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Ask HN: How's your quarantine side project going?

18 pointsby robmerkialmost 5 years ago
( An update to this thread: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=23170881 )<p>What have you been working on? How&#x27;s it going?

8 comments

seanwilsonalmost 5 years ago
I&#x27;ve been working on a single player word game for web and mobile. :)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;seanwilson.itch.io&#x2F;wordoid" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;seanwilson.itch.io&#x2F;wordoid</a><p>Top score I know of is around 2,000 points if anyone wants to try and beat that!<p>I&#x27;m also working on an ebook version of my web best practices guide:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.checkbot.io&#x2F;guide&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.checkbot.io&#x2F;guide&#x2F;</a>
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frompdxalmost 5 years ago
For about 2.5 months I found myself unemployed during this mess so I picked up Starting Forth and taught myself how to program the Arduino Uno with FlashForth. My achievements are reading a thermometer and controlling a distance sensor. Forth was worth learning and I think it is the perfect platform for this type of work so long as you are willing to figure things out on your own because there isn&#x27;t much google can do to help when you get stuck. I have a job again but I am looking forward to more embedded programming with Forth.
hotshothoboalmost 5 years ago
I have been slowly and steadily making progress for <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncovindia.in&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncovindia.in&#x2F;</a><p>Its an Covid Dashboard for India. Recently I added district wise 3-weeks trends for all districts in India. This feature was a result of personal necessity of checking daily cases in my district.<p>I plan on adding more features like 5-day moving averages and trends on testing stats.<p>Would be happy to hear some feedback from HN community.
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austincheneyalmost 5 years ago
I am writing a file sharing and text messaging application that works with full file system explorer GUI in the browser. HTTP has proven insufficient to work within the applications security model so now I will need to investigate using WebRTC.<p>But before that I will be figuring out how to interact with a Windows like GUI in the browser via remote control to different machines without dependencies for test automation.
matt_the_bassalmost 5 years ago
My side project is usually making high end wordclocks[1]. But I’ve been using those wood working tools to make wooden stands to make sneeze shields out of plexiglass sheets[2].<p>This started by my neighbor (a dentist) asking if I could help him make some stands for his office. I’ve since sold over $1200 worth of the stands. I wouldn’t say this effort is sustainable in the long run, but it feels nice to be helping small business reopen.<p>I had plans to try and start some marketing efforts for my clocks but I haven’t had the time (no pun intended)<p>[1] www.finewordclocks.com<p>[2] etsy.me&#x2F;2D7lrMW
non-entityalmost 5 years ago
I had a few project ideas that either got scrapped or put on hold for various reasons. I&#x27;m flipping between constantly gaining and losing interest on the one I actually got any real work started on.
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robmerkialmost 5 years ago
I&#x27;ve been steadily writing my book about ADHD: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;adhdpro.xyz&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;adhdpro.xyz&#x2F;</a><p>I posted on my blog a few times about my struggles with ADHD, and the response was enormous. I had over a dozen DMs on LinkedIn asking me for advice. It turns out very few people talk about building ADHD specific productivity strategies. The market gap was there so I started writing.<p>I wrote an average of 1,000 words every day in June. It&#x27;s the first project I&#x27;ve ever created totally solo and I&#x27;m almost done.
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dmurr91almost 5 years ago
I’ve been working on building an affiliate marketing business. I always wanted to start it but I kept putting it off. With all the extra time I have, I finally got around to it.
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