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Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?

110 points by gembird 13y ago

JamieLewis 13y ago
An open source stream processing framework (https://ghostream.com https://ghostream.com) - it isn't really ready for the limelight yet, but you can find the code base on github (https://github.com/ghostream/ghostream https://github.com/ghostream/ghostream) - final steps on the to do list are a few more example projects, a couple more functional operators and to polish up the documentation. It has hit the 80-20 scenario. The last 20% is taking 80% of the time :)But it has let me quickly prototype a few little ideas (http://jamielewis.me.uk/posts/2013-11-03-Mapping-Earthquakes-with-ghostream.html http://jamielewis.me.uk/posts/2013-11-03-Mapping-Earthquakes...)
- erichurkman 13y ago
  Slick. Aside from the issues listed in github, what is taking 80% of the time? Did you expect the 80-20 split?
  - JamieLewis 13y ago
    Honestly, part of it is motivation. I keep getting distracted with other things. I expected it to go the 80-20 way, the initial ideas are not new ones, I have been building similar frameworks for a few years. The time is mostly spent on the more difficult problems like "How should operators hang up when the program is closed?" " Should the program be expected to close?" "Should there be a global context object, or a default one" "Should an operator have a window by default or not" There is no right answer, so its just a case of sucking it up and implementing something, seeing if it works, and going from there. Plus the side escapades with earthquakes and space weather and irc channels - although implementing these little things does drive the bigger project. I am hoping before the end of the year I can hit something I feel comfortable slapping "1.0" on and move onto something else for a while and use it as a base for working on some other ideas I have.
ibarrajo 13y ago
I'm making a social sharing application, dedicated to street food vendors, it's called tacotuyo.. very early in development still (about 20 hrs in) http://tacotuyo-elninja.rhcloud.com http://tacotuyo-elninja.rhcloud.com
lowglow 13y ago
1. A news/blogging platform: http://techendo.co http://techendo.co 2. I also organize and run the san francisco hacker news meetup. http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Hacker-News-Meetup/ http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Hacker-News-Meetup/ 3. Dev school grading site: http://schools.techendo.co http://schools.techendo.co 4. Burrito: http://burrito.techendo.co http://burrito.techendo.co 5. Tribes: http://tribes.techendo.co http://tribes.techendo.co 6. Next up is an app that helps businesses find their distribution channels -- to be released in a week or two. 7. ..and finally a kickstarter for a hacker tool coming early next year. Join us on #Techendo on freenode to chat. :)
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mesrine 13y ago
1) Internet-Side for Magic Cards 2) little JavaScript-Game
mikeroher 13y ago
I'm making an online store in Rails for a specific target market (have to be vague). I'm building it mostly on my own and I'm looking for a second developer to help me out.
- bradleyjoyce 13y ago
  would love to learn more.. feel free to ping me, contact info in profile.
- matiasb 13y ago
  sounds interesting, checkout my gh, also you may find contact data over there: https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde
Leander_B 13y ago
Private tech recruitment community: http://likewise.io http://likewise.io
abengoam 13y ago
I am tired of repeating this again and again, so I am doing some yak shaving and creating a hosted rest service for managing user accounts and authentication. I will use it as basic infrastructure for future projects.
- johnmurch 13y ago
  Rather than a hosted/solution - I would be think a program language specific (node/php/java) solution would be more useful. For example - something like $199 for lifetime use for account/oauth/etc system that you can use on any project. Maybe even have additional "packages" like invite friend, etc. Just a thought.
eranation 13y ago
Scala tutorials (http://scalatutorials.com http://scalatutorials.com) - it's a "try scala code in your browser" (powered by scalakata.com) and has a basic tour at the moment, but I'm working on making it more like try ruby / codecademy, much more work than I thought by the way
Boldewyn 13y ago
Almost all of the little spare time I have goes into http://Codepoints.net http://Codepoints.net, presenting and explaining Unicode codepoints. Edit: The page is fully open source: https://github.com/Boldewyn/Codepoints.net https://github.com/Boldewyn/Codepoints.net
- evincarofautumn 13y ago
  Nice design and a great resource. Unicode is a complex beast, and making it easier to navigate and understand is a worthwhile goal, if only to improve how Joe Programmer deals with non-English text.
baruch 13y ago
I'm interested in finding more about disk failures (HDDs and SSDs), possibly with an eye to create an advance warning system for increased chance of multiple failures in a RAID system or the imminent failure of a single disk. Blog is at http://blog.disksurvey.org/ http://blog.disksurvey.org/ Sub-parts on github: http://github.com/baruch/diskscan http://github.com/baruch/diskscan and http://github.com/baruch/disksurvey http://github.com/baruch/disksurvey
qzervaas 13y ago
I've just started a site that aggregates open public transit data feeds. It lets you quickly see differences between feed versions, discover new feeds, and I'm working on APIs to easily bring in better real time data into apps http://transitfeeds.com http://transitfeeds.com
- majc2 13y ago
  Interesting - I'm working in this area too; more on the consumption of transit feeds - have noticed in the UK at least that there are a ton of T&Cs thrown around these feeds, do you think you have any issues repackaging like this?
  - qzervaas 13y ago
    It's definitely on the todo list to categorically make sure I'm complying with each feed. I think the biggest thing I'll need to change is perhaps to not allow download the zip of the most recent feed. Can you share what it is you're working on?
davedx 13y ago
An invoice management app A multiplayer RPG in JavaScript
rythie 13y ago
1. Helping people run faster: https://cleverrun.com https://cleverrun.com 2. Stats about where you spend your time: https://clevergeo.com https://clevergeo.com 3. Something with pebble and it's accelerometer, probably related to sports.
- iends 13y ago
  cleverrun uses data from Run Keeper? I'm assuming it can pull in information from my Garmin somehow?
  - rythie 13y ago
    Currently CleverRun only works with RunKeeper. However, RunKeeper should be able to pull Garmin stuff in, look at: http://runkeeper.com/apps/fit2app/47741 http://runkeeper.com/apps/fit2app/47741 - Then CleverRun will be able to get that data from RunKeeper.
igvadaimon 13y ago
International social network for freedivers - http://theabyss.de/ http://theabyss.de/ With buddyfinder, user blogs, as well as list of freediving spots and events.
kitsune_ 13y ago
A columnar time series db with an lmdb backend - I have only just started and it us quite a struggle. A map / tile server written in go. So far MapBox' mbtiles work. This came from a peculiar interest of mine, whether my city needs yet another underground parking garage. So I started to scrape the public rss feed of the parking system. I have some gigs of data by now and RethinkDB is not as performant as I hoped it would be. There is no real query optimization as of yet. What I want to visualize is whether you can find a parking spot at a certain point in time and reach a spot, for instance a shop, within a certain threshold by foot. In short, if you want to shop at XXX will you have trouble finding a parking spot?
bpodgursky 13y ago
Open-source visualization of our solar neighborhood: http://uncharted.bpodgursky.com/ http://uncharted.bpodgursky.com/ (source https://github.com/bpodgursky/uncharted https://github.com/bpodgursky/uncharted)
- siddboots 13y ago
  This is really nice. I would love to have the option of displaying a galactic coordinate grid and other bearings, and perhaps labels on some notable stars. Great work.
amrit_b 13y ago
I made embedding transcoded videos as simple as using the <img> tag --> http://transcode.io http://transcode.io Working on the production version atm.
- brandonhsiao 13y ago
  I hate to be the guy who points this out, but heads up--you have an extra apostrophe in "its" on the front page. Normally I'd keep quiet, but since it's your headline...
  - gembird 13y ago
    Didn't get it, what are you talking about?
    - davewasthere 13y ago
      It should be: Video transcoding in its simplest form.
      - amrit_b 13y ago
        Hey thanks davewasthere! I will correct in the next release.
300 13y ago
Trying to build soomething which can help to job seekers: http://besthi.re/ http://besthi.re/
captn3m0 13y ago
Open source github based jekyll blog editor that runs completely on client side. [1] A CRM system, and a designer collaboration tool. [1]: https://github.com/captn3m0/potion https://github.com/captn3m0/potion
hagope 13y ago
a better trash can
- gembird 13y ago
  interesting, what kind of trash can is that? can you provide some details, thanks...
Sir_Cmpwn 13y ago
Lots of them. Open source implementation of Minecraft https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net Reddit API wrapper https://github.com/SirCmpwn/RedditSharp https://github.com/SirCmpwn/RedditSharp kernel written in z80 assembly https://github.com/KnightSoft/kernel https://github.com/KnightSoft/kernel TI-8x emulator in javascript https://github.com/SirCmpwn/OpenTI https://github.com/SirCmpwn/OpenTI And lots more https://github.com/SirCmpwn https://github.com/SirCmpwn
- johnmaddox 13y ago
  Are you human :). I wish i had the capability of your species.
warcode 13y ago
Streaming Twitter client in javascript since the last one I used died. Early version at https://deny.io/river/ https://deny.io/river/
matiasb 13y ago
Co-browsing solution with go & redis
philipb 13y ago
I'm making an offsite status page SaaS: https://statusutils.com https://statusutils.com Its in beta, and I could use some feedback :)
daliusd 13y ago
Last weekend I have created http://microbezilla.sandbox.lt/ http://microbezilla.sandbox.lt/. Now I'm working on HTML5 turn-based strategy multiplayer game about space pirates.
louyang 13y ago
News search engine: http://wintria.com http://wintria.com Java applet games (from a while ago): http://codelucas.com/pages/rocketboy.html http://codelucas.com/pages/rocketboy.html http://codelucas.com/pages/island-overlord.html http://codelucas.com/pages/island-overlord.html Trying to learn some js gaming engines though.
iamwil 13y ago
1. Cubehero - Hosting 3D printed projects https://cubehero.com https://cubehero.com 2. Embossanova - Emboss images to surfaces in OpenSCAD https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/embossanova https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/embossanova 3. Graftleaf and Graftweave - Graftconcept iPhone module back covers https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/graftleaf https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/graftleaf https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/graftweave https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/graftweave
- lowglow 13y ago
  Hey, I covered cubehero on our site: http://www.techendo.co/posts/3d-printed-running-shoes http://www.techendo.co/posts/3d-printed-running-shoes
  - iamwil 13y ago
    Cool, thanks! I put the a link to the article in our press section.
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shaunrussell 13y ago
My current side project is http://upbeatapp.com http://upbeatapp.com, working on it with two co-workers, and having some success. Been having fun with Go-lang koans and Angular.js uiRouter as well.
- spdmn 13y ago
  I like this idea. Hope it catches on.
bambax 13y ago
An interactive map of the Paris metro: vasyenmetro.com It tries to model an ancient (and magnificient) machine built in the 1930s: http://goo.gl/XjOFJy http://goo.gl/XjOFJy It won 1st prize in a competition by RATP (which operates the Paris metro): http://goo.gl/C5bILT http://goo.gl/C5bILT
evincarofautumn 13y ago
Kitten, a programming language based on zero-cost abstractions (https://github.com/evincarofautumn/kitten https://github.com/evincarofautumn/kitten). Competing in the same space as C++, Rust, and Nimrod. Statically typed, type-inferred, stack-based, higher-order, GC optional, with an effect system to manage side effects. Very much a work in progress, but you should stow it in your brain as a systems language to try in the future.
ds_ 13y ago
A service that allows single page ajax applications to be indexed with minimal effort http://crawlspa.com http://crawlspa.com
agilebyte 13y ago
Visualizing crime of a city I am moving into: https://github.com/radekstepan/deadmonton https://github.com/radekstepan/deadmonton GitHub Burndown Chart: https://github.com/radekstepan/github-burndown-chart https://github.com/radekstepan/github-burndown-chart
- gembird 13y ago
  where do you get the data for visualization?
  - agilebyte 13y ago
    This website: http://crimemapping.edmontonpolice.ca/ http://crimemapping.edmontonpolice.ca/ the data go back by only a few months so I cache them in a file and always update with new ones. https://github.com/radekstepan/deadmonton/tree/master/data https://github.com/radekstepan/deadmonton/tree/master/data
- spdmn 13y ago
  Cool map. Edmontonians don't generally like their city referred to as "Deadmonton". However, the nickname rings true on so many levels. Good luck with your move. Is it soon?
  - agilebyte 13y ago
    Thanks. Hmm the crime in your city is not that out of whack compared to the Canadian average. It actually made me feel safer about the city and will make house hunting easier. The move shall be in about 10 months time. Am in the process of reviewing the different startups in the city currently. Are you involved in one?
    - spdmn 13y ago
      I'm glad you're doing the research before taking the leap. There are lots of safe neighbourhoods and only a few I would avoid. Let me know if you have any questions about city. Unfortunately, I'm not involved with any startups at the moment but would love to get involved with the right one (take a leap of my own). I moved back to this city about a year ago after being overseas for six years. I rushed the move due to family reasons and didn't properly set myself up in that regards. I have the right personality, but I'm not confident in my skills. I need to find a company where I can learn as well as contribute and flourish that way. I hope you find something that suits you. Are you thinking of joining an existing startup or doing something on your own?
cruppstahl 13y ago
http://hamsterdb.com http://hamsterdb.com - a C++ key/value store. hamsterdb is AFAIK the only key/value store which supports typed keys (i.e. uint32, uint64, blobs). under the hood the btree optimizes the memory layout for this type, just like a column store DBMS does. I'm now moving slowly towards adding analytical functions, but it's still a long way to go.
timmy-turner 13y ago
A terminal emulator - https://github.com/hoeck/schirm https://github.com/hoeck/schirm - using a browser to render the screen, allowing programs to use HTML and Javascript as an alternative output (via a CGI like interface).
glazskunrukitis 13y ago
I built a SSL certificate store GetSSL.me[0] and so far it has been really great. Our goal is to make SSL certificates available to everyone. [0] https://getssl.me/ https://getssl.me/
dazzla 13y ago
Deal Drop (and now Tech Drop) - iOS/Android shopping apps http://www.getdealdrop.com http://www.getdealdrop.com Been working on it for a few years. Nice side income but still trying to grow it to be my main income.
kranner 13y ago
Speed-reading iOS app for ePub http://velocireaderapp.com http://velocireaderapp.com
mm4p 13y ago
My pet project is the development of the concept of "mind map for programming" (mm4p). It is a mix between literate programming and visual programming with the capacity to work with text file and any programming language you want. My feel good project is Sahana Eden.
NicoJuicy 13y ago
A personal automated email sender, using vars and conditional statements (Eg. Multiple languages are possible, we live in a country where most of them speak: french, dutch, german or english, so that's a big + over here). Create a poll (or mail) and mail them to clients when you sold for > 1000 € should be an option :) It's actually meant to get feedback (automated) from clients with a more personal touch or to follow up on a sale of 1 month ago (how the car is, ...)
acesubido 13y ago
A simple CSS/JS library recreating the Windows 8 Modal. Still working on tablet/mobile support (which im pretty sure is just a css style cursor: pointer;) http://ace-subido.github.io/windows8-metro-modal http://ace-subido.github.io/windows8-metro-modal Another side project I'm currently in the process of designing: Personal Problem: Me and my wife have some folders with so many random files. Too troublesome and time consuming maintaining it to be clean and organized. Pictures should be in a specific folder, installers in another one, etc. an example is the "Downloads Folder" Solution: A small command-line utility that organizes a folder on where it runs from. This small command-line tool has only one parameter: a JSON file that contains "Rules" on what it will do on specific files. ex: .mp3's should be placed on a folder, .docs on another, etc. And so on and so forth. It could also come as an "installable" service/daemon that watches over folders. Still learning more about Scala, it's used in where I work, may write this command-line tool in that language for educational purposes.
- spdmn 13y ago
  A simple script (in linux, windows or whatever) could do that no problem. In fact, I'm pretty sure something like: find -iname ".txt" -exec mv -v {} /home/user \; or mv .mp3 /whatever/folder/youd/like mv .jpg /repeat/as/many/times/as/needed would work. Is this what you had in mind? Hope I'm not way off base here. EDIT: for some reason Hacker News edited out my asterisks and the letters within are displayed as italics. Curious.
  - acesubido 13y ago
    Yep exactly! I know that it could be done via bash or a batch file. I just wanted to solve this usual problem with a simple project that also allows me to learn more about Scala since it's used at where I work.
    - spdmn 13y ago
      Ah, I see! Well that's as good of a place to start as any. Good luck in your endeavours.
david927 13y ago
Brodlist: making it possible to query semantic data in a way that's easy and fun. Kaya: A new paradigm in software construction.
caulagi 13y ago
1. A community driven listing of events around you - http://sntd.pw http://sntd.pw - https://github.com/caulagi/sntd https://github.com/caulagi/sntd 2. A website for children to share their toys - http://toystori.com http://toystori.com - https://github.com/caulagi/toystori https://github.com/caulagi/toystori
- kyriakos 13y ago
  the toy sharing idea is really nice!
git-pull 13y ago
git/hg/svn repo mass-updater from a YAML / JSON file. http://pullv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html http://pullv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html tmux workspace manager in python. JSON / YAML configs. session workspace freezing. http://tmuxp.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html http://tmuxp.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html
stevekemp 13y ago
A system to test blog/forum-comments for spam in real-time: http://blogspam.net/ http://blogspam.net/ A list of pubs in Edinburgh: http://edinburgh.io/ http://edinburgh.io/ A mail client: http://lumail.org/ http://lumail.org/
- ozh 13y ago
  Interested in blogspam, do you have some overall stats, akismet style? http://akismet.com/about/ http://akismet.com/about/
  - stevekemp 13y ago
    It seems to average 10-14 days to reject another million spam comments, from this load-graph: http://blogspam.net/load/ http://blogspam.net/load/ (I've got stats going back the past two months or so, when the server was reimplemented in node.js.)
intellectronica 13y ago
A youtube-based jukebox server in dart: https://github.com/rounds/jukebox-mode https://github.com/rounds/jukebox-mode We use it at the office to queue songs a chatroom and listen together.
markosaurus 13y ago
A console so we can share the API data from our Bitcoin asic miner without allowing access to the console. Soon to have google charts implemented.
ra00l 13y ago
simple image optimization app: http://www.imgoptimize.com http://www.imgoptimize.com
motiejus 13y ago
Docker replacement with emphasis on tool reusability. Docker made incremental builds right, and I love the idea. However, it reimplemented the whole tooling around it instead of using what's in there. It will support FreeBSD/ZFS/Jails and Linux/LVM|BTRFS|ZFS/LXC on the first release. My goal is to re-use existing tooling as much as possible. I am writing it in Haskell.
- baruch 13y ago
  What I would like in something like that is the ability to push from outside an image to be used. Docker has push to a central location and then you need to pull from it which makes it harder for a small setup like mine.
anuaitt 13y ago
Sharing Gmail Tasks gmailsharedtasks.com
preddict 13y ago
A site for people to record their predictions, to say whether they agree or not with other people's predictions and later to see who was right. Let's see who can predict the best what will happen in the world! https://preddict.com https://preddict.com
- ced83fra 13y ago
  Great idea ! Plus, your site does have good success as far as I can see! Appart from jQuery & bootstrap, what other technologies have you used to develop this site ? Btw, is there a point system to reward people who predicts it right?
fbnt 13y ago
A News reading App based on the most popular news stories being shared in real time on Twitter: http://newspo.st http://newspo.st
watermel0n 13y ago
I am working on Readbox (https://www.readbox.co https://www.readbox.co). It's a news reader founded in collaboration with University of Naples Federico II.
amarraja 13y ago
A UK based price and product tracking site (http://salr.io http://salr.io) Almost there, but I've been working on it solo, and development stalled for a bit whilst I struggled with motivational issues and analysis paralysis. Hope to get something MVP-able very soon!
fotcorn 13y ago
Firefox OS port to the HTC One: https://github.com/firefoxos-htc-one https://github.com/firefoxos-htc-one Round-based RPG Game written in Java/libGDX: https://github.com/andef4/adventure-game https://github.com/andef4/adventure-game Whatsapp for FirefoxOS written in TypeScript: https://github.com/andef4/ch.bfh.bti7054.w2013.p.fxos_whatsapp https://github.com/andef4/ch.bfh.bti7054.w2013.p.fxos_whatsa... All of them are still pre-alpha quality.
pdrummond 13y ago
An Android game called Foobit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6800828 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6800828
Vektorweg 13y ago
Actually, i work on curve-based rasterization, to build a game later on it.
japhyr 13y ago
An open teaching and learning resource for Python: http://introtopython.org http://introtopython.org (source: https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming)
obsurvey 13y ago
Interesting reading about all your projects. I'm working on http://muscula.com http://muscula.com Log JavaSript errors in production. It installs like Google Analytics.
- prakster 13y ago
  Will Muscula work on secure, logged-in pages?
  - prakster 13y ago
    Oh wait...I see that you do support https :-)
alashley 13y ago
I'm working on a mobile/web app that lets users track their medication intake. It will use nfc tags that you tap each time you take the medication, so there's no risk of taking it more than the recommended number of times daily. It will also keep track of an side-effects you experience and prompt you to call the nearest pharmacy for refills. At the moment, I think I will target Android for the mobile app.
darrenkopp 13y ago
SassyStudio, provides much needed support for SCSS in Visual Studio. https://github.com/darrenkopp/sassystudio https://github.com/darrenkopp/sassystudio Currently it supports compiling css (via libsass), syntax highlighting, outlining, and intellisense.
mooted1 13y ago
Computer algebra system that yields the steps it takes to produce a result. Mainly intended as an educational tool to help teach math. This is actually my first side project since I (re)learned to program a few months ago—everything I'm using to build this I learned at work.
shadesandcolour 13y ago
I'm working on an iOS app that lets you manage and edit Jekyll websites on Github. check it out https://github.com/bringel/staticly https://github.com/bringel/staticly
bearbin 13y ago
MCServer, a open-source minecraft server: https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer
mildavw 13y ago
https://findalakethatlookslikeadog.com https://findalakethatlookslikeadog.com Started as a joke among my dev team and we've now sold a few shirts and plan on developing the idea.
- ozh 13y ago
  Curious: what tshirt merchant API is this built on?
  - mildavw 13y ago
    I found http://printaura.com http://printaura.com via Google when we first decided to wire the generator up to a t-shirt print service, then I saw a http://shirts.io http://shirts.io post on HN and wired them up too! When each order is placed, we go with the printer that gives us the largest margin. There is no bidding going on or anything, they just have different prices for different products and calculate shipping fees differently. edit: linkify printers
prezjordan 13y ago
Cleaver: 30-second slideshows for hackers http://jdan.github.io/cleaver http://jdan.github.io/cleaver
jamesbritt 13y ago
A double-album (more or less) of songs and dance music.
dlhavema 13y ago
Multiplayer Acquire client/server (android/php-mysql)
krapp 13y ago
http://precis.gopagoda.com/ http://precis.gopagoda.com/ a threaded outbound-link aggregator. It needs a lot of work but i'm hoping to turn it into something cool. Currently incredibly slow because it's on a pagodabox free account and has no caching whatsoever. Also bootstrap and most of the buttons don't do anything still. also https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/ccb392c399d72efd8b0d https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/ccb392c399d72efd8b0d a terminally unfinished Hacker News userscript to handle block/unblock/following users.
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hackNightly 13y ago
A hosted call center solution using Node.js and RethinkDB
jlepis 13y ago
WriteTracker - A resource for writer's to track the submission process as well as find potential markets to submit their work. http://www.writetracker.com http://www.writetracker.com
wturner 13y ago
I just started this web audio app to see if I could make something that translates well to tablet devices, and help me learn php. The server isn't hooked up but the front end works. http://helpknow.com/snd http://helpknow.com/snd
garrettdreyfus 13y ago
I just finished this weekend hack I really like. https://github.com/garrettdreyfus/Libstripper https://github.com/garrettdreyfus/Libstripper It's a handy (i think) command line tool to extract the code you actually use from css libraries like bootstrap. Not much compared to other comments here!
- wittjeff 13y ago
  Thank you for this. By the way, I found this topic to be a difficult one to google for. Is there a magic search string or term of art that I'm missing?
  - garrettdreyfus 13y ago
    If you mean something to strip css libraries, I wasn't able to find something equivalent on google. I also wasn't sure what to google for though.
younata 13y ago
I have been building this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6618834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6618834 It's been fun. :D
sourabh86 13y ago
Three very small android apps (http://goo.gl/pFyLD4 http://goo.gl/pFyLD4) specifically targeted to Indian user base and their windowsphone port(http://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/search?q=sourabh+soni http://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/search?q=sourabh+soni).
rakoo 13y ago
1. A gmail-inspired MUA: https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup 2. A bittorrent client in go: https://github.com/rakoo/taipei-torrent https://github.com/rakoo/taipei-torrent 3. A bittorrent-sync Libre alternative: https://github.com/rakoo/zinc https://github.com/rakoo/zinc 4. Yet another pubsubhubbub hub, this time in go: https://github.com https://github.com /rakoo/psgb
mmozuras 13y ago
Currently, my main side-project is Pronto, quick automated code-review tool: https://github.com/mmozuras/pronto https://github.com/mmozuras/pronto Intend to make a SaaS from its current library form, at some point, also. A couple of others on the back burner.
dmcswain 13y ago
A mobile web app (https://treycent.com https://treycent.com) that lets you create voice-enabled question answering sites by tagging internet or intranet content with spoken questions. After a while you end up with a private Siri: a site capable of answering questions relevant to your team. Also working on a companion Google Glass app.
bp999 13y ago
Prototype of a site to search across twitter and instagram: http://much.ly http://much.ly
ACow_Adonis 13y ago
Wrote this recently: https://communities.sas.com/docs/DOC-2462 https://communities.sas.com/docs/DOC-2462 Industrial size data linkage in SAS. I'm pretty sure I can make it even faster in Lisp, but just finished doing the SAS version and haven't gotten round to it. Don't know if its HN type material, but its cool to be done.
fawyd 13y ago
A social "Things-to-do site" - never miss a cool event again
vram22 13y ago
xtopdf, a toolkit for PDF creation from other input formats. xtopdf supports many input formats, and more can be plugged in. Runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (except for some platform-specific parts). Has a core library and CLI, GUI and web apps built using the library. Written in Python. xtopdf links: Overview: http://slid.es/vasudevram/xtopdf http://slid.es/vasudevram/xtopdf Posts (with code) about using xtopdf: http://jugad2.blogspot.com/search/label/xtopdf http://jugad2.blogspot.com/search/label/xtopdf Source code: https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf

110 points by gembird 13y ago

An open source stream processing framework (https://ghostream.com https://ghostream.com) - it isn't really ready for the limelight yet, but you can find the code base on github (https://github.com/ghostream/ghostream https://github.com/ghostream/ghostream) - final steps on the to do list are a few more example projects, a couple more functional operators and to polish up the documentation. It has hit the 80-20 scenario. The last 20% is taking 80% of the time :)But it has let me quickly prototype a few little ideas (http://jamielewis.me.uk/posts/2013-11-03-Mapping-Earthquakes-with-ghostream.html http://jamielewis.me.uk/posts/2013-11-03-Mapping-Earthquakes...)

erichurkman 13y ago
Slick. Aside from the issues listed in github, what is taking 80% of the time? Did you expect the 80-20 split?
- JamieLewis 13y ago
  Honestly, part of it is motivation. I keep getting distracted with other things. I expected it to go the 80-20 way, the initial ideas are not new ones, I have been building similar frameworks for a few years. The time is mostly spent on the more difficult problems like "How should operators hang up when the program is closed?" " Should the program be expected to close?" "Should there be a global context object, or a default one" "Should an operator have a window by default or not" There is no right answer, so its just a case of sucking it up and implementing something, seeing if it works, and going from there. Plus the side escapades with earthquakes and space weather and irc channels - although implementing these little things does drive the bigger project. I am hoping before the end of the year I can hit something I feel comfortable slapping "1.0" on and move onto something else for a while and use it as a base for working on some other ideas I have.

ibarrajo 13y ago

I'm making a social sharing application, dedicated to street food vendors, it's called tacotuyo.. very early in development still (about 20 hrs in) http://tacotuyo-elninja.rhcloud.com http://tacotuyo-elninja.rhcloud.com

lowglow 13y ago

1. A news/blogging platform: http://techendo.co http://techendo.co 2. I also organize and run the san francisco hacker news meetup. http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Hacker-News-Meetup/ http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Hacker-News-Meetup/ 3. Dev school grading site: http://schools.techendo.co http://schools.techendo.co 4. Burrito: http://burrito.techendo.co http://burrito.techendo.co 5. Tribes: http://tribes.techendo.co http://tribes.techendo.co 6. Next up is an app that helps businesses find their distribution channels -- to be released in a week or two. 7. ..and finally a kickstarter for a hacker tool coming early next year. Join us on #Techendo on freenode to chat. :)

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mesrine 13y ago

1) Internet-Side for Magic Cards 2) little JavaScript-Game

mikeroher 13y ago

I'm making an online store in Rails for a specific target market (have to be vague). I'm building it mostly on my own and I'm looking for a second developer to help me out.

bradleyjoyce 13y ago
would love to learn more.. feel free to ping me, contact info in profile.
matiasb 13y ago
sounds interesting, checkout my gh, also you may find contact data over there: https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde

Leander_B 13y ago

Private tech recruitment community: http://likewise.io http://likewise.io

abengoam 13y ago

I am tired of repeating this again and again, so I am doing some yak shaving and creating a hosted rest service for managing user accounts and authentication. I will use it as basic infrastructure for future projects.

johnmurch 13y ago
Rather than a hosted/solution - I would be think a program language specific (node/php/java) solution would be more useful. For example - something like $199 for lifetime use for account/oauth/etc system that you can use on any project. Maybe even have additional "packages" like invite friend, etc. Just a thought.

eranation 13y ago

Scala tutorials (http://scalatutorials.com http://scalatutorials.com) - it's a "try scala code in your browser" (powered by scalakata.com) and has a basic tour at the moment, but I'm working on making it more like try ruby / codecademy, much more work than I thought by the way

Boldewyn 13y ago

Almost all of the little spare time I have goes into http://Codepoints.net http://Codepoints.net, presenting and explaining Unicode codepoints. Edit: The page is fully open source: https://github.com/Boldewyn/Codepoints.net https://github.com/Boldewyn/Codepoints.net

evincarofautumn 13y ago
Nice design and a great resource. Unicode is a complex beast, and making it easier to navigate and understand is a worthwhile goal, if only to improve how Joe Programmer deals with non-English text.

baruch 13y ago

I'm interested in finding more about disk failures (HDDs and SSDs), possibly with an eye to create an advance warning system for increased chance of multiple failures in a RAID system or the imminent failure of a single disk. Blog is at http://blog.disksurvey.org/ http://blog.disksurvey.org/ Sub-parts on github: http://github.com/baruch/diskscan http://github.com/baruch/diskscan and http://github.com/baruch/disksurvey http://github.com/baruch/disksurvey

qzervaas 13y ago

I've just started a site that aggregates open public transit data feeds. It lets you quickly see differences between feed versions, discover new feeds, and I'm working on APIs to easily bring in better real time data into apps http://transitfeeds.com http://transitfeeds.com

majc2 13y ago
Interesting - I'm working in this area too; more on the consumption of transit feeds - have noticed in the UK at least that there are a ton of T&Cs thrown around these feeds, do you think you have any issues repackaging like this?
- qzervaas 13y ago
  It's definitely on the todo list to categorically make sure I'm complying with each feed. I think the biggest thing I'll need to change is perhaps to not allow download the zip of the most recent feed. Can you share what it is you're working on?

davedx 13y ago

An invoice management app A multiplayer RPG in JavaScript

rythie 13y ago

1. Helping people run faster: https://cleverrun.com https://cleverrun.com 2. Stats about where you spend your time: https://clevergeo.com https://clevergeo.com 3. Something with pebble and it's accelerometer, probably related to sports.

iends 13y ago
cleverrun uses data from Run Keeper? I'm assuming it can pull in information from my Garmin somehow?
- rythie 13y ago
  Currently CleverRun only works with RunKeeper. However, RunKeeper should be able to pull Garmin stuff in, look at: http://runkeeper.com/apps/fit2app/47741 http://runkeeper.com/apps/fit2app/47741 - Then CleverRun will be able to get that data from RunKeeper.

igvadaimon 13y ago

International social network for freedivers - http://theabyss.de/ http://theabyss.de/ With buddyfinder, user blogs, as well as list of freediving spots and events.

kitsune_ 13y ago

A columnar time series db with an lmdb backend - I have only just started and it us quite a struggle. A map / tile server written in go. So far MapBox' mbtiles work. This came from a peculiar interest of mine, whether my city needs yet another underground parking garage. So I started to scrape the public rss feed of the parking system. I have some gigs of data by now and RethinkDB is not as performant as I hoped it would be. There is no real query optimization as of yet. What I want to visualize is whether you can find a parking spot at a certain point in time and reach a spot, for instance a shop, within a certain threshold by foot. In short, if you want to shop at XXX will you have trouble finding a parking spot?

bpodgursky 13y ago

Open-source visualization of our solar neighborhood: http://uncharted.bpodgursky.com/ http://uncharted.bpodgursky.com/ (source https://github.com/bpodgursky/uncharted https://github.com/bpodgursky/uncharted)

siddboots 13y ago
This is really nice. I would love to have the option of displaying a galactic coordinate grid and other bearings, and perhaps labels on some notable stars. Great work.

amrit_b 13y ago

I made embedding transcoded videos as simple as using the <img> tag --> http://transcode.io http://transcode.io Working on the production version atm.

brandonhsiao 13y ago
I hate to be the guy who points this out, but heads up--you have an extra apostrophe in "its" on the front page. Normally I'd keep quiet, but since it's your headline...
- gembird 13y ago
  Didn't get it, what are you talking about?
  - davewasthere 13y ago
    It should be: Video transcoding in its simplest form.
    - amrit_b 13y ago
      Hey thanks davewasthere! I will correct in the next release.

300 13y ago

Trying to build soomething which can help to job seekers: http://besthi.re/ http://besthi.re/

captn3m0 13y ago

Open source github based jekyll blog editor that runs completely on client side. [1] A CRM system, and a designer collaboration tool. [1]: https://github.com/captn3m0/potion https://github.com/captn3m0/potion

hagope 13y ago

a better trash can

gembird 13y ago
interesting, what kind of trash can is that? can you provide some details, thanks...

Sir_Cmpwn 13y ago

Lots of them. Open source implementation of Minecraft https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Craft.Net Reddit API wrapper https://github.com/SirCmpwn/RedditSharp https://github.com/SirCmpwn/RedditSharp kernel written in z80 assembly https://github.com/KnightSoft/kernel https://github.com/KnightSoft/kernel TI-8x emulator in javascript https://github.com/SirCmpwn/OpenTI https://github.com/SirCmpwn/OpenTI And lots more https://github.com/SirCmpwn https://github.com/SirCmpwn

johnmaddox 13y ago
Are you human :). I wish i had the capability of your species.

warcode 13y ago

Streaming Twitter client in javascript since the last one I used died. Early version at https://deny.io/river/ https://deny.io/river/

matiasb 13y ago

Co-browsing solution with go & redis

philipb 13y ago

I'm making an offsite status page SaaS: https://statusutils.com https://statusutils.com Its in beta, and I could use some feedback :)

daliusd 13y ago

Last weekend I have created http://microbezilla.sandbox.lt/ http://microbezilla.sandbox.lt/. Now I'm working on HTML5 turn-based strategy multiplayer game about space pirates.

louyang 13y ago

News search engine: http://wintria.com http://wintria.com Java applet games (from a while ago): http://codelucas.com/pages/rocketboy.html http://codelucas.com/pages/rocketboy.html http://codelucas.com/pages/island-overlord.html http://codelucas.com/pages/island-overlord.html Trying to learn some js gaming engines though.

iamwil 13y ago

1. Cubehero - Hosting 3D printed projects https://cubehero.com https://cubehero.com 2. Embossanova - Emboss images to surfaces in OpenSCAD https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/embossanova https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/embossanova 3. Graftleaf and Graftweave - Graftconcept iPhone module back covers https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/graftleaf https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/graftleaf https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/graftweave https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/graftweave

lowglow 13y ago
Hey, I covered cubehero on our site: http://www.techendo.co/posts/3d-printed-running-shoes http://www.techendo.co/posts/3d-printed-running-shoes
- iamwil 13y ago
  Cool, thanks! I put the a link to the article in our press section.

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shaunrussell 13y ago

My current side project is http://upbeatapp.com http://upbeatapp.com, working on it with two co-workers, and having some success. Been having fun with Go-lang koans and Angular.js uiRouter as well.

spdmn 13y ago
I like this idea. Hope it catches on.

bambax 13y ago

An interactive map of the Paris metro: vasyenmetro.com It tries to model an ancient (and magnificient) machine built in the 1930s: http://goo.gl/XjOFJy http://goo.gl/XjOFJy It won 1st prize in a competition by RATP (which operates the Paris metro): http://goo.gl/C5bILT http://goo.gl/C5bILT

evincarofautumn 13y ago

Kitten, a programming language based on zero-cost abstractions (https://github.com/evincarofautumn/kitten https://github.com/evincarofautumn/kitten). Competing in the same space as C++, Rust, and Nimrod. Statically typed, type-inferred, stack-based, higher-order, GC optional, with an effect system to manage side effects. Very much a work in progress, but you should stow it in your brain as a systems language to try in the future.

ds_ 13y ago

A service that allows single page ajax applications to be indexed with minimal effort http://crawlspa.com http://crawlspa.com

agilebyte 13y ago

Visualizing crime of a city I am moving into: https://github.com/radekstepan/deadmonton https://github.com/radekstepan/deadmonton GitHub Burndown Chart: https://github.com/radekstepan/github-burndown-chart https://github.com/radekstepan/github-burndown-chart

gembird 13y ago
where do you get the data for visualization?
- agilebyte 13y ago
  This website: http://crimemapping.edmontonpolice.ca/ http://crimemapping.edmontonpolice.ca/ the data go back by only a few months so I cache them in a file and always update with new ones. https://github.com/radekstepan/deadmonton/tree/master/data https://github.com/radekstepan/deadmonton/tree/master/data
spdmn 13y ago
Cool map. Edmontonians don't generally like their city referred to as "Deadmonton". However, the nickname rings true on so many levels. Good luck with your move. Is it soon?
- agilebyte 13y ago
  Thanks. Hmm the crime in your city is not that out of whack compared to the Canadian average. It actually made me feel safer about the city and will make house hunting easier. The move shall be in about 10 months time. Am in the process of reviewing the different startups in the city currently. Are you involved in one?
  - spdmn 13y ago
    I'm glad you're doing the research before taking the leap. There are lots of safe neighbourhoods and only a few I would avoid. Let me know if you have any questions about city. Unfortunately, I'm not involved with any startups at the moment but would love to get involved with the right one (take a leap of my own). I moved back to this city about a year ago after being overseas for six years. I rushed the move due to family reasons and didn't properly set myself up in that regards. I have the right personality, but I'm not confident in my skills. I need to find a company where I can learn as well as contribute and flourish that way. I hope you find something that suits you. Are you thinking of joining an existing startup or doing something on your own?

cruppstahl 13y ago

http://hamsterdb.com http://hamsterdb.com - a C++ key/value store. hamsterdb is AFAIK the only key/value store which supports typed keys (i.e. uint32, uint64, blobs). under the hood the btree optimizes the memory layout for this type, just like a column store DBMS does. I'm now moving slowly towards adding analytical functions, but it's still a long way to go.

timmy-turner 13y ago

A terminal emulator - https://github.com/hoeck/schirm https://github.com/hoeck/schirm - using a browser to render the screen, allowing programs to use HTML and Javascript as an alternative output (via a CGI like interface).

glazskunrukitis 13y ago

I built a SSL certificate store GetSSL.me[0] and so far it has been really great. Our goal is to make SSL certificates available to everyone. [0] https://getssl.me/ https://getssl.me/

dazzla 13y ago

Deal Drop (and now Tech Drop) - iOS/Android shopping apps http://www.getdealdrop.com http://www.getdealdrop.com Been working on it for a few years. Nice side income but still trying to grow it to be my main income.

kranner 13y ago

Speed-reading iOS app for ePub http://velocireaderapp.com http://velocireaderapp.com

mm4p 13y ago

My pet project is the development of the concept of "mind map for programming" (mm4p). It is a mix between literate programming and visual programming with the capacity to work with text file and any programming language you want. My feel good project is Sahana Eden.

NicoJuicy 13y ago

A personal automated email sender, using vars and conditional statements (Eg. Multiple languages are possible, we live in a country where most of them speak: french, dutch, german or english, so that's a big + over here). Create a poll (or mail) and mail them to clients when you sold for > 1000 € should be an option :) It's actually meant to get feedback (automated) from clients with a more personal touch or to follow up on a sale of 1 month ago (how the car is, ...)

acesubido 13y ago

A simple CSS/JS library recreating the Windows 8 Modal. Still working on tablet/mobile support (which im pretty sure is just a css style cursor: pointer;) http://ace-subido.github.io/windows8-metro-modal http://ace-subido.github.io/windows8-metro-modal Another side project I'm currently in the process of designing: Personal Problem: Me and my wife have some folders with so many random files. Too troublesome and time consuming maintaining it to be clean and organized. Pictures should be in a specific folder, installers in another one, etc. an example is the "Downloads Folder" Solution: A small command-line utility that organizes a folder on where it runs from. This small command-line tool has only one parameter: a JSON file that contains "Rules" on what it will do on specific files. ex: .mp3's should be placed on a folder, .docs on another, etc. And so on and so forth. It could also come as an "installable" service/daemon that watches over folders. Still learning more about Scala, it's used in where I work, may write this command-line tool in that language for educational purposes.

spdmn 13y ago
A simple script (in linux, windows or whatever) could do that no problem. In fact, I'm pretty sure something like: find -iname ".txt" -exec mv -v {} /home/user \; or mv .mp3 /whatever/folder/youd/like mv .jpg /repeat/as/many/times/as/needed would work. Is this what you had in mind? Hope I'm not way off base here. EDIT: for some reason Hacker News edited out my asterisks and the letters within are displayed as italics. Curious.
- acesubido 13y ago
  Yep exactly! I know that it could be done via bash or a batch file. I just wanted to solve this usual problem with a simple project that also allows me to learn more about Scala since it's used at where I work.
  - spdmn 13y ago
    Ah, I see! Well that's as good of a place to start as any. Good luck in your endeavours.

david927 13y ago

Brodlist: making it possible to query semantic data in a way that's easy and fun. Kaya: A new paradigm in software construction.

caulagi 13y ago

1. A community driven listing of events around you - http://sntd.pw http://sntd.pw - https://github.com/caulagi/sntd https://github.com/caulagi/sntd 2. A website for children to share their toys - http://toystori.com http://toystori.com - https://github.com/caulagi/toystori https://github.com/caulagi/toystori

kyriakos 13y ago
the toy sharing idea is really nice!

git-pull 13y ago

git/hg/svn repo mass-updater from a YAML / JSON file. http://pullv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html http://pullv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html tmux workspace manager in python. JSON / YAML configs. session workspace freezing. http://tmuxp.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html http://tmuxp.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html

stevekemp 13y ago

A system to test blog/forum-comments for spam in real-time: http://blogspam.net/ http://blogspam.net/ A list of pubs in Edinburgh: http://edinburgh.io/ http://edinburgh.io/ A mail client: http://lumail.org/ http://lumail.org/

ozh 13y ago
Interested in blogspam, do you have some overall stats, akismet style? http://akismet.com/about/ http://akismet.com/about/
- stevekemp 13y ago
  It seems to average 10-14 days to reject another million spam comments, from this load-graph: http://blogspam.net/load/ http://blogspam.net/load/ (I've got stats going back the past two months or so, when the server was reimplemented in node.js.)

intellectronica 13y ago

A youtube-based jukebox server in dart: https://github.com/rounds/jukebox-mode https://github.com/rounds/jukebox-mode We use it at the office to queue songs a chatroom and listen together.

markosaurus 13y ago

A console so we can share the API data from our Bitcoin asic miner without allowing access to the console. Soon to have google charts implemented.

ra00l 13y ago

simple image optimization app: http://www.imgoptimize.com http://www.imgoptimize.com

motiejus 13y ago

Docker replacement with emphasis on tool reusability. Docker made incremental builds right, and I love the idea. However, it reimplemented the whole tooling around it instead of using what's in there. It will support FreeBSD/ZFS/Jails and Linux/LVM|BTRFS|ZFS/LXC on the first release. My goal is to re-use existing tooling as much as possible. I am writing it in Haskell.

baruch 13y ago
What I would like in something like that is the ability to push from outside an image to be used. Docker has push to a central location and then you need to pull from it which makes it harder for a small setup like mine.

anuaitt 13y ago

Sharing Gmail Tasks gmailsharedtasks.com

preddict 13y ago

A site for people to record their predictions, to say whether they agree or not with other people's predictions and later to see who was right. Let's see who can predict the best what will happen in the world! https://preddict.com https://preddict.com

ced83fra 13y ago
Great idea ! Plus, your site does have good success as far as I can see! Appart from jQuery & bootstrap, what other technologies have you used to develop this site ? Btw, is there a point system to reward people who predicts it right?

fbnt 13y ago

A News reading App based on the most popular news stories being shared in real time on Twitter: http://newspo.st http://newspo.st

watermel0n 13y ago

I am working on Readbox (https://www.readbox.co https://www.readbox.co). It's a news reader founded in collaboration with University of Naples Federico II.

amarraja 13y ago

A UK based price and product tracking site (http://salr.io http://salr.io) Almost there, but I've been working on it solo, and development stalled for a bit whilst I struggled with motivational issues and analysis paralysis. Hope to get something MVP-able very soon!

fotcorn 13y ago

Firefox OS port to the HTC One: https://github.com/firefoxos-htc-one https://github.com/firefoxos-htc-one Round-based RPG Game written in Java/libGDX: https://github.com/andef4/adventure-game https://github.com/andef4/adventure-game Whatsapp for FirefoxOS written in TypeScript: https://github.com/andef4/ch.bfh.bti7054.w2013.p.fxos_whatsapp https://github.com/andef4/ch.bfh.bti7054.w2013.p.fxos_whatsa... All of them are still pre-alpha quality.

pdrummond 13y ago

An Android game called Foobit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6800828 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6800828

Vektorweg 13y ago

Actually, i work on curve-based rasterization, to build a game later on it.

japhyr 13y ago

An open teaching and learning resource for Python: http://introtopython.org http://introtopython.org (source: https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming)

obsurvey 13y ago

Interesting reading about all your projects. I'm working on http://muscula.com http://muscula.com Log JavaSript errors in production. It installs like Google Analytics.

prakster 13y ago
Will Muscula work on secure, logged-in pages?
- prakster 13y ago
  Oh wait...I see that you do support https :-)

alashley 13y ago

I'm working on a mobile/web app that lets users track their medication intake. It will use nfc tags that you tap each time you take the medication, so there's no risk of taking it more than the recommended number of times daily. It will also keep track of an side-effects you experience and prompt you to call the nearest pharmacy for refills. At the moment, I think I will target Android for the mobile app.

darrenkopp 13y ago

SassyStudio, provides much needed support for SCSS in Visual Studio. https://github.com/darrenkopp/sassystudio https://github.com/darrenkopp/sassystudio Currently it supports compiling css (via libsass), syntax highlighting, outlining, and intellisense.

mooted1 13y ago

Computer algebra system that yields the steps it takes to produce a result. Mainly intended as an educational tool to help teach math. This is actually my first side project since I (re)learned to program a few months ago—everything I'm using to build this I learned at work.

shadesandcolour 13y ago

I'm working on an iOS app that lets you manage and edit Jekyll websites on Github. check it out https://github.com/bringel/staticly https://github.com/bringel/staticly

bearbin 13y ago

MCServer, a open-source minecraft server: https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer

mildavw 13y ago

https://findalakethatlookslikeadog.com https://findalakethatlookslikeadog.com Started as a joke among my dev team and we've now sold a few shirts and plan on developing the idea.

ozh 13y ago
Curious: what tshirt merchant API is this built on?
- mildavw 13y ago
  I found http://printaura.com http://printaura.com via Google when we first decided to wire the generator up to a t-shirt print service, then I saw a http://shirts.io http://shirts.io post on HN and wired them up too! When each order is placed, we go with the printer that gives us the largest margin. There is no bidding going on or anything, they just have different prices for different products and calculate shipping fees differently. edit: linkify printers

prezjordan 13y ago

Cleaver: 30-second slideshows for hackers http://jdan.github.io/cleaver http://jdan.github.io/cleaver

jamesbritt 13y ago

A double-album (more or less) of songs and dance music.

dlhavema 13y ago

Multiplayer Acquire client/server (android/php-mysql)

krapp 13y ago

http://precis.gopagoda.com/ http://precis.gopagoda.com/ a threaded outbound-link aggregator. It needs a lot of work but i'm hoping to turn it into something cool. Currently incredibly slow because it's on a pagodabox free account and has no caching whatsoever. Also bootstrap and most of the buttons don't do anything still. also https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/ccb392c399d72efd8b0d https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/ccb392c399d72efd8b0d a terminally unfinished Hacker News userscript to handle block/unblock/following users.

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hackNightly 13y ago

A hosted call center solution using Node.js and RethinkDB

jlepis 13y ago

WriteTracker - A resource for writer's to track the submission process as well as find potential markets to submit their work. http://www.writetracker.com http://www.writetracker.com

wturner 13y ago

I just started this web audio app to see if I could make something that translates well to tablet devices, and help me learn php. The server isn't hooked up but the front end works. http://helpknow.com/snd http://helpknow.com/snd

garrettdreyfus 13y ago

I just finished this weekend hack I really like. https://github.com/garrettdreyfus/Libstripper https://github.com/garrettdreyfus/Libstripper It's a handy (i think) command line tool to extract the code you actually use from css libraries like bootstrap. Not much compared to other comments here!

wittjeff 13y ago
Thank you for this. By the way, I found this topic to be a difficult one to google for. Is there a magic search string or term of art that I'm missing?
- garrettdreyfus 13y ago
  If you mean something to strip css libraries, I wasn't able to find something equivalent on google. I also wasn't sure what to google for though.

younata 13y ago

I have been building this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6618834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6618834 It's been fun. :D

sourabh86 13y ago

Three very small android apps (http://goo.gl/pFyLD4 http://goo.gl/pFyLD4) specifically targeted to Indian user base and their windowsphone port(http://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/search?q=sourabh+soni http://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/search?q=sourabh+soni).

rakoo 13y ago

1. A gmail-inspired MUA: https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup 2. A bittorrent client in go: https://github.com/rakoo/taipei-torrent https://github.com/rakoo/taipei-torrent 3. A bittorrent-sync Libre alternative: https://github.com/rakoo/zinc https://github.com/rakoo/zinc 4. Yet another pubsubhubbub hub, this time in go: https://github.com https://github.com /rakoo/psgb

mmozuras 13y ago

Currently, my main side-project is Pronto, quick automated code-review tool: https://github.com/mmozuras/pronto https://github.com/mmozuras/pronto Intend to make a SaaS from its current library form, at some point, also. A couple of others on the back burner.

dmcswain 13y ago

A mobile web app (https://treycent.com https://treycent.com) that lets you create voice-enabled question answering sites by tagging internet or intranet content with spoken questions. After a while you end up with a private Siri: a site capable of answering questions relevant to your team. Also working on a companion Google Glass app.

bp999 13y ago

Prototype of a site to search across twitter and instagram: http://much.ly http://much.ly

ACow_Adonis 13y ago

Wrote this recently: https://communities.sas.com/docs/DOC-2462 https://communities.sas.com/docs/DOC-2462 Industrial size data linkage in SAS. I'm pretty sure I can make it even faster in Lisp, but just finished doing the SAS version and haven't gotten round to it. Don't know if its HN type material, but its cool to be done.

fawyd 13y ago

A social "Things-to-do site" - never miss a cool event again

vram22 13y ago

xtopdf, a toolkit for PDF creation from other input formats. xtopdf supports many input formats, and more can be plugged in. Runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (except for some platform-specific parts). Has a core library and CLI, GUI and web apps built using the library. Written in Python. xtopdf links: Overview: http://slid.es/vasudevram/xtopdf http://slid.es/vasudevram/xtopdf Posts (with code) about using xtopdf: http://jugad2.blogspot.com/search/label/xtopdf http://jugad2.blogspot.com/search/label/xtopdf Source code: https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf