Ask HN: Show your non-AI project

by martinbaunon 12/15/2024, 11:38 AMwith 19 comments

Every new project seems to be an AI project that's a wrapper ontop of ChatGPT or some library.

What are cool non-ai projects you're working on and why? And what tech is behind?

Cheers!

by nicbouon 12/15/2024, 1:04 PM

I measure the wait times at the Berlin immigration office. This makes the residence permit application process a lot more predictable.

It's not super complex. A Django backend and a VueJS frontend. The small innovation is using localstorage to save a modification key, so that people can update their existing feedback without dealing with emails and logins. I also email people a reminder to update their feedback after 2 and 6 months, since people tend to forget to do that.

It's working pretty well. We gathered more feedback in a month than we'd normally do in a year or two. It's immensely useful in support to my residence permit application guides.

Result: https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/auslanderbehorde-wait-time...

Explanations: https://nicolasbouliane.com/projects/immigration-office-wait...

by wannabebaristaon 12/15/2024, 3:18 PM

Not a tech project, but I've been writing about research in economics, philosophy, and math/logic from 100, 150, and 200 years ago. It's been a rewarding experience and helps build context around the typical canon in various fields.

Here's my look at 1874: https://bcmullins.github.io/research-from-1874/

by epirogovon 12/15/2024, 9:10 PM

Code Operator

https://github.com/arise-project/vscode-code-operator

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Artifici...

Visual Studio Code extension you can create, share, and manage annotations directly within your source code, promoting efficient team communication and task management.

Rules of SEO

https://github.com/arise-project/rules_of_seo

Rules of SEO is a .NET tool designed to check whether a webpage adheres to specified rules. These rules define various aspects of the webpage content, such as titles, descriptions, and segments. The utility leverages a set of rules, keywords, and competitor information to validate the webpage content.

by wingerlangon 12/15/2024, 2:40 PM

I've shared ScreenMemory [0] before, but I just released a 2.0 redesign so why not. It records your (macOS) screen and gives a calendar / timeline to explore. You can then revisit what you did. I use it daily and mainly to go through my day before standups, it's incredibly how much side-tracking I do and completely forget each day.

Tech is quite simple, all native frameworks from Apple. OCR included!

[0] https://screenmemory.app

by atif089on 12/15/2024, 5:40 PM

https://www.voyago.io/

We're a social travel discovery app that matches your interests with your friends for perfect recommendations.

Although there is still a little bit of AI in one portion of the app because that's how we started, our recent pivot has been focused on social mapping and review features.

by pvgon 12/15/2024, 12:13 PM

there's a monthly megathread that covers all the things that don't fit in Show HN, the rest you can pick out of Show HN itself

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=david927

https://news.ycombinator.com/show

by korkyon 12/15/2024, 10:15 PM

https://metricster.com

Advanced subscription analytics for Stripe.

Available FREE on Web, iOS and Android

by hex3on 12/15/2024, 12:04 PM

A video game where the dead are shaken down for until millions.