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Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
Some years ago I was on a shitty job - not technically, but the company turned out to be inhumane - at a Ruby shop, and on the side I was toying with mini_racer and I just upgraded to some macOS beta where it failed to build. A shitty +1-1 hackā for a compiler flag later and it was back flying.
A month later I received a cold email from a CTO to chat a bit about that PR, turns out they were using mini_racer heavily and forked it for their own purpose, and also created PyMiniRacer for the Python side of things. Next thing I know I got hired. Two years later the company got acquired.
Of course conditionally adding a compiler flag wasn't what got me hired per se, it only got my profile noticed. Probably side projects such as porting go by example to Ruby by implementing a ~1:1 CSP channel API[1], an Electron desktop client for Mattermost basically on a dare[2], ex mode for the Atom editor so that I could have that frackin' `:w`[3], leveraging Blocks to bolt on object-oriented-ness onto C because "closures are a poor man's object"[4], or reverse-engineering the Xbox One USB gamepad and writing a kext to turn it into a HID device on macOS from scratch on a lonely 7+h train ride with passengers judgementally staring at me sideways[4] probably contributed to it a bit.
My takeaway: luck is when preparation meets opportunity; but don't to side projects to get hired, because if you don't get hired then that time is lost. Rather, of all things, scratch your itch, have fun, embrace whatever quirkiness you fancy; no one can take that away from you.
[0]: https://github.com/rubyjs/mini_racer/commit/2086db1bbf2b5de4...
[1]: https://github.com/lloeki/normandy
[2]: https://github.com/lloeki/matterfront
[3]: https://github.com/lloeki/ex-mode
[4]: https://github.com/lloeki/cblocks-clobj/blob/master/main.c
[5]: https://github.com/lloeki/xbox_one_controller
airsonos
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Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
The repository https://github.com/stephen/airsonos has the code and is surprisingly accessible.
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Found 2 play 5 speakers and two play 3 speakers at a local thrift store today! First Sonos product
If it's just Airplay for music, you can try Airsonos: https://github.com/stephen/airsonos
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I hacked SONOS and YouTube the same day
This one is pretty simple. All the communication with the sonos device happens in the clear and the protocols are actually pretty well documented.
Getting good at using wireshark is a good place to start.
This project is pretty dead but I remember using it a few years ago https://github.com/stephen/airsonos
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Apple Music requires me to run a nodeJS server?
IIUC I need to run https://github.com/stephen/airsonos in order to get my Sonos system to be an option on Airplay https://s.natalian.org/2021-10-02/music.png option?
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How can I hack an old Sonos play 1 to simply stream audio from my mac?
You could try running AirSonos https://github.com/stephen/airsonos to stream audio via AirPlay.
What are some alternatives?
edgedns - A high performance DNS cache designed for Content Delivery Networks
unoffical-sonos-controller-for-linux - An Electron based linux app for controlling your sonos system.
Pion WebRTC - Pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API
sonos-web - Web interface for Sonos audio systems
normandy - Channels for CSP style Ruby
unoffical-sonos-controller-fo
stepmania - Advanced rhythm game for Windows, Linux and OS X. Designed for both home and arcade use.
node-red-contrib-sonos-plus - A set of Node-RED nodes to control SONOS player in your local network.
node-sonos-http-api - An HTTP API bridge for Sonos easing automation. Hostable on any node.js capable device, like a raspberry pi or similar.
youtubesampler - A site to download youtube videos as mp3's
goby - Goby - Yet another programming language written in Go
homebridge-music - Homebridge plugin for iTunes with AirPlay speakers