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What side projects are you up to?

27 points by tokhi 10y ago

Please discuss why are you satisfied about it?

jbrooksuk 10y ago
I work a lot on Cachet (https://github.com/CachetHQ/Cachet https://github.com/CachetHQ/Cachet) it's an open source alternative to StatusPage.io and has garnered a lot of popularity among household names, universities and startups. It's cool! Aside from Cachet, I work on StyleCI (https://styleci.io https://styleci.io) which is self-sufficient. StyleCI is a PHP Coding Standards CI that currently works with GitHub. We're working on BitBucket support. And finally I'm working on a couple of SaaS projects that have yet to launch.
- tixocloud 10y ago
  Thanks for Cachet! Been definitely on the lookout for exactly this for our SaaS.
  - jbrooksuk 10y ago
    My pleasure! Let me know if you need anything; james@alt-three.com
bnp 10y ago
I'm working on a windows app to pull tabular data straight from a PDF into excel. http://www.3xfour.com http://www.3xfour.com Currently working on adding a web hosted version to pull the data as a csv, but have way to go. Would welcome any feedback Thanks
- tixocloud 10y ago
  Amazing. It's definitely one of my dreams as a financial analyst to be able to do that. Would be happy to provide any feedback.
  - bnp 10y ago
    Thanks that would be great, please send any of your thoughts to admin@3xfour.com
lmnobuddy 10y ago
A BDD testing framework for Go. I didn't really like any of the existing packages and am really just doing this as an exercise for learning Go. https://github.com/claassen/gotest https://github.com/claassen/gotest
adzeds 10y ago
I built a football betting algorithm and constantly play with that to improve the accuracy.. Generates a very healthy income! betalyst.com
- jbrooksuk 10y ago
  Is your income via ads? I'm interested as to how your algorithm works. My girlfriends family invited me to their Super Six league (I don't watch football) and so I thought about building something like this.
  - hackerboos 10y ago
    Best gambling income comes from affiliation. They pay out $40+ for a new account that makes a deposit.
- arrmn 10y ago
  How did you start with such a project? Any reading you would suggest to learn more about this topic?
ianleeclark 10y ago
Working on my torrent tracker in Go (https://github.com/GrappigPanda/notorious https://github.com/GrappigPanda/notorious), but I'm probably going to switch gears and work on a distributed cache in Erlang that supports easy key timeouts because my workaround in Redis for reaping expired peers is pretty ugly.
drakonka 10y ago
I'm working on a browser based snail simulation. I've been wanting to make this thing for over 10 years now and I am satisfied about it because there are so many aspects to work on. If I get bored of one part of the project I can move on to something else. If I get bored of working on snail brain infrastructure I can work on the breeding system. Or if I get bored of coding I can work on the front-end design or item illustrations. There is always something to hold my interest.
tixocloud 10y ago
Building a marketing automation platform for small businesses (http://orchestrahq.com http://orchestrahq.com). Not really satisfied with it at the moment as I would love to incorporate machine learning capabilities into the system. However, it's been a great learning experience.
- threesixandnine 10y ago
  Link not working!
  - tixocloud 10y ago
    Really? It worked for me. Try https://orchestrahq.com https://orchestrahq.com.
    - threesixandnine 10y ago
      Working now. Strange...I got redirected to 127.0.0.1:8000
      - tixocloud 10y ago
        Thanks. I've noticed it did that once but I'm not sure if it's on my end or CloudFlare's end. I'll investigate.
        skiltz 10y ago
        Does it to me also. https://127.0.0.1:8008/ https://127.0.0.1:8008/
        tixocloud 10y ago
        Does it happen to you when you use the http link or the https link? Or both?
        10y ago
andrewayim 10y ago
I'm working on a consumer social messaging app in the UK based on sharing just one thing a day...... need to find quality dev support to join the movement.
gbrindisi 10y ago
I'm trying to build a threat intel platform to gather data on threats delivered via spam.
codegeek 10y ago
working on a wordpress plugin to create presentations/slides using revealjs. Work in progress. I work a lot with wordpress lately and surprised that there are no good presentation plugins available yet. I like revealjs so decided to use it.
arisAlexis 10y ago
I'm working on an immutable Twitter especially for politicians or predictors. No images but all other features are there. Hoping for a better no bs society :) HTTP://Writedown.co
- bbcbasic 10y ago
  How immutable is it? Is it using blockchain?
  - arisAlexis 10y ago
    You can send a tweet to btc blockchain free of charge though currently.I am trying to convince free speech organisations to either hold a distributed db or run a sidechain for data verification because btc immutability has costs and I want it to be free.
veddox 10y ago
Writing a novel - a bit of a change from writing code ;-)
Sodel 10y ago
I've got two hobby projects on the go. I'm building a steam power plant simulator for students and trainees that won't cost upwards of $100K for a site license. It also has a plant builder interface, which lets anyone place and connect equipment, piping, instrumentation, and controls. Then, they can run the plant like a real operator would from a control room. When I was at school for power/stationary engineering, we all wished we could use something like the school's simulator at home. So, maybe I'll get to fill that niche. (And, nothing out there has a do-it-yourself plant builder!) I have mostly-complete prototypes done for the builder interface and numerical simulator. I like that it keeps the theory that I learned at school nice and fresh. Also, I bought a gas turbine engine on eBay, and I'm working with a friend to get it running. We got an oil system hooked up yesterday, and we spun it up with the starter motor and a car battery. Lots of fun!
wingerlang 10y ago
Between working and freelancing, I am building an app alongside myself learning a new language. I found that lots of the current apps for this specific language are total crap. So I figured I should build a high quality one. Also I don't really "enjoy" learning the language so doing something I really enjoy makes it quite nice.
mgalka 10y ago
Just launched a first version of FOIA Mapper, a tool for searching offline government records. https://foiamapper.com https://foiamapper.com FOIA is a niche topic, which is not a bad thing for a side project - fewer eyeballs, more opportunity to really make an impact.
tmaly 10y ago
I have been working on https://bestfoodnearme.com https://bestfoodnearme.com a little at a time. I used it to learn how to program in Go. The site works, but I am revamping the look. I am happy with it, I learned quite a bit about Go and I was really able to focus on some interesting aspects of web app development that I would normally not get to work on at my day job. One other big plus was that I have started using Go at my day job, and it has been a huge help with certain classes of problems.
jordansmith 10y ago
Making an instagram stat tracker, very similar to socialblade. Socialblade's instagram tracking has went down hill in the past few months and also want to avoid the 5 account limit. Nothing crazy complicated, but just something that will make my life much easier.
Xangis 10y ago
I'm working on a search engine, https://wbsrch.com https://wbsrch.com. Most fun I've ever had. Not so great yet, but getting better every day.
krapp 10y ago
Slowly (and ineptly) teaching myself how to develop in Hacklang and Vagrant by building a Hacker News like forum[0]. Also, four months into my first Game A Month project[1], a Berzerk clone that's not going to wind up being Berzerk at all. [0]https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/based-hack https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/based-hack [1]https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/berzerk https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/berzerk >Please discuss why are you satisfied about it? I really like Hack, although I am learning some of the assumptions I had about the way types work seem not to be correct, and I'm debugging through nano which is annoying. I don't like that it doesn't support ArrayAccess, but things like shapes and immutable types more than make up for it. Teaching myself game programming at the low-but-not-bare-metal level of C++ and SDL is satisfying because of the problem solving challenges involved. I kind of know in the back of my mind that I'll probably never come up with a game anyone wants to play, though.

27 points by tokhi 10y ago

Please discuss why are you satisfied about it?

I work a lot on Cachet (https://github.com/CachetHQ/Cachet https://github.com/CachetHQ/Cachet) it's an open source alternative to StatusPage.io and has garnered a lot of popularity among household names, universities and startups. It's cool! Aside from Cachet, I work on StyleCI (https://styleci.io https://styleci.io) which is self-sufficient. StyleCI is a PHP Coding Standards CI that currently works with GitHub. We're working on BitBucket support. And finally I'm working on a couple of SaaS projects that have yet to launch.

tixocloud 10y ago
Thanks for Cachet! Been definitely on the lookout for exactly this for our SaaS.
- jbrooksuk 10y ago
  My pleasure! Let me know if you need anything; james@alt-three.com

bnp 10y ago

I'm working on a windows app to pull tabular data straight from a PDF into excel. http://www.3xfour.com http://www.3xfour.com Currently working on adding a web hosted version to pull the data as a csv, but have way to go. Would welcome any feedback Thanks

tixocloud 10y ago
Amazing. It's definitely one of my dreams as a financial analyst to be able to do that. Would be happy to provide any feedback.
- bnp 10y ago
  Thanks that would be great, please send any of your thoughts to admin@3xfour.com

lmnobuddy 10y ago

A BDD testing framework for Go. I didn't really like any of the existing packages and am really just doing this as an exercise for learning Go. https://github.com/claassen/gotest https://github.com/claassen/gotest

adzeds 10y ago

I built a football betting algorithm and constantly play with that to improve the accuracy.. Generates a very healthy income! betalyst.com

jbrooksuk 10y ago
Is your income via ads? I'm interested as to how your algorithm works. My girlfriends family invited me to their Super Six league (I don't watch football) and so I thought about building something like this.
- hackerboos 10y ago
  Best gambling income comes from affiliation. They pay out $40+ for a new account that makes a deposit.
arrmn 10y ago
How did you start with such a project? Any reading you would suggest to learn more about this topic?

ianleeclark 10y ago

Working on my torrent tracker in Go (https://github.com/GrappigPanda/notorious https://github.com/GrappigPanda/notorious), but I'm probably going to switch gears and work on a distributed cache in Erlang that supports easy key timeouts because my workaround in Redis for reaping expired peers is pretty ugly.

drakonka 10y ago

I'm working on a browser based snail simulation. I've been wanting to make this thing for over 10 years now and I am satisfied about it because there are so many aspects to work on. If I get bored of one part of the project I can move on to something else. If I get bored of working on snail brain infrastructure I can work on the breeding system. Or if I get bored of coding I can work on the front-end design or item illustrations. There is always something to hold my interest.

tixocloud 10y ago

Building a marketing automation platform for small businesses (http://orchestrahq.com http://orchestrahq.com). Not really satisfied with it at the moment as I would love to incorporate machine learning capabilities into the system. However, it's been a great learning experience.

threesixandnine 10y ago
Link not working!
- tixocloud 10y ago
  Really? It worked for me. Try https://orchestrahq.com https://orchestrahq.com.
  - threesixandnine 10y ago
    Working now. Strange...I got redirected to 127.0.0.1:8000
    - tixocloud 10y ago
      Thanks. I've noticed it did that once but I'm not sure if it's on my end or CloudFlare's end. I'll investigate.
      - skiltz 10y ago
        Does it to me also. https://127.0.0.1:8008/ https://127.0.0.1:8008/
        tixocloud 10y ago
        Does it happen to you when you use the http link or the https link? Or both?
        10y ago

andrewayim 10y ago

I'm working on a consumer social messaging app in the UK based on sharing just one thing a day...... need to find quality dev support to join the movement.

gbrindisi 10y ago

I'm trying to build a threat intel platform to gather data on threats delivered via spam.

codegeek 10y ago

working on a wordpress plugin to create presentations/slides using revealjs. Work in progress. I work a lot with wordpress lately and surprised that there are no good presentation plugins available yet. I like revealjs so decided to use it.

arisAlexis 10y ago

I'm working on an immutable Twitter especially for politicians or predictors. No images but all other features are there. Hoping for a better no bs society :) HTTP://Writedown.co

bbcbasic 10y ago
How immutable is it? Is it using blockchain?
- arisAlexis 10y ago
  You can send a tweet to btc blockchain free of charge though currently.I am trying to convince free speech organisations to either hold a distributed db or run a sidechain for data verification because btc immutability has costs and I want it to be free.

veddox 10y ago

Writing a novel - a bit of a change from writing code ;-)

Sodel 10y ago

I've got two hobby projects on the go. I'm building a steam power plant simulator for students and trainees that won't cost upwards of $100K for a site license. It also has a plant builder interface, which lets anyone place and connect equipment, piping, instrumentation, and controls. Then, they can run the plant like a real operator would from a control room. When I was at school for power/stationary engineering, we all wished we could use something like the school's simulator at home. So, maybe I'll get to fill that niche. (And, nothing out there has a do-it-yourself plant builder!) I have mostly-complete prototypes done for the builder interface and numerical simulator. I like that it keeps the theory that I learned at school nice and fresh. Also, I bought a gas turbine engine on eBay, and I'm working with a friend to get it running. We got an oil system hooked up yesterday, and we spun it up with the starter motor and a car battery. Lots of fun!

wingerlang 10y ago

Between working and freelancing, I am building an app alongside myself learning a new language. I found that lots of the current apps for this specific language are total crap. So I figured I should build a high quality one. Also I don't really "enjoy" learning the language so doing something I really enjoy makes it quite nice.

mgalka 10y ago

Just launched a first version of FOIA Mapper, a tool for searching offline government records. https://foiamapper.com https://foiamapper.com FOIA is a niche topic, which is not a bad thing for a side project - fewer eyeballs, more opportunity to really make an impact.

tmaly 10y ago

I have been working on https://bestfoodnearme.com https://bestfoodnearme.com a little at a time. I used it to learn how to program in Go. The site works, but I am revamping the look. I am happy with it, I learned quite a bit about Go and I was really able to focus on some interesting aspects of web app development that I would normally not get to work on at my day job. One other big plus was that I have started using Go at my day job, and it has been a huge help with certain classes of problems.

jordansmith 10y ago

Making an instagram stat tracker, very similar to socialblade. Socialblade's instagram tracking has went down hill in the past few months and also want to avoid the 5 account limit. Nothing crazy complicated, but just something that will make my life much easier.

Xangis 10y ago

I'm working on a search engine, https://wbsrch.com https://wbsrch.com. Most fun I've ever had. Not so great yet, but getting better every day.

krapp 10y ago

Slowly (and ineptly) teaching myself how to develop in Hacklang and Vagrant by building a Hacker News like forum[0]. Also, four months into my first Game A Month project[1], a Berzerk clone that's not going to wind up being Berzerk at all. [0]https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/based-hack https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/based-hack [1]https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/berzerk https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/berzerk >Please discuss why are you satisfied about it? I really like Hack, although I am learning some of the assumptions I had about the way types work seem not to be correct, and I'm debugging through nano which is annoying. I don't like that it doesn't support ArrayAccess, but things like shapes and immutable types more than make up for it. Teaching myself game programming at the low-but-not-bare-metal level of C++ and SDL is satisfying because of the problem solving challenges involved. I kind of know in the back of my mind that I'll probably never come up with a game anyone wants to play, though.