Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on?

1. name-needed

   1 7 97 7.6 Rust

   🕹 A one man effort to produce an intuitive and high performance Dwarf Fortress-esque game. Needs a name.

   

   I've been alternating between two long term Rust projects, which seems to work in keeping the motivation up for both!

   A Dwarf Fortress-like game (and engine): https://github.com/DomWilliams0/name-needed

   A x64 operating system: https://github.com/DomWilliams0/DomeOS

2. Civic Auth

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3. userbase

   2 13 2,307 3.9 JavaScript

   Create secure and private web apps using only static JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

   

   I filled my own need with https://howsyourblank.com.

   I have a minor, but chronic medical condition I am trying to get in check, and I just wanted something incredibly simple to identify good and bad days. I was inspired by "year in pixels" calendars.

   And I took the opportunity to try out Userbase[0] and build something with a secure backend and no tracking, considering the potentially sensitive nature of it.

   No plans for monetization at the moment. I could see adding more features such as tracking multiple data points, stats, correlations, notes, etc., and creating a premium version. I would need more users and feedback.

   [0]https://userbase.com

4. dotfile

   3 9 100 4.8 Go

   Simple version control made for tracking single files

   

   Dotfilehub: https://dotfilehub.com

   I've always found various solutions that use git for sharing configuration files cumbersome. I set out to make my own simple version control system, and a lightweight web application where I can browse and edit them remotely. The main idea is that paths are aliased to simple names, so I can say `dotfile pull i3` and it will install https://dotfilehub.com/knoebber/i3 to ~/.config/i3/config

   Overall the project is stable and I use it daily for all sorts of miscellaneous files.

5. deltaflow

   4 1 10 3.2 Python

   A GPU-accelerated differentiable fluid simulator written in JAX.

   

   A couple on and off, but most recently a GPU-accelerated differentiable fluid simulator: https://github.com/maxwells-daemons/deltaflow

6. coprocessor.js

   5 2 11 0.0 JavaScript

   serial-based, nodejs-backed, remote code execution system

   

   I'm working on a system hand off nodejs workloads over a serial port to another machine running some host software.

   My intent is to easily write Internet-connected software for old machines where a host machine is doing all of the heavy lifting. I have been messing with 68k Macintosh systems first. The code is very much a work in progress that I am actively chipping away at, and not in a usable state just yet. I write a lot of nodejs professionally but haven't used C since college so its been a fun project.

   nodejs software for the "modern" machine: https://github.com/CamHenlin/coprocessor.js

   C software (targeted at a 68k mac) for the "slow" machine: https://github.com/CamHenlin/retro68-coprocessorjs-test

7. dev-portal-frontend

   6 1 7 0.0 Vue

   A StackOverflow / Reddit / Disqus / Talkyard clone

   

8. kanception

   7 10 74 0.0 JavaScript

   

   Kanception.io

   Open source recursive Kanban board https://github.com/hpennington/kanception

9. CodeRabbit

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10. cloud-from-scratch

    8 1 260 1.8

    Build yourself a private self-hosted full-stack personal cloud system.

    

    This CloudFromScratch, right? https://github.com/technomada/cloud-from-scratch

    I have a document for myself where I note down what I believe to be future industries — trying to time the market. In the same way you might've timed the market in the early part of the previous decade by betting on remote working becoming a pretty viable option (hindsight is 20/20 tho!)

    Self-hosted for privacy reasons, to me, is like a bomb waiting to explode. Just like covid accelerated our habits around healthcare (Perhaps future generations will look down on those who don't wear a mask when one catches a cold, the same way we look down on those who don't wash their hands after using the toilet... but in the 17th century that wasn't a thing), I believe mass privacy-awareness will come with a major leak/event.

    Looking forward to Apr 1st (if the beta is launched there and it won't be just April Fools' lol!

    P.S: Feedback for feedback, if you're down? https://bychgroup.com/price-unlock/

11. archivy

    9 25 3,226 4.4 Python

    Archivy is a self-hostable knowledge repository that allows you to learn and retain information in your own personal and extensible wiki.

    

    I'm working on Archivy [0] - a knowledge management system built around extensibility.

    [0]: https://archivy.github.io

12. SearchStory

    10 3 2 0.0 JavaScript

    Lucene based search application to search your own history (notes, papers, browser history)

    

    I came across that app a little while ago - it definitely inspired my current side project! https://github.com/SaahilClaypool/SearchStory which is a similar locally-hosted web app with a Lucene search index

13. Clendar

    11 10 667 6.5 Swift

    Clendar - Minimal Calendar app. Written in SwiftUI.

    

    I have been working on a universal Calendar app for Apple platforms, as iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and macOS specifically; named Clendar. [0][1]

    My goal is to learn SwiftUI and explore new Apple technologies.

    The app is now open source on GitHub as well, it's my way to give back to the community as I was learning it. [3]

    Feedback welcome!

    ---

    [1] Download link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clendar-a-calendar-app/id15481

    [2] Landing page: https://vinhnx.github.io/clendar-site

    [3] GitHub: https://github.com/vinhnx/Clendar

14. sogdb

    12 8 7 0.0 Vue

    An open database for stadia games

    

    I've been busy with a couple of projects

    With a friend I build Kameleont.me ( https://kameleont.me/ ) - A link "shortener" where the url redirects to diffrent targets based on device or OS.

    On my own I build SOGDb ( https://sogdb.com/ ) - An open database for all available Stadia games with filtering options for local/online multiplayer support and such.

15. server

    13 2 1 0.0 TypeScript

    Discontinued Scinna is a self-hosted screenshot sharing site (by scinna)

    

    I'm building Scinna (https://scinna.app/)

    It aims at being a fully featured server app to share screenshots, and will be having a desktop and android client. The far-far end goal is to have something as good as ShareX but self-hosted and cross platform. The client will feature a toolbox as the one found in ShareX which I really love but with the added benefit of allowing plugins to enrich it

16. tubesync

    14 64 2,248 9.9 Python

    Syncs YouTube channels and playlists to a locally hosted media server

    

    I've been working on and off on TubeSync, a PVR for YouTube:

    https://github.com/meeb/tubesync

17. bayes-bet

    15 1 8 8.4 Python

    NHL hockey model and predictions

    

    I wrote a bit about it in a blog post over the summer: http://everettsprojects.com/2020/08/18/modeling-the-nhl-bett...

    There are other posts on my blog about this project. There are links directly to them in the GitHub README: https://github.com/evjrob/bayes-bet#associated-blog-posts

18. qrxfil

    16 1 9 0.0 Rust

    Exfiltrate files via QR codes

    

    qrxfil: file exfiltration across airgaps using QR codes.

    https://github.com/OverkillGuy/qrxfil

    Splits files across multiple QR codes for “sending” across air-gapped computer systems. Generates numbered PNG files to scan.

    The codes contain metadata about chunk number (e.g. “007 of 078”) to enable out-of-order scanning.

    It's a fun way to learn Rust, and a great trick to get terrified looks from security folks.

19. pull-request-stats

    17 4 376 7.1 JavaScript

    Github action to print relevant stats about Pull Request reviewers

    

    A Github action to print relevant stats about the pull request reviewers in team: https://github.com/flowwer-dev/pull-request-stats

20. InfluxDB

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    InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.

    

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