I released my first side-project! I usually overthink a lot, I perfect, refactor and add feature creep and then I never do anything with it. Thinking that if I add that feature, or if I refactor that screen that I'll have a better chance at getting someone to pay for it.
This time I set myself a deadline to release and I released it on time! I'm super happy, it's not perfect, it has rough edges (some people have already hit them) and I've been iterating and fixing them as soon as I can. And last night I got my first two paying customers!
So I'll probably be iterating, checking what's going on, giving it to a couple of friends so they can destroy it before we travel with my family next week without a computer.
My wife wrote and is in a play at the 10-min play festival in the Seattle area (Bainbridge to be specific). So I'm taking the kids on Saturday to see it.
It's hard to live with a creative spouse who seems to effortlessly be good at any new art form. I'm just here building software, haha.
Going bouldering! I'm visiting San Francisco for a few weeks, and excited to check out Dogpatch Boulders -- it looks massive. Hoping to also do some outdoor climbing while I'm here, but probably not this weekend.
[p.s. if anyone is reading this, climbs, and is in the city, lmk if you'd like to go bouldering :) ]
I am revisiting digital signal processing that I learnt 28 years back. Probably I will spend some time writing some code (by hand, of course, that's the whole point) and plot some stuff.. I am also starting to read David MacKay's book on Information Theory and probably try to work out a few recommended problems..
DSP is one of those things where lots of stuff stays the same but some little interesting bits you’ve forgotten or missed or are actually new always seem to pop up for me when I revisit it on a ~5 year non-schedule :)
Saturday a friend is hosting a little get together where he DJ's vinyl and prepares cocktails at the same time. Then Sunday I'm joining a group that is doing a no phone day.
I broke my dang collarbone jumping from a boat to a dock so this weekend I'll put the boat in storage and prep the camper van for travel. I have a few ideas about modding Home Assistant for use in vehicle abodes (vans and sailboats, for example :-) so I may start poking around in that code base.
We have a Handmade meetup over at Boston tomorrow: there should still be enough slots! (If you're interested but can't attend you could join the Boston mailing list for next time.)
Oh, cool! Wish I was still in that part of the world. I just added my self to the mailing list for my current part of the world, though. I hope it's active here.
Found a cheap second hand copy of 'Programming Elm'.
I will be reading that as far as I can this weekend. And playing with some code of course.
(My first steps into actual web frontend stuff.)
I'll be visiting North Leigh Roman villa (UK) as they're opening up access to the preserved mosaic floor over the weekend.
There are descendants of escaped snails the Romans used to eat which still live there; they're large and easy to spot if the weather is cool enough for them to be out.
Just finished fixing up an ipod mini, replaced the battery and changed the old 4gb microdrive with a 64gb CF for my eldest's birthday. I didn't remember the amount of hoops I had to jump through to get the firmware restored but everything works. Next up: the birthday party and later going to family.
Chill weekend <3
State Fair tomorrow, D&D with friends on sunday. Playing with (and cleaning up after) the kids the rest of the time. Anime and videogames after kids are asleep and house is clean.
Also, booking another big trip for a company meetup. This will be my.....fifth or sixth this year alone, lost track. This one's in Cusco, Peru. My wife is...displeased, so I think I owe her a Macchu Picchu trip now haha
I’m revamping the signin/signup flow of a side project, maybe for the 2nd or 3rd time, and I still struggle to find the right balance between usability and security. I’d love to make it passkeys-only but I know it’s not going to work in the real world, people really need something else, like OTPs sent by email. So I’m ending up shaving the yak with multiple auth methods with different secret tokens and different rate-limiting rules… it’s a mess.
im doing a computer graphics class at my university using openGL
the delivery of the first project is setted for 09/01 and we need to implement and render a scene with 5 objects using basic geometric forms, two of them need to be 3d
i already implemented a sphere, cilinder, cube and cone. so in this weekend i will build the scene using these objects
Writing the architecture for my new pet-project that would be lazy self-playing game with 80s ZX Spectrum vibes. Today I'm generating ideas, tomorrow I will cut them in half (maybe several times) and then prototyping will hopefully come.
Bench testing the 4G HAT for my DIY phone. Want to prove it can make and receive calls, send and receive SMSs, and can be exposed as an audio device in Linux.
Was probably planning on getting shit done around Rust (libs PR review and Reborrow traits work) but instead I'm down with a cold that has my throat really raw for the third day in a row. Meh.
Been playing around with hermes agent. I got so much done. I posted this comprehensive post of how I'm using hermes for WINS (wealth, insights, network, and self): https://www.jjude.com/tech-notes/hermes-wins/
With the positive response from friends, working on converting that into a mini-guide in e-book format (with hermes of course)
marcecoll | a day ago
I released my first side-project! I usually overthink a lot, I perfect, refactor and add feature creep and then I never do anything with it. Thinking that if I add that feature, or if I refactor that screen that I'll have a better chance at getting someone to pay for it.
This time I set myself a deadline to release and I released it on time! I'm super happy, it's not perfect, it has rough edges (some people have already hit them) and I've been iterating and fixing them as soon as I can. And last night I got my first two paying customers!
So I'll probably be iterating, checking what's going on, giving it to a couple of friends so they can destroy it before we travel with my family next week without a computer.
kv | 20 hours ago
Nice, congrats! What's the project?
marcecoll | 3 hours ago
It's to help you immerse in Japanese: https://katarineko.com
mempko | a day ago
My wife wrote and is in a play at the 10-min play festival in the Seattle area (Bainbridge to be specific). So I'm taking the kids on Saturday to see it.
It's hard to live with a creative spouse who seems to effortlessly be good at any new art form. I'm just here building software, haha.
mandeep | a day ago
Going bouldering! I'm visiting San Francisco for a few weeks, and excited to check out Dogpatch Boulders -- it looks massive. Hoping to also do some outdoor climbing while I'm here, but probably not this weekend.
[p.s. if anyone is reading this, climbs, and is in the city, lmk if you'd like to go bouldering :) ]
scubbo | a day ago
I don't climb myself, but my wife loves Dogpatch Boulders - hope you have a great time there!
vu3rdd | a day ago
I am revisiting digital signal processing that I learnt 28 years back. Probably I will spend some time writing some code (by hand, of course, that's the whole point) and plot some stuff.. I am also starting to read David MacKay's book on Information Theory and probably try to work out a few recommended problems..
tonyarkles | a day ago
DSP is one of those things where lots of stuff stays the same but some little interesting bits you’ve forgotten or missed or are actually new always seem to pop up for me when I revisit it on a ~5 year non-schedule :)
datboi | 21 hours ago
Saturday a friend is hosting a little get together where he DJ's vinyl and prepares cocktails at the same time. Then Sunday I'm joining a group that is doing a no phone day.
trevorflowers | a day ago
I broke my dang collarbone jumping from a boat to a dock so this weekend I'll put the boat in storage and prep the camper van for travel. I have a few ideas about modding Home Assistant for use in vehicle abodes (vans and sailboats, for example :-) so I may start poking around in that code base.
abnercoimbre | a day ago
We have a Handmade meetup over at Boston tomorrow: there should still be enough slots! (If you're interested but can't attend you could join the Boston mailing list for next time.)
Happy Friday.
hoistbypetard | 18 hours ago
Oh, cool! Wish I was still in that part of the world. I just added my self to the mailing list for my current part of the world, though. I hope it's active here.
abnercoimbre | 17 hours ago
Awesome! You can also keep tabs on the News page, but the mailing list should suffice.
JulianSildenLanglo | a day ago
Weekend work! Going to be working on Saturday to cut down on the backlog before release while enjoying the +100% overtime pay.
Gertm | a day ago
Found a cheap second hand copy of 'Programming Elm'.
I will be reading that as far as I can this weekend. And playing with some code of course.
(My first steps into actual web frontend stuff.)
knirirr | a day ago
I'll be visiting North Leigh Roman villa (UK) as they're opening up access to the preserved mosaic floor over the weekend. There are descendants of escaped snails the Romans used to eat which still live there; they're large and easy to spot if the weather is cool enough for them to be out.
kamme | 23 hours ago
Just finished fixing up an ipod mini, replaced the battery and changed the old 4gb microdrive with a 64gb CF for my eldest's birthday. I didn't remember the amount of hoops I had to jump through to get the firmware restored but everything works. Next up: the birthday party and later going to family. Chill weekend <3
frankwiles | 23 hours ago
Headed to DjangoCon in Chicago!
3digitdev | 20 hours ago
State Fair tomorrow, D&D with friends on sunday. Playing with (and cleaning up after) the kids the rest of the time. Anime and videogames after kids are asleep and house is clean.
Also, booking another big trip for a company meetup. This will be my.....fifth or sixth this year alone, lost track. This one's in Cusco, Peru. My wife is...displeased, so I think I owe her a Macchu Picchu trip now haha
motet-a | a day ago
I’m revamping the signin/signup flow of a side project, maybe for the 2nd or 3rd time, and I still struggle to find the right balance between usability and security. I’d love to make it passkeys-only but I know it’s not going to work in the real world, people really need something else, like OTPs sent by email. So I’m ending up shaving the yak with multiple auth methods with different secret tokens and different rate-limiting rules… it’s a mess.
josesinho | a day ago
im doing a computer graphics class at my university using openGL
the delivery of the first project is setted for 09/01 and we need to implement and render a scene with 5 objects using basic geometric forms, two of them need to be 3d
i already implemented a sphere, cilinder, cube and cone. so in this weekend i will build the scene using these objects
orib | a day ago
Trying to get OpenBSD to boot on my file system, I think. It'd be fun delivering my talk about porting it fully self-hosted.
vlnn | a day ago
Writing the architecture for my new pet-project that would be lazy self-playing game with 80s ZX Spectrum vibes. Today I'm generating ideas, tomorrow I will cut them in half (maybe several times) and then prototyping will hopefully come.
duncan_bayne | 19 hours ago
Bench testing the 4G HAT for my DIY phone. Want to prove it can make and receive calls, send and receive SMSs, and can be exposed as an audio device in Linux.
hoistbypetard | 18 hours ago
That sounds cool. If you have the energy to write about the project somewhere, please share a link here.
duncan_bayne | 18 hours ago
For now the wiki is the main source of info, especially the build log.
kryptiskt | 13 hours ago
Writing a little x86_64 assembler code, for fun and as a refresher. I'm using NASM and Intel syntax of course (AT&T syntax sucks).
icefox | a day ago
Traveling to the Finger Lakes area with friends to have an actual vacation.
trevorflowers | a day ago
In the Spring I plan to bring my sailboat to NY to find nice boat camping spots. If you have recommendations I'd love to hear them.
icefox | 22 hours ago
ooh I'll keep an eye out then!
datarama | a day ago
aapoalas | 14 hours ago
Was probably planning on getting shit done around Rust (libs PR review and Reborrow traits work) but instead I'm down with a cold that has my throat really raw for the third day in a row. Meh.
jjude | a day ago
Been playing around with hermes agent. I got so much done. I posted this comprehensive post of how I'm using hermes for WINS (wealth, insights, network, and self): https://www.jjude.com/tech-notes/hermes-wins/
With the positive response from friends, working on converting that into a mini-guide in e-book format (with hermes of course)