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Ask HN: What is something you always wanted to program?
- greenyoda 12y agoStuff that's close to the hardware: - Embedded software to control any kind of interesting device in real time (industrial machinery, vehicles, robots, disk drives, etc.). - Operating system kernel code. I had a little bit of experience doing this in school (took some hardware classes; hacked a Unix device driver), but that was a long time ago and I haven't done anything like that since then.
- gt565k 12y agoGrab a raspberry pi 2 starter kit. I just ordered one for $84.99 shipped from Amazon. The damn thing runs on Linux now. I'm about to have a lot of fun with some raspberry pi projects!
- mrcold 12y agoParticle physics. Simulate air movement, the weather, chemical reactions etc.
- kluck 12y agoA global illumination raytracer. A subdivision surface modeller. A surround audio mixer.
- Squidthistle 12y agoA roguelike. I get started and then one of the following seems to happen: - I become disillusioned with the whole project and walk away - I get distracted by another technology - Laziness sets in and I spend my time playing roguelikes instead of programming one.
- DanBC 12y agoAre you tempted by 7 day roguelikes, or do they fall to the same problems?
- Squidthistle 12y agoI actually followed the last 7DRL fairly closely and I'm definitely tempted by them. I've considered trying to give the next one a shot. I think having a deadline and the goal of creating a smaller, playable roguelike really appeals to me.
- arisAlexis 12y agoAI software that finds a pattern in popular songs and produces hits. i will probably never write it but it may give someone an idea.