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Ask HN: Let's see your weekend projects

12 points by timjahn 15y ago

I see a ton of weekend projects posted regularly to HN and some of the stuff produced is just outright cool. More importantly though, it's a great example of creative thinkers hard at work trying to make even the slightest impact on the world around them. I'd love to write a post on EntrepreneursUnpluggd.com highlighting some of these projects. If you're interested in being included, post your weekend project link here and a quick 1 sentence pitch about it. Thanks!

alain94040 15y ago
http://foundrs.com/calculator/index.php http://foundrs.com/calculator/index.php co-founder equity calculator, tells you how to split your startup shares among founders
sahillavingia 15y ago
Here's my latest one: http://itunes.com/apps/Caltrainer/ http://itunes.com/apps/Caltrainer/
- timjahn 15y ago
  Yours is actually what inspired this. :) I thought "what a simple app" but at least he's trying to create change.
mdg 15y ago
On a Thursday? A file manager I have been writing in Vala: http://i.imgur.com/WulQk.png http://i.imgur.com/WulQk.png Id like to add a "shelf" at some point, but the first priority is getting the details view on the right of the window fleshed out.
gintas 15y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nbgjmohekjolcgemlolblankocjlgalf https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nbgjmohekjolcgemlo... Crackbook, a Chrome extension to keep you from slacking off on the web too much.
alexgandy 15y ago
http://www.theglutenless.com http://www.theglutenless.com Find Gluten Free Beer and Celiac Friendly Businesses.
- PonyGumbo 15y ago
  This is fantastic! My wife has celiac. The geolocation failed for me, though - maybe add a search by zip or browse by state feature?
friggeri 15y ago
https://github.com/afriggeri/jump https://github.com/afriggeri/jump Bringing autosuggest to cd on OSX. And I quite literally coded that last week end.
davesmylie 15y ago
Here's mine - http://dudmail.com http://dudmail.com (a disposable email / email anonymiser site) It ended up taking significantly longer than a weekend, but it's just about done =) Hopefully I'll be doing a HN - Review my site/checkout my weekend project shortly...
WalterGR 15y ago
http://www.offensivest.com/books/ http://www.offensivest.com/books/ The most vulgar books released by Project Gutenberg, using the >120k offensiveness votes cast on The Online Slang Dictionary.
hellotoby 15y ago
http://www.myfivesevenfive.com/ http://www.myfivesevenfive.com/ A Haiku (poetry) community. Currently trying to solve the chicken egg problem (slowly).
kgen 15y ago
http://www.regexone.com http://www.regexone.com An rt interactive tool to teach people how to use regular expressions. Took a couple weekends, but was my first dive into AWS and PHP MVC frameworks (Kohana) too :)
karterk 15y ago
Scribble - http://scribble.wreally.com http://scribble.wreally.com For those who have a habit of saving .txt files to their desktop as reminders, notes, thoughts and random ideas. It's also on the Chrome webstore, and it has found it's own little fan club there :) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/offpaifnchmpbnjhjbhpdffahlofdkfb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/offpaifnchmpbnjhjb...
- timjahn 15y ago
  I'm totally one of those people. When I'm on a call, I quickly open up TextEdit to jot down notes, and then transfer them to Evernote or Basecamp after. Neat idea!
jerrytap 15y ago
Data Integration Agent http://DataIntegrationAgent.com http://DataIntegrationAgent.com I got really sick of all the different crappy ways to get data into SalesForce. I really can just drag and drop from a toolbox. Point to files, do joins, mapping, and eve custom code. When I'm done I enter my password for SalesForce and push the run button. It is a bit buggy though, I just slapped together some code I had and some code I found around the net. But, the screen shots are real, and even my buggy solution works way better than anything out there.
- pcharles 15y ago
  Cool stuff!
dieselz 15y ago
Hover Discover - http://hoverdiscover.com/ http://hoverdiscover.com/ A tour of the most interesting places in the world, from your computer.
fbnt 15y ago
Phras.in - http://phras.in http://phras.in Phras.in helps you decide which words to use when you are not certain on the right term. A writing life saver. Also on chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gndekfibfmobgcogjdcgepehfbhgdfdp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gndekfibfmobgcogjd...
blazzar 15y ago
Go on then http://www.reviewport.net/rp/register.php http://www.reviewport.net/rp/register.php - access code 8000RP Review Port enables photographers, web designers and graphic designers to get private feedback on their portfolios.
poissonpie 15y ago
Place Guitar - http://www.placeguitar.com http://www.placeguitar.com - guitar placeholder images that rock! Coloring Out - http://www.coloringout.com http://www.coloringout.com - css colour transmorgrifier. I have no idea how to properly describe this - basically it lets you add a hex value to every hex colour in your css....so you can keep a relative colour scheme, but shift it up or down.
MPiccinato 15y ago
Had That Beer - http://www.hadthatbeer.com/signup?c=earlyaccess http://www.hadthatbeer.com/signup?c=earlyaccess A social beer check list app

12 points by timjahn 15y ago

alain94040 15y ago

http://foundrs.com/calculator/index.php http://foundrs.com/calculator/index.php co-founder equity calculator, tells you how to split your startup shares among founders

sahillavingia 15y ago

Here's my latest one: http://itunes.com/apps/Caltrainer/ http://itunes.com/apps/Caltrainer/

timjahn 15y ago
Yours is actually what inspired this. :) I thought "what a simple app" but at least he's trying to create change.

mdg 15y ago

On a Thursday? A file manager I have been writing in Vala: http://i.imgur.com/WulQk.png http://i.imgur.com/WulQk.png Id like to add a "shelf" at some point, but the first priority is getting the details view on the right of the window fleshed out.

gintas 15y ago

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nbgjmohekjolcgemlolblankocjlgalf https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nbgjmohekjolcgemlo... Crackbook, a Chrome extension to keep you from slacking off on the web too much.

alexgandy 15y ago

http://www.theglutenless.com http://www.theglutenless.com Find Gluten Free Beer and Celiac Friendly Businesses.

PonyGumbo 15y ago
This is fantastic! My wife has celiac. The geolocation failed for me, though - maybe add a search by zip or browse by state feature?

friggeri 15y ago

https://github.com/afriggeri/jump https://github.com/afriggeri/jump Bringing autosuggest to cd on OSX. And I quite literally coded that last week end.

davesmylie 15y ago

Here's mine - http://dudmail.com http://dudmail.com (a disposable email / email anonymiser site) It ended up taking significantly longer than a weekend, but it's just about done =) Hopefully I'll be doing a HN - Review my site/checkout my weekend project shortly...

WalterGR 15y ago

http://www.offensivest.com/books/ http://www.offensivest.com/books/ The most vulgar books released by Project Gutenberg, using the >120k offensiveness votes cast on The Online Slang Dictionary.

hellotoby 15y ago

http://www.myfivesevenfive.com/ http://www.myfivesevenfive.com/ A Haiku (poetry) community. Currently trying to solve the chicken egg problem (slowly).

kgen 15y ago

http://www.regexone.com http://www.regexone.com An rt interactive tool to teach people how to use regular expressions. Took a couple weekends, but was my first dive into AWS and PHP MVC frameworks (Kohana) too :)

karterk 15y ago

Scribble - http://scribble.wreally.com http://scribble.wreally.com For those who have a habit of saving .txt files to their desktop as reminders, notes, thoughts and random ideas. It's also on the Chrome webstore, and it has found it's own little fan club there :) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/offpaifnchmpbnjhjbhpdffahlofdkfb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/offpaifnchmpbnjhjb...

timjahn 15y ago
I'm totally one of those people. When I'm on a call, I quickly open up TextEdit to jot down notes, and then transfer them to Evernote or Basecamp after. Neat idea!

jerrytap 15y ago

Data Integration Agent http://DataIntegrationAgent.com http://DataIntegrationAgent.com I got really sick of all the different crappy ways to get data into SalesForce. I really can just drag and drop from a toolbox. Point to files, do joins, mapping, and eve custom code. When I'm done I enter my password for SalesForce and push the run button. It is a bit buggy though, I just slapped together some code I had and some code I found around the net. But, the screen shots are real, and even my buggy solution works way better than anything out there.

pcharles 15y ago
Cool stuff!

dieselz 15y ago

Hover Discover - http://hoverdiscover.com/ http://hoverdiscover.com/ A tour of the most interesting places in the world, from your computer.

fbnt 15y ago

Phras.in - http://phras.in http://phras.in Phras.in helps you decide which words to use when you are not certain on the right term. A writing life saver. Also on chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gndekfibfmobgcogjdcgepehfbhgdfdp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gndekfibfmobgcogjd...

blazzar 15y ago

Go on then http://www.reviewport.net/rp/register.php http://www.reviewport.net/rp/register.php - access code 8000RP Review Port enables photographers, web designers and graphic designers to get private feedback on their portfolios.

poissonpie 15y ago

Place Guitar - http://www.placeguitar.com http://www.placeguitar.com - guitar placeholder images that rock! Coloring Out - http://www.coloringout.com http://www.coloringout.com - css colour transmorgrifier. I have no idea how to properly describe this - basically it lets you add a hex value to every hex colour in your css....so you can keep a relative colour scheme, but shift it up or down.

MPiccinato 15y ago

Had That Beer - http://www.hadthatbeer.com/signup?c=earlyaccess http://www.hadthatbeer.com/signup?c=earlyaccess A social beer check list app