Ask HN: What open-source projects do you wish existed?

2 pointshazz992 comments

It's time to start a new project. Rather than doing another meaningless (but fun nonetheless) side project, I think it'd be better to work on something people find useful.

Any thoughts?

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A graphviz layout algorithm for data-flow-diagrams that meets these requirements: The boxes/nodes/vertices need to be large enough that they can contain readable text. The lines/arcs/edges should group together into bundles/runs/buses to minimise the space that they occupy; to permit them squeeze through limited gaps between boxes, and to show where similar data flows travel in the same direction.

A chatbot for rubber-duck conversations.

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