I’ve been scrolling around and I’m wondering what sort of projects everyone here is working on? I have not worked on anything in awhile but I wanna see more projects and maybe that’ll change haha
Open Phone (currently on hold, the webpage deteriorated over time) a Nokia phone as if it was made today. (usb-c, arm processor, 5g, 1tb sd, rss reader, podcasts, 2fa, web radio, fediverse client, offline lexicon, offline translator, weather, music, maps only showing a compass with directions, signal messenger)
An Arcade Machine built on top of a sensible Linux base running on a raspberry. The goal is to bring indie games in cafés and bars as I am super bummed out about arcades not being a thing :(
those are both really cool projects, I’m always happy to see people make hardware that’s actually a positive to humanity
A dating app that takes users seriously. Respect their filters, don’t price gauge, eschew dark patterns, that jazz. It’s nearing something production ready, but I’m still fretting over where (geographically) to launch and how to get to sufficient user density without spending a cartload of cash on marketing. I also find it difficult to strike a balance between even mentioning this project, and not being seen as spamming product placement in unwanted communities.
“takes users seriously. Respect their filters, don’t price gauge, eschew dark patterns, that jazz”
Is all this true because “you have a goal” or “we have strict rules”? because that’s how most dating platforms start but when they grow the new people in the project don’t care about the founders goal and it slowly enshittifies. That being said if its actually designed to give the users real control so they can prevent the enshittifcation then I’m very interested
“I’m still fretting over where (geographically) to launch”
If its an app why does there need to be a geo restricted launch? if there’s a valid reason id say launch in the closest capital to you
“how to get to sufficient user density without spending a cartload of cash on marketing”
Unfortunately money does buy fame. it’ll take ages to organically grow but using/creating a network will help (easier said then done)
“not being seen as spamming product placement in unwanted communities”
I feel that, its very dependent innit. you just gotta mention it without sounding like a shill tbh
Local LLMs and learning CUDA on a machine with 6 1070Ti GPUs… Some of it works out of the box… For other stuff I’m having to explore what will work on the sm61 cuda architecture.
Also getting better at running a pair of old 3d printers.
I’m not one to buy new hardware if you can’t tell :P
With the current prices I don’t blame you, maybe a few years ago id feel different xd
