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Ask HN: Weekend side projects?

16 points by bazookaBen 14y ago

What weekend side projects are you working on? I'm working on a mobile HTML5 social game that backends into Parse.

drew82 14y ago
http://www.sofreakinannoying.com http://www.sofreakinannoying.com - needed this to vent
hemantv 14y ago
Screen candidate and conduct telephone interview for free at http://simplyhire.in/ http://simplyhire.in/
pizza 14y ago
Pro-tip for those without any: keep an ideas.txt file. Keep it on GitHub, too, so others can use it.
sergiotapia 14y ago
Currently working on a Dota2 fansite with my brother. I'm really groking the usage of Mercurial for source control. It's really amazing.
decadentcactus 14y ago
Right now, a chrome extension for Steam, adds a bit of functionality to the store. Some extra links, prices from all regions, probably some other crap too. Currently the goals for it are to implement and use redis in a production site, learn to make a chrome extension, and just to get another thing launched. Possibly also to install/config a server from scratch (on Linode).
yolesaber 14y ago
My friend Joseph (http://josephcurley.me http://josephcurley.me) and I created ExploreMore as a fast and fun way to find interesting local events and happenings. We used Flask and the Eventful API. Feedback appreciated! http://bit.ly/O5b2jU http://bit.ly/O5b2jU
- yossilac 14y ago
  Looks promising, but the event list was cut off at the bottom, with no way to scroll. It was not intuitive at first, but then I clicked the "See a list of events?" link and it was all pulled up - but then the search field was on top of the last event.
  - yolesaber 14y ago
    What browser and OS are you using?
daleharvey 14y ago
http://pouchdb.com/ http://pouchdb.com/ in browser version of couchdb, mostly its a database that works offline and syncs online.
- factorialboy 14y ago
  We should exchange notes, I'm trying the same thing with BrowserDB - http://srirangan.github.com/browserdb http://srirangan.github.com/browserdb - 'cept the API is inspired by MongoDB.
unixpickle 14y ago
Right now I'm working on a command-line utility for ripping albums off Youtube. It uses some music database APIs to lookup tracks for a specified album, and then finds individual youtube videos to rip for each track. Once a video is downloaded, it will be converted to m4a and metadata will be added to it as is available.
- andthejets 14y ago
  Sounds like fun, but won't the quality be fairly bad?
factorialboy 14y ago
BrowserDB - http://srirangan.github.com/browserdb http://srirangan.github.com/browserdb
zdeluna 14y ago
I am making a language learning HTML5 game using the Kinect through the Zigfu API.
urthen 14y ago
I'm working on what is, for now, a demonstration single sign on provider. http://prototype.projectmaelstrom.com/ http://prototype.projectmaelstrom.com/ Test application: http://nodetest.projectmaelstrom.com/ http://nodetest.projectmaelstrom.com/
jamesjguthrie 14y ago
I'm learning Xbox 360 (Xbox Live) Indie game development
adam-_- 14y ago
More of a side project than a weekend project but I'm working on http://twitcherhq.com http://twitcherhq.com - a social media analytics and monitoring tool.
parthshah 14y ago
I am working on Social Recruiting Solution http://yayaid.phpfogapp.com http://yayaid.phpfogapp.com
Donito 14y ago
My stale side project (haven't worked on it for a bit), a fun way to chat anonymously with other random Facebook users -- http://www.letschattr.com http://www.letschattr.com. If you want to try it, you'll need a friend to use it at the same time as well (or use two windows).
stewie2 14y ago
a photo processing tool on ipad.
dholowiski 14y ago
More of a side project than a weekend project: http://localbeer.me http://localbeer.me - helps you discover locally brewed beer. I just added Facebook open graph actions last weekend
- cdawzrd 14y ago
  How do I add breweries? I'm in Boston and there are none on the map, but we have tons of breweries.
  - dholowiski 14y ago
    I add them manually, state by state. I'm about 1/4 of the way thought (there are thousands). Regular users can add them too, but in practice nobody does.
    - yossilac 14y ago
      I like the idea, but I got to say the UI is a bit confusing... I really wanted to add a couple of places, but just couldn't figure out how.
- jcktt 14y ago
  pretty cool, I had an idea that is kind of close that but very different : http://www.gullibear.com/projects/96002/iphone-app-to-find-cheapest-bar-around-me http://www.gullibear.com/projects/96002/iphone-app-to-find-c... it's not quality beer home brewed around me but cheap bar beer around me... i like your moto a lot^^
youngdev 14y ago
Recently launched: http://www.jackpotbuddy.com http://www.jackpotbuddy.com - Online free lottery pools.

16 points by bazookaBen 14y ago

What weekend side projects are you working on? I'm working on a mobile HTML5 social game that backends into Parse.

drew82 14y ago

http://www.sofreakinannoying.com http://www.sofreakinannoying.com - needed this to vent

hemantv 14y ago

Screen candidate and conduct telephone interview for free at http://simplyhire.in/ http://simplyhire.in/

pizza 14y ago

Pro-tip for those without any: keep an ideas.txt file. Keep it on GitHub, too, so others can use it.

sergiotapia 14y ago

Currently working on a Dota2 fansite with my brother. I'm really groking the usage of Mercurial for source control. It's really amazing.

decadentcactus 14y ago

Right now, a chrome extension for Steam, adds a bit of functionality to the store. Some extra links, prices from all regions, probably some other crap too. Currently the goals for it are to implement and use redis in a production site, learn to make a chrome extension, and just to get another thing launched. Possibly also to install/config a server from scratch (on Linode).

yolesaber 14y ago

My friend Joseph (http://josephcurley.me http://josephcurley.me) and I created ExploreMore as a fast and fun way to find interesting local events and happenings. We used Flask and the Eventful API. Feedback appreciated! http://bit.ly/O5b2jU http://bit.ly/O5b2jU

yossilac 14y ago
Looks promising, but the event list was cut off at the bottom, with no way to scroll. It was not intuitive at first, but then I clicked the "See a list of events?" link and it was all pulled up - but then the search field was on top of the last event.
- yolesaber 14y ago
  What browser and OS are you using?

daleharvey 14y ago

http://pouchdb.com/ http://pouchdb.com/ in browser version of couchdb, mostly its a database that works offline and syncs online.

factorialboy 14y ago
We should exchange notes, I'm trying the same thing with BrowserDB - http://srirangan.github.com/browserdb http://srirangan.github.com/browserdb - 'cept the API is inspired by MongoDB.

unixpickle 14y ago

Right now I'm working on a command-line utility for ripping albums off Youtube. It uses some music database APIs to lookup tracks for a specified album, and then finds individual youtube videos to rip for each track. Once a video is downloaded, it will be converted to m4a and metadata will be added to it as is available.

andthejets 14y ago
Sounds like fun, but won't the quality be fairly bad?

factorialboy 14y ago

BrowserDB - http://srirangan.github.com/browserdb http://srirangan.github.com/browserdb

zdeluna 14y ago

I am making a language learning HTML5 game using the Kinect through the Zigfu API.

urthen 14y ago

I'm working on what is, for now, a demonstration single sign on provider. http://prototype.projectmaelstrom.com/ http://prototype.projectmaelstrom.com/ Test application: http://nodetest.projectmaelstrom.com/ http://nodetest.projectmaelstrom.com/

jamesjguthrie 14y ago

I'm learning Xbox 360 (Xbox Live) Indie game development

adam-_- 14y ago

More of a side project than a weekend project but I'm working on http://twitcherhq.com http://twitcherhq.com - a social media analytics and monitoring tool.

parthshah 14y ago

I am working on Social Recruiting Solution http://yayaid.phpfogapp.com http://yayaid.phpfogapp.com

Donito 14y ago

My stale side project (haven't worked on it for a bit), a fun way to chat anonymously with other random Facebook users -- http://www.letschattr.com http://www.letschattr.com. If you want to try it, you'll need a friend to use it at the same time as well (or use two windows).

stewie2 14y ago

a photo processing tool on ipad.

dholowiski 14y ago

More of a side project than a weekend project: http://localbeer.me http://localbeer.me - helps you discover locally brewed beer. I just added Facebook open graph actions last weekend

cdawzrd 14y ago
How do I add breweries? I'm in Boston and there are none on the map, but we have tons of breweries.
- dholowiski 14y ago
  I add them manually, state by state. I'm about 1/4 of the way thought (there are thousands). Regular users can add them too, but in practice nobody does.
  - yossilac 14y ago
    I like the idea, but I got to say the UI is a bit confusing... I really wanted to add a couple of places, but just couldn't figure out how.
jcktt 14y ago
pretty cool, I had an idea that is kind of close that but very different : http://www.gullibear.com/projects/96002/iphone-app-to-find-cheapest-bar-around-me http://www.gullibear.com/projects/96002/iphone-app-to-find-c... it's not quality beer home brewed around me but cheap bar beer around me... i like your moto a lot^^

youngdev 14y ago

Recently launched: http://www.jackpotbuddy.com http://www.jackpotbuddy.com - Online free lottery pools.