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Ask HN: What are some real problems people can solve with coding projects?

8 pointsby kaamkiya6 months ago
I see a lot of project ideas, and I see a lot of people shoot them down because no one would use them.<p>I recently made a project called gg[0], and it&#x27;s a collection of TUI video games. It&#x27;s really just a toy; it doesn&#x27;t solve a problem.<p>I&#x27;m curious, what problems do you have that could potentially be solved by developers?<p>[0]: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Kaamkiya&#x2F;gg<p>P.S. This is my first HN post. Feel free to give me feedback on it :)

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cssanchez6 months ago
Game wise- a Scrabble that allows custom dictionaries made by the community to allow bilinguals to shine and use the findings for linguistics &#x2F; sociology research (words removed vs words added, trends, measure new language acquisition from influencers, etc.).<p>Been a pet project idea of mine since the pandemic but never got around to it. I saw the new Rails framework is out and thought of starting this idea to learn Ruby.
austin-cheney6 months ago
The iOS as a software platform is draconian and intentionally cripple to encourage use of the App Store and iTunes Store. I wrote a node app to build media players with media playlists in the browser. That solved a problem I had and I am happy with the result.<p>I am currently writing home server management as a node app. It already provides support for many simultaneous http&#x2F;ws servers with built in proxy and certificate support managed though a web based dashboard with real time status. I am also adding a similar management feature for docker containers via docker compose. I will look for other services and management features to add when docker support is written.
nicbou6 months ago
I write a lot of software to help people deal with German bureaucracy: letter generators, form fillers, appointment finders, tax calculators etc.<p>It saves people thousands of hours a year.
sandwichsphinx6 months ago
&gt; what problems do you have that could potentially be solved by developers?<p>an offline Grammarly alternative, ideally as a progressive web app that I could add to my home screen without needing to install anything from the App Store. I find the built-in spell check on my iPhone underwhelming, so I’ve disabled autocorrect and predictive text.
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