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Show HN: bashttp - a very (very) simple web server in Bash
Show HN: bashttp - a very (very) simple web server in Bash
Show HN: I'm building a browser-based DAW
Show HN: I'm building a browser-based DAW
Show HN: I'm building a browser-based DAW
Show HN: This Food Does Not Exist
Show HN: This Food Does Not Exist
Show HN: This Food Does Not Exist
Show HN: This Food Does Not Exist
Show HN: This Food Does Not Exist
Show HN: I built a handheld CHIP-8 game console to teach myself embedded systems
A while back I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator (which is considered the Hello, World! of emulators and is more accurately a virtual machine since historically CHIP-8 was an interpreted language running on top of the COSMAC VIP to make game programming easier).<p>But a few months ago I got really interested in embedded software, so decided it would be neat to port my emulator to a STM32 MCU and design a console around it as a learning experience, since CHIP-8 never existed as a physical system.<p>I didn't know much about embedded software when I began, and even less about electronics, but I managed to write all the firmware from scratch and even designed my first PCB, resulting in a finished (though not very polished) handheld CHIP-8 console.<p>For those curious, the GitHub repo also has links to my dev blog about the project as well as a build guide.<p>Thanks for looking!
Show HN: I built a handheld CHIP-8 game console to teach myself embedded systems
A while back I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator (which is considered the Hello, World! of emulators and is more accurately a virtual machine since historically CHIP-8 was an interpreted language running on top of the COSMAC VIP to make game programming easier).<p>But a few months ago I got really interested in embedded software, so decided it would be neat to port my emulator to a STM32 MCU and design a console around it as a learning experience, since CHIP-8 never existed as a physical system.<p>I didn't know much about embedded software when I began, and even less about electronics, but I managed to write all the firmware from scratch and even designed my first PCB, resulting in a finished (though not very polished) handheld CHIP-8 console.<p>For those curious, the GitHub repo also has links to my dev blog about the project as well as a build guide.<p>Thanks for looking!
Show HN: I built a handheld CHIP-8 game console to teach myself embedded systems
A while back I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator (which is considered the Hello, World! of emulators and is more accurately a virtual machine since historically CHIP-8 was an interpreted language running on top of the COSMAC VIP to make game programming easier).<p>But a few months ago I got really interested in embedded software, so decided it would be neat to port my emulator to a STM32 MCU and design a console around it as a learning experience, since CHIP-8 never existed as a physical system.<p>I didn't know much about embedded software when I began, and even less about electronics, but I managed to write all the firmware from scratch and even designed my first PCB, resulting in a finished (though not very polished) handheld CHIP-8 console.<p>For those curious, the GitHub repo also has links to my dev blog about the project as well as a build guide.<p>Thanks for looking!
Show HN: I help LGBT people to find LGBT homes
My Gay Flatmate helps the LGBT community to find a safe place to live.
It is a 2-sided platform. People can advirtise their spare room, and they can also create a profile to say they are looking for a room.<p>Happy to receive some feedback!
I am a solo founder (not by option)
Show HN: I help LGBT people to find LGBT homes
My Gay Flatmate helps the LGBT community to find a safe place to live.
It is a 2-sided platform. People can advirtise their spare room, and they can also create a profile to say they are looking for a room.<p>Happy to receive some feedback!
I am a solo founder (not by option)
Show HN: I made CSS Scan 3.0, a fast way to check and copy CSS
Show HN: I made CSS Scan 3.0, a fast way to check and copy CSS
Show HN: I made CSS Scan 3.0, a fast way to check and copy CSS
Tell HN: My new free note taking tool
So there are a lot of posts here about personal knowledge databases & note taking apps ... and methodologies. I wanted a way to keep track of info & just as importantly be able to easily see & edit that data from anywhere.<p>I wanted it to be robust, free, web-based, able to host code examples as actual files (e.g. style.css or script.js), and host images.<p>Turns out this is all available with Github & Gitlab.<p>Step 1: Create a Private Repo
Step 2: Hit the . key or use the editor URL pattern: https://github.dev/{{username}}/{{repo-name}}
Step 3: Start using ... you can add sub-directories with Markdown for notes ... you can add all the file types above.<p>For Gitlab just click "Web IDE" from your project's homepage.<p>(I made this URL: https://github.dev/{{username}}/{{repo-name}} my homepage, making it super easy to access.)<p>This is absolutely nothing new; but the epiphany I had a week or so ago about using a repo in this way seems to have really stuck (yes, a week is a short period of time but often a note app or approach sticks for a day or 2 for me).<p>I'm really curious if others do something like this & what other sorts of practices they might employ while doing this.
Show HN: I built a self hosted recommendation feed to escape Google's algorithm
I created this chrome extension for myself where I track my own behavior locally and recommend myself content from platforms I want content from (youtube/twitter/quora/etc) in a feed. I made it public just in case anyone else was interested.<p>I would rather have control over my own algorithm and own the data. Also, it gives me flexibility. Turns out I do like these feeds just not when I don't own it haha. Let me know what you think of my implementation?