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Ask HN - Any interesting side projects you can share?

18 points by vijayr 15y ago

There was one project yesterday - google map showing a random place - interesting. Any other interesting project like that? (not the usual to-do list apps, something different)

TMK 15y ago
Currently I'm working on C++ container, because I hate the standard containers.
- alexholehouse 15y ago
  That sounds fun - what kind of things are you going for, and what approach are you thinking of taking?
  - TMK 15y ago
    Well first I wrote stack, queue and vector templates, but realized I can as easily write all of the functions as one template. Did that. Now I can use my container anyway I want and it can be safely iterated while deleting nodes. Though only problem I tried to overload operator= when character pointer is given to check how many characters in the data is and push them to the container automatically like you can do with std::string, but for some reason it gives me some ugly memory leaks, even though pushing normally works fine.
pilom 15y ago
Security Hardened VM's for EC2
- dholowiski 15y ago
  I Want! How do you plan on countering the lack of trust (for anyobody making an AMI)? Will they be audited by a third party?
clyfe 15y ago
I do https://entrydns.net https://entrydns.net (free DNS service) with a sysadmin friend. I's a side project we're evolving on afternoons and weekends.
dholowiski 15y ago
Hm, side projects, I have a few... http://localbeer.me http://localbeer.me (find locally brewed beer) http://la-weather.com http://la-weather.com (what's the weather like in LA - still in _very_ early development) http://imgonly.info http://imgonly.info (just the images from the Reddit RSS feed) http://uberqr.com http://uberqr.com (QR Code generator/link shortener, _very_ basic) That's all I can think of right now...
- dlf 15y ago
  localbeer.me looks awesome! ...I always try to get something local, especially when I'm in a new place.
jcapote 15y ago
I started working on a k/v cache, primarily to learn erlang: https://github.com/capotej/nolimit https://github.com/capotej/nolimit
kstenerud 15y ago
Wrote the world's fastest Objective-C JSON parser last week: https://github.com/kstenerud/KSJSON https://github.com/kstenerud/KSJSON Other, older things: ObjectAL, an audio library for iOS: https://github.com/kstenerud/ObjectAL-for-iPhone https://github.com/kstenerud/ObjectAL-for-iPhone Universal static framework template for iOS: https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework
tg3 15y ago
http://www.newsfeedy.com http://www.newsfeedy.com : news stories, links, and pictures for topics that are trending on twitter or google. It's a quick way to catch up on breaking news. I just added filtering this week.
- jordan3caron 15y ago
  very cool!
mixu 15y ago
I wrote a tiling window manager for X11 in Node.js a while back: https://github.com/mixu/nwm https://github.com/mixu/nwm and a free book about Node.js: http://book.mixu.net/ http://book.mixu.net/
hellotoby 15y ago
http://www.myfivesevenfive.com/ http://www.myfivesevenfive.com/ A community for people to write Haiku poetry Rather unloved at the moment. My schedule has been crazy ever since I launched it :(
FameofLight 15y ago
Mathalon - http://mathalon.in/ http://mathalon.in/ Mathematics Problem Site.
davesmylie 15y ago
http://dudmail.com http://dudmail.com - a disposable email/mail forwarding site. I mentioned it on HN a few months back: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3026892 http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3026892
callmeed 15y ago
http://wheelspotting.com http://wheelspotting.com (my project to polish my Rails/iOS integration skills) http://editdrop.com http://editdrop.com (this we have customers ready to buy) http://eat05.com http://eat05.com (not live) making a happy hour guide/app for local area. I always am wanting to know who has what food/drink specials
5kracer 15y ago
The one I'm working on now is http://5kracer.com http://5kracer.com makes finding local 5k races easy
pkamb 15y ago
A simple Reddit OS X menubar app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-notifier/id468366517?mt=12 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-notifier/id468366517?m... An exercise in getting an app into the App Store as quickly as possible.
hornbaker 15y ago
Just announced http://bumb.ly http://bumb.ly in another post today – think of it as a more elegant, fast quickmeme - powered by HTML5, Canvas, and FileReader to do some cool photo editing on the client-side.
logicb 15y ago
A gift cards marketplace @ http://www.GiftcardZilla.com http://www.GiftcardZilla.com Trying to finish the BUY section and soon need to add the SELL giftcard section.

18 points by vijayr 15y ago

There was one project yesterday - google map showing a random place - interesting. Any other interesting project like that? (not the usual to-do list apps, something different)

TMK 15y ago

Currently I'm working on C++ container, because I hate the standard containers.

alexholehouse 15y ago
That sounds fun - what kind of things are you going for, and what approach are you thinking of taking?
- TMK 15y ago
  Well first I wrote stack, queue and vector templates, but realized I can as easily write all of the functions as one template. Did that. Now I can use my container anyway I want and it can be safely iterated while deleting nodes. Though only problem I tried to overload operator= when character pointer is given to check how many characters in the data is and push them to the container automatically like you can do with std::string, but for some reason it gives me some ugly memory leaks, even though pushing normally works fine.

pilom 15y ago

Security Hardened VM's for EC2

dholowiski 15y ago
I Want! How do you plan on countering the lack of trust (for anyobody making an AMI)? Will they be audited by a third party?

clyfe 15y ago

I do https://entrydns.net https://entrydns.net (free DNS service) with a sysadmin friend. I's a side project we're evolving on afternoons and weekends.

dholowiski 15y ago

Hm, side projects, I have a few... http://localbeer.me http://localbeer.me (find locally brewed beer) http://la-weather.com http://la-weather.com (what's the weather like in LA - still in _very_ early development) http://imgonly.info http://imgonly.info (just the images from the Reddit RSS feed) http://uberqr.com http://uberqr.com (QR Code generator/link shortener, _very_ basic) That's all I can think of right now...

dlf 15y ago
localbeer.me looks awesome! ...I always try to get something local, especially when I'm in a new place.

jcapote 15y ago

I started working on a k/v cache, primarily to learn erlang: https://github.com/capotej/nolimit https://github.com/capotej/nolimit

kstenerud 15y ago

Wrote the world's fastest Objective-C JSON parser last week: https://github.com/kstenerud/KSJSON https://github.com/kstenerud/KSJSON Other, older things: ObjectAL, an audio library for iOS: https://github.com/kstenerud/ObjectAL-for-iPhone https://github.com/kstenerud/ObjectAL-for-iPhone Universal static framework template for iOS: https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework https://github.com/kstenerud/iOS-Universal-Framework

tg3 15y ago

http://www.newsfeedy.com http://www.newsfeedy.com : news stories, links, and pictures for topics that are trending on twitter or google. It's a quick way to catch up on breaking news. I just added filtering this week.

jordan3caron 15y ago
very cool!

mixu 15y ago

I wrote a tiling window manager for X11 in Node.js a while back: https://github.com/mixu/nwm https://github.com/mixu/nwm and a free book about Node.js: http://book.mixu.net/ http://book.mixu.net/

hellotoby 15y ago

http://www.myfivesevenfive.com/ http://www.myfivesevenfive.com/ A community for people to write Haiku poetry Rather unloved at the moment. My schedule has been crazy ever since I launched it :(

FameofLight 15y ago

Mathalon - http://mathalon.in/ http://mathalon.in/ Mathematics Problem Site.

davesmylie 15y ago

http://dudmail.com http://dudmail.com - a disposable email/mail forwarding site. I mentioned it on HN a few months back: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3026892 http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3026892

callmeed 15y ago

http://wheelspotting.com http://wheelspotting.com (my project to polish my Rails/iOS integration skills) http://editdrop.com http://editdrop.com (this we have customers ready to buy) http://eat05.com http://eat05.com (not live) making a happy hour guide/app for local area. I always am wanting to know who has what food/drink specials

5kracer 15y ago

The one I'm working on now is http://5kracer.com http://5kracer.com makes finding local 5k races easy

pkamb 15y ago

A simple Reddit OS X menubar app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-notifier/id468366517?mt=12 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-notifier/id468366517?m... An exercise in getting an app into the App Store as quickly as possible.

hornbaker 15y ago

Just announced http://bumb.ly http://bumb.ly in another post today – think of it as a more elegant, fast quickmeme - powered by HTML5, Canvas, and FileReader to do some cool photo editing on the client-side.

logicb 15y ago

A gift cards marketplace @ http://www.GiftcardZilla.com http://www.GiftcardZilla.com Trying to finish the BUY section and soon need to add the SELL giftcard section.