RVS_ParseXMLDuration VS ukey

Well, these ones aren't "half-baked," but they are no longer being maintained (archived):

[0] https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_IPAddress

[1] https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_ParseXMLDuration

[2] https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_ONVIF

This project is unfinished (I just walked away from it, as it wasn't really giving me what I wanted):

[3] https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_GTDriver

This one is "half-baked," I believe. I never really took it particularly far:

[4] https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_MediaServer

Not completely. The way that it works for me, is that I start work on a project, and, while building, I notice that some code that I'm working on is:

1) Pretty complex, and fairly insular; and/or

2) Possibly useful, elsewhere.

If that's the case, I will then stop work on the main project, and take some time to extract and "genericize" the subproject. I'll usually set it up as a standalone open-source project; complete with tests and documentation.

This may happen before I have completed the coding in the main project, or may happen as the result of a review, after the fact.

In some cases, I very clearly need to develop a subproject before starting on the main project, or before certain milestones within that project (for example, SDKs or drivers). In that case, the timelines are completely separate.

If you look at my GH repos, you'll see a whole bunch of these projects, including some rather strange ones, like an XML duration parser[0]. These are the types of projects that I extract.

In some cases, I end up not using the extracted project in my main project (happens to some of my UI widgets). In that case, even though I am not using it, I still have an excellent project for the future. Here's an example[1]. I have ended up not using the spinner in my own work, as it was too obtrusive a widget, but it's nice to have it available for future projects.

[0] https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_ParseXMLDuration

[1] https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_Spinner

Can we include projects with no intention to finish or support long term or frankly even share to an audience other than myself until now for some reason?

If so, I made this little app to help me quickly learn Ukulele song chords nearly a decade ago: https://github.com/namuol/ukey

The idea was to translate generic guitar tabs into visual chord diagrams for ukulele simply by copy-pasting note notation. Technically it could be adapted for other fretted instruments with a few lines, because it actually generates the chords mathematically with the help of the excellent Teoria library.

This sometimes leads to questionable finger positions, but you can tap any chord diagram to see if there are alternative fingerings, which makes it easy to find the most comfortable way to transition between chords.

On a similar note, you can transpose the song until you find a key that avoids the most difficult chords.

At one point I considered automating this process by creating a simple heuristic to determine the “difficulty” of a chord fingering, but I decided this was too subjective and varies a lot depending on the adjacent chords and frequency of switching finger positions.

Needless to say, I never really learned to play ukulele…