Show HN: I’m launching a new side project every day Hey HN, for the past few months I’ve been launching a project almost every day. It’s a sort of experiment to see if we can build something agency-increasing every day, and we’ve learned a lot since we’ve started. You may have seen some of our more random projects of ours on HN, like: scrollwheel.js, ghostlystock, oldestsearch.com, iPod Social and we’ll have plenty more on the way soon. One fun result of starting Same Day Skunkworks is that it made the company I work at, AE Studio, start completing amazing hackathon projects (with our 150+ employees) a few times already this year. Then we decide if we want to polish them enough to turn into real skunkworks companies that spin out of AE (we sold the first skunkworks company a year ago for a number of millions of dollars) or just fun little same day skunkworks projects. They all start out as small, fun little projects and sometimes become something more. I actually have a huge backlog to get through now and it’s kinda exciting to have more awesome fun projects to bring to life. We’re gonna continue experimenting with this model to build both fun side projects and actual profitable companies too, but mostly prioritize fun agency-increasing things in the short term and just see where that takes us. We’re trying to make everything as useful as possible, so any suggestions for future projects (or advice on the random crazy Same Day Skunkworks structure we’re trying to build) would be very welcome. Thanks! https://ift.tt/ncfy8E4 November 18, 2022 at 05:00AM
Show HN: StreetComplete, an OpenStreetMap Editor for Humans StreetComplete is an OpenStreetMap[0] editor directed at people who want to contribute and want to do this using their smartphone, without learning how to edit things[1]. It is available as an Android application. It is intended to be used as one walks, with quests appearing as markers on the map. Selecting a marker allows one to answer a simple question. The answer will be added to the OpenStreetMap database, with app handling selecting objects for editing, transforming answer into OSM tags and making edits. OpenStreetMap account is needed to apply edits, but it is possible to start without it, make some edits and login/register later. Note: I am not the main author, but I am one of the active contributors. Github page is at https://ift.tt/2g8lasH and https://ift.tt/3nR9PzS shows what was recently released. [0]OpenStreetMap is a Wikipedia of maps, available on the open licence. This dataset is already used for many interestin...
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