretty please with the results so far. Thoughts?

callmeed 15y ago

Cilantro: "about.me for restaurants"

mannicken 15y ago

Porting of some C++ network code for a client. http://olekbeluga.com/notepad/notebook_mockup.html http://olekbeluga.com/notepad/notebook_mockup.html as a hobby.

dchuk 15y ago

1) Building and growing the most kickass SEO research and competition analysis tool on the market: http://serpiq.com http://serpiq.com 2) (attempting to) Revive a forum for SaaS builders I started a few months back: http://www.saasaholics.com http://www.saasaholics.com

trussi 15y ago
I signed up for SerpIQ. Clean UI, but the UX needs work. You present good data, if the user knew what to do with it. Close the loop and tell me. Don't make me become an SEM expert. You're the expert. Just tell me what I should do with the results. Then you have a killer product. I bounced from SaaSaholics once I saw it was a generic message board. That won't cut it these days. Gotta have a more social UI.

JamieLewis 15y ago

Right now, I am currently designing/writing a game for Android, mainly as an exercise to get me back into game programming.

martinshen 15y ago

Moved to SF a few months ago and got some traction/funds. Working on UpOut: discover fun now. Looking to hire employee #1.. equity + pay. Email me if interested.. martin at UpOut