I thought it was nice to open a tread in which people can post their projects and get feedback on it as a better way to gain attention than solely submitting a HN post.
Unthough HN is the best way to get feedback in an honest way, it's hard to gain traction due to their populairity.
Tell me what projects you are working on and don't forget to vote up so, more feedback will be given!
https://github.com/skx/lumail/
It is pretty different from the existing mail clients for the console (pine, alpine, mutt, sup, notmuch), partly for being modal, and partly because it only handles Maildirs. No IMAP or POP3 support at all.
In terms of functionality it is usable for sending, processing, and receiving emails. But there is still missing support for attachments.
Basically this tool will only work against a local set of Maildirs, so your job is to get the mail from the remote host onto your local system in Maildir form.
Off the top of my head that means one of:
* imapsync
* fetchmail
* offlineimap
There are 2 versions of the Survey compiler, one in production use and a newer version in advanced prototype targeted at tablets etc. The production use compiler is targeted at India and the Middle East and anywhere else where you do Market Research using Pen and Paper format. It can generate outputs for IBM SPSS-Quantum (a specialised software for data processing) and SPSS and and my own cross tabulation engine, described below. Our current offering to clients is a potential 70% speedup in data processing using our system for Pen and Paper data entry.
The cross tabulation engine is on similar lines to IBM SPSS-Quantum but removes many limitations and is potentially much faster. I tested it on 1 million records - each record had about 64000 conditions, it was able to process the data in 20 seconds (I tried this after seeing Evan Miller's post on HN and someone asked about how fast his software was on 10 million records). I compile the input programs to simple C++ fixed size arrays and data is stored on disk as a flat file, fixed length per record. I have been experimenting with sse instructions - there is a lot of potential for further speed improvement.
This is a git repository, active branches are: nc - this is a stable version of the compiler, but uses ncurses and
web-questionnaire-2: this is the new survey compiler
Active GUIs/Framewors we can compile to are :
1. gtk
2. wxWidgets
3. webtoolkit
I have also separated out the runtime environment so that we can compile with emscripten
Using this, we can compile with
1. Dojo, ExtJs
2. DojoMobile - I could not get Sench Touch to work.
rdg: this is a branch for a Random Data generator. This was used to generate the 1 million records for my testing. I was able to get it to go at a speed of about 170 records a second.
If anyone is interested in playing with it, please write to me - my email should be all over the source code. We are also looking to make a business out of this (I have 2 friends and family investors).
While it's just basic technically, I've learned a lot about A/B testing & driving traffic.
Have taken the first few orders which is proof of concept! Currently working on the next version, integrating more product images & branding too.
Also I work on http://foundcamera.com - it gets quite a bit of natural traffic & submissions are backing up. Could do with some php help if anyone needs a weekend gig!
Offering flat pricing including shipping seemed to make sense for this type of purchase. I checked the prices of similar food subscription packages and kept that in mind - they seem to range from $17 to $33 typically.
I put together several candy packs at different weights and settled on 250g, 500g and 1kg - I priced them up and worked out a per gram price point so when I'm looking at new products I can work out if it's good value. Eg. x pence per gram of candy.
I put together a chart of shipping prices. Listing 3 different world zones (EU, US/CAN, AUS/NZ) and delivery speeds (surface/airmail/48hour). That enabled me to put a flat price on shipping. So for example I use the AUS/NZ price as standard, if people order from other locations then I save on postage.
I'll probably make some pricing adjustments over time, as orders grow I should be able to improve margin by buying larger packs, once I get around 10 orders per day that brings down shipping costs too, I can pass that value on to the customers. I'm looking forward to getting the new site launched! Thanks for your feedback!
I do have the .com domain too but I'm currently trying to wrestle it away from the clutches of GoDaddy & waiting for it to transfer.
The use case is 3d shapes where the volume makes 3d printing cost-prohibitive, for example this 4 foot long tyvek dolphin: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/102064314320177820526/alb...
If you're in boston, stop by the collision19 show for a look: http://collisioncollective.org/show/collision19
Why? Well, in my current company where I am doing my internship, we wanted to use SCRUM, but couldnt find a resource that was light weight, integrated with 3rd party tools like google cal, github, etc, and was cheap at the same time. As a coder, I decided to work on my own solution for this problem. I know that it may not be very monetizable, but in the long run, I can be proud of it as something I built.
EDIT: Should probably provide some more information. It's a easy way to add colors to the patterns provided on subtlepatterns.com without having to dive into Photoshop.
I'm working on a new project management tool called Matterhorn.io its for companies who are design led and follow agile for development.
There are a million and one project management apps but none of them are a fit for us, we like basecamp but need a scrumboard, we like jira but find its too complicated. We are building a happy medium
A 32 channel data logger, driver communication and information aid for motorsport and automotive testing
A kids education app with a Scottish 'teacher' character - this will hopefully be uploaded for App Store approval this weekend
and I have a few client projects on the go
Also playing with some vimscripts https://github.com/PAntoine/vimgitlog, and https://github.com/PAntoine/timekeeper.
also, just starting a project planner vimscript, ms project style, with project diagramming.
There were already a few around, this was for fun and I wanted one with easy pre/post hooks.
http://deployanything.com (win,mac,lin + pi)
Tech: C++11, Qt, node.js
:)