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Yup millions. Almost a new one every day.... Most are just one-off utilities to solve a problem. Some people would do them in bash, or python, or PowerShell. I
by Jaruzel 5y ago
Yup millions. Almost a new one every day....
Most are just one-off utilities to solve a problem. Some people would do them in bash, or python, or PowerShell. I do them in C#, because I know it well, and can code it without thinking...
A Few 'Big' programs I've written are:
- Custom SMTP server to proxy in front of an Exchange Server - ran 24/7 for over a decade until last year when I migrated to Exchange Online.
- Gopher Client for Windows which people actually use! [1]
- A application launcher/dock thing that sits at the top of my screen with drop down menus for apps sorted into categories, because I cannot stand the windows Start menu.
- A similarly useful transparent current-month calendar that sits in the bottom right of my screen at all times, which saves me having to click on the clock to find out what date 'next Wednesday' is etc.
- An RSS reader in PHP that I use multiple times a day. It's different to most others in that it only shows the current items in the live RSS feed for a site - it has no history. I prefer that, so I don't get anxiety with unread items.
A nice recent one that's only been in constant use for a few months is a Python script that dumps all the data from my weather station and logs it into a MariaDB table. I'm not doing anything with the data just yet, just collecting it. Once I have enough back history to play with, I'll write a web app to display it all nicely.
I could go on and on.... my 'Source Code' folder is massive, full of useful stuff, and half-written ideas.
Oh, and I'm actually not a programmer by trade,
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[1] http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-windows http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-wind...