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Show HN: My side project about side projects

66 points by bearwithclaws 14y ago

bearwithclaws 14y ago
I made Sideshow because: 1) I always wanted to start a daily digest/newsletter of some kind and I'm super passionate about side projects. 2) I wanted to learn more about JavaScript, Node.js and Redis. And there it is. It's built with ~300 lines of code of Node.js + Express + Redis, has an admin area to manage links (I called it 'Backstage'[1]) and MailChimp API integration for automated newsletter sending (both daily and weekly). [1]: http://i.imgur.com/rkwiMAm.png http://i.imgur.com/rkwiMAm.png My learning resources: - JavaScript: http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly/ http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly... (I'm on week 3-4) - Node.js: http://www.nodebeginner.org/ http://www.nodebeginner.org/ - Express (and Redis): http://javascriptplayground.com/blog/2012/06/node-express-todo-app-redis http://javascriptplayground.com/blog/2012/06/node-express-to... P.S: Notice that there weren't any sexy AJAX stuff on the site. It's because I haven't learned one of those front-end MVC framework yet (Backbone/Angular/Ember), which should be my priority this week.
- duck 14y ago
  Awesome idea and love the design! Although, I think you should of posted this earlier in the day. :)
  - bearwithclaws 14y ago
    Thanks Kale! I did wish to post earlier but gotta fix some last minute bugs that popped up.
- aed 14y ago
  This is great. Beyond side projects, I'd love to see some "behind the side project"-type stuff. Your post here is a perfect example.
- niggler 14y ago
  DOM issue: if your window is shorter than the page height, the bottom border overlaps the content in chrome http://imgur.com/HAy5DRI http://imgur.com/HAy5DRI
- jechen 14y ago
  I really appreciate "process" posts like this- always love the feeling of picking up new technologies and putting them to good side project use. Best of luck on learning!
- maximz 14y ago
  Great site! Out of curiosity, are you planning to eventually open-source this, by the way? Thanks.
  - bearwithclaws 14y ago
    That would be my goal. Yes :)
davesmylie 14y ago
Cool. I have a side project to submit, but I don't meet the criteria yet... (My app is not quite working yet =) I've bookmarked to come back in a week or so and submit it when it's in a usable state.
kdazzle 14y ago
find hot local cats in your area. so tempting.
tubelite 14y ago
It's a coffee table book about coffee tables.. And it is a coffee table too :) Nice idea. Just submitted my side project: https://pigshell.com https://pigshell.com
- Tichy 14y ago
  currently returns a 502
  - tubelite 14y ago
    Hmm. Works for me. Possibly a temporary Cloudflare hiccup?
knes 14y ago
Cool idea. I have submitted my last weekend project, a price tracker for fantasy premier league managers. http://insidefpl.com http://insidefpl.com
lukeholder 14y ago
same concept as http://sidebar.io/ http://sidebar.io/

66 points by bearwithclaws 14y ago

I made Sideshow because: 1) I always wanted to start a daily digest/newsletter of some kind and I'm super passionate about side projects. 2) I wanted to learn more about JavaScript, Node.js and Redis. And there it is. It's built with ~300 lines of code of Node.js + Express + Redis, has an admin area to manage links (I called it 'Backstage'[1]) and MailChimp API integration for automated newsletter sending (both daily and weekly). [1]: http://i.imgur.com/rkwiMAm.png http://i.imgur.com/rkwiMAm.png My learning resources: - JavaScript: http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly/ http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly... (I'm on week 3-4) - Node.js: http://www.nodebeginner.org/ http://www.nodebeginner.org/ - Express (and Redis): http://javascriptplayground.com/blog/2012/06/node-express-todo-app-redis http://javascriptplayground.com/blog/2012/06/node-express-to... P.S: Notice that there weren't any sexy AJAX stuff on the site. It's because I haven't learned one of those front-end MVC framework yet (Backbone/Angular/Ember), which should be my priority this week.

duck 14y ago
Awesome idea and love the design! Although, I think you should of posted this earlier in the day. :)
- bearwithclaws 14y ago
  Thanks Kale! I did wish to post earlier but gotta fix some last minute bugs that popped up.
aed 14y ago
This is great. Beyond side projects, I'd love to see some "behind the side project"-type stuff. Your post here is a perfect example.
niggler 14y ago
DOM issue: if your window is shorter than the page height, the bottom border overlaps the content in chrome http://imgur.com/HAy5DRI http://imgur.com/HAy5DRI
jechen 14y ago
I really appreciate "process" posts like this- always love the feeling of picking up new technologies and putting them to good side project use. Best of luck on learning!
maximz 14y ago
Great site! Out of curiosity, are you planning to eventually open-source this, by the way? Thanks.
- bearwithclaws 14y ago
  That would be my goal. Yes :)

davesmylie 14y ago

Cool. I have a side project to submit, but I don't meet the criteria yet... (My app is not quite working yet =) I've bookmarked to come back in a week or so and submit it when it's in a usable state.

kdazzle 14y ago

find hot local cats in your area. so tempting.

tubelite 14y ago

It's a coffee table book about coffee tables.. And it is a coffee table too :) Nice idea. Just submitted my side project: https://pigshell.com https://pigshell.com

Tichy 14y ago
currently returns a 502
- tubelite 14y ago
  Hmm. Works for me. Possibly a temporary Cloudflare hiccup?

knes 14y ago

Cool idea. I have submitted my last weekend project, a price tracker for fantasy premier league managers. http://insidefpl.com http://insidefpl.com

lukeholder 14y ago

same concept as http://sidebar.io/ http://sidebar.io/