epanet-js
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epanet-js | saasform | |
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6 | 16 | |
96 | 271 | |
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0.0 | 0.0 | |
6 months ago | about 1 year ago | |
TypeScript | JavaScript | |
MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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epanet-js
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Ask HN: Did you change your software architecture due to monetary constraints?
At the start up I work at [0], we use an open source library I developed to run hydraulic models of water networks in JavaScript [1].
A hydraulic model may be between 1-10MB and the simulation results can end up being 100+MB of time series data.
Other vendors with proprietary engines have to scale up servers to run their simulation engineers and will store and serve up results from a database.
Having everything done locally means we only have to store a static file and offload the simulation to the client.
Because we've architected it this way our hosting costs are low and users generally have faster access to results (assuming they're running a moderately decent machine)
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Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
I'm a civil engineer and I wrote an open source library that compiled a C library to javascript for my own personal projects - epanet-js [1]
A water utility in Spain spun off a start up called Qatium [2] and they used my library as the engine of their simulations and asked me to join.
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Ask HN: Which personal projects got you hired?
I created a handful of application around water engineering/modelling [1], plus an open source library to run the simulations in javascript [2].
A water utility in Spain spun off a start up to create a similar web based water modelling application and they used my open source library.
They approached me and I joined them and have been able to maintain the open source library as part of my role.
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Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal use?
I work as a water engineer, specializing in building hydraulic models so water utilities can simulate their network.
A big part of that is calibrating them which can be time consuming, you look through hundreds of options. I create a few web based apps to help grind through these tasks but ultimately they were for my own use as a consultant to close projects quickly.
I did pull out the engine as its own open source library for other to use, and that ended up helping me get my current role where I can now maintain it and be paid at the same time.
- [OC] Water flowing through a utilities water network
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Ask HN: What is your current side-project?
https://github.com/modelcreate/epanet-js
I've built a few open source apps and few other little projects to help automate my workflow.
There are only a handful of providers of modelling software, most are commercial and one recently sold to Autodesk for $1B.
Not sure I'll convince the industry to change but I'm enjoying tinkering around and making my own small difference.
saasform
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Ask HN: What are your successful open source projects you lost interest in?
Saasform: https://github.com/saasform/saasform
I had to prioritize another project (solokeys).
I still really believe both: 1) in an open source alternative to auth0, 2) in combining auth+payments for saas.
However, because they’re two problems, it’s probably best to focus on just one. For me trying to launch Saasform the issue has been to find and onboard customers quickly and at scale.
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Ask HN: How to build a good looking SaaS landing page?
I also purchased Landkit, but eventually found it very heavy. I then essentially remade it on top of Fresh [1]. Code is here if anyone needs it [2].
[1] https://github.com/cssninjaStudio/fresh
[2] https://github.com/saasform/saasform/tree/main/data/themes/f...
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Ask HN: No / low-code tools to build an application in 2021?
If it's a web saas, we're building Saasform [1] with your use case in mind.
One relevant example is launching your MVP as a serverless API (e.g. on Firebase) + react/vue front end. Just iterate on your core product and features, we handle home page, registration and payments.
For mobile apps I'd recommend Expo [2] and, if you can, stay with their managed flow. If you want to iterate fast, you need to take into account the time to release to the stores and Expo can help with that. Similarly as for the web, I'd look into a serverless API model to start.
For email notifications I'd go with Sendgrid.
I personally never used no-code solutions but different people recommended Bubbles [3].
[2] https://expo.io
- A more secure express-session package
- Show HN: Drop-in replacement of express-session to enhance security
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Ask HN: What is your current side-project?
Starter kit to "transform your project into a SaaS", with auth+payments.
- Show HN: We made a starter kit for SaaS (microservice instead of boilerplate)
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Authentication best practices and state of the art for a junior dev?
Saasform: shameless plug, this is my project, modern (at lease I hope), written in typescript
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I made an authentication server that handles user registration, authentication & authorization with JWT.
We are also doing something like that lol. It's a crowded field I see. Of course any cross contamination of PR is more than welcome :-)
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Show HN: Checklist/exercise to make a SaaS marketing page
I made this exercise to guide myself throught the process of starting from a list of features, summarizing benefits, prioritize them, sparkle some keywords and finally output a marketing page.
Working to make a marketing/public site for a micro-saas I was building, I realized there's plenty of articles about the structure of the landing page, sticky header, include quotes, etc. but there's little on how to actually write the content. I worked w/ different marketing professionals in the past and, though everyone has their own style/processes, the tldr is "talk about benefits, not features".
If you're making a marketing page, I hope you can find it useful too!
Please lmk if 1) the exercise makes sense to you, 2) the format is clear/unclear - what can be improved, 3) should I maybe write an accompanying blog post? other ideas?
For context, I expect to launch a number of micro-saas in the next months, so I wanted to build a repeatable process. I then plan to run all these sites out of config files like this [1].
[1] https://github.com/saasform/saasform/blob/main/data/config/w...
What are some alternatives?
epanet2toolkit - An R package for calling the Epanet software for simulation of piping networks.
openmiko - Open source firmware for Ingenic T20 based devices such as WyzeCam V2, Xiaomi Xiaofang 1S, iSmartAlarm's Spot+ and others.
treebender - A HDPSG-inspired symbolic natural language parser written in Rust
SuperTokens Community - Open source alternative to Auth0 / Firebase Auth / AWS Cognito
zenbot-sim-runner - A sim run batch aggregator / automator for Zenbot. Eases the process of backtesting and subsequent analysis of results.
SvelteKit - web development, streamlined
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okta-aws-cli-assume-role - Okta AWS CLI Assume Role Tool
s4 - super simple storage service + data local compute + shuffle
hotwire-rails - Use Hotwire in your Ruby on Rails app
tiny-snitch - an interactive firewall for inbound and outbound connections
Tailwind CSS - A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.