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Build logs

1,743 objects in the archive · 1,629 ranked picks

I built / I shipped posts: side projects, tools and prototypes

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  1. 251
    I built a desktop radiation monitor with Raspberry Pi, brass and wood
    balena.io20201 submissionHN thread
    364 pts
    63 cmts
  2. 252
    I made an iPhone game with PhoneGap and won't do it again
    bokstuff.com20161 submissionHN thread
    363 pts
    235 cmts
  3. 253
    I redesigned my landing page to be as unprofessional as possible
    straw.page?ref=hn20212 submissionsHN thread
    358 pts
    183 cmts
  4. 254
    I built a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer
    github.com20251 submissionHN thread
    357 pts
    95 cmts
  5. 255
    I reverse engineered my cable modem and turned it into an SDR
    stdw.github.io20201 submissionHN thread
    357 pts
    70 cmts
  6. 256
    I wrote the book Building Mobile Apps at Scale
    mobileatscale.com20211 submissionHN thread
    357 pts
    50 cmts
  7. 257
    I created a URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub Pages
    github.com20201 submissionHN thread
    355 pts
    176 cmts
  8. 258
    I made a tool to convert images of tables to CSV
    github.com20211 submissionHN thread
    354 pts
    60 cmts
  9. 259
    I Built a Lisp Compiler
    mpov.timmorgan.org20191 submissionHN thread
    354 pts
    39 cmts
  10. 260
    I wrote an entire book to build a mouseless dev environment
    themouseless.dev20211 submissionHN thread
    353 pts
    217 cmts
  11. 261
    Ten Years of Worthless Side Projects
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    353 pts
    143 cmts
  12. 262
    I made a chair
    milofultz.com20251 submissionHN thread
    353 pts
    139 cmts
  13. 263
    My Side Project Rocks – Share and discover side projects
    mysideproject.rocks2020–20222 submissionsHN thread
    353 pts
    77 cmts
  14. 264
    I made an open-source Loom alternative
    Cap.so20241 submissionHN thread
    351 pts
    177 cmts
  15. 265
    How I Wrote the Screenplay for “Arrival” and What I Learned Doing It
    thetalkhouse.com20161 submissionHN thread
    351 pts
    118 cmts
  16. 266
    I made a new kind of Bible app
    sparkbible.com20211 submissionHN thread
    347 pts
    253 cmts
  17. 267
    I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
    pagesonpages.com20221 submissionHN thread
    345 pts
    294 cmts
  18. 268
    I built a community for women entrepreneurs and makers
    womenmake.com20201 submissionHN thread
    345 pts
    274 cmts
  19. 269
    We built a self-healing system to survive a concurrency bug at Netflix
    pushtoprod.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    345 pts
    165 cmts
  20. 270
    I built an interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster
    vimified.com20221 submissionHN thread
    344 pts
    253 cmts
  21. 271
    I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
    nocsok.com20191 submissionHN thread
    343 pts
    323 cmts
  22. 272
    I built a 4kb alternative to React, Vue, etc for building web UIs.
    synergyjs.org20211 submissionHN thread
    343 pts
    162 cmts
  23. 273
    I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop me wasting time
    towardsdatascience.com20201 submissionHN thread
    343 pts
    153 cmts
  24. 274
    I built a service to discover and monitor rapidly growing trends
    treendly.com20201 submissionHN thread
    343 pts
    115 cmts
  25. 275
    I made a simple geolocation service
    maxkostinevich.com20201 submissionHN thread
    340 pts
    176 cmts
  26. 276
    I built an indie, browser-based MMORPG
    alpha.reconquer.online20241 submissionHN thread
    340 pts
    153 cmts
  27. 277
    I made an app that helps you find where to stream movies and TV shows
    whereto.stream20241 submissionHN thread
    335 pts
    165 cmts
  28. 278
    I'm tired of corrupt US politicians, so I created this
    politicianmarket.com20121 submissionHN thread
    334 pts
    144 cmts
  29. 279
    I wrote a Game Boy Advance game in Zig
    jonot.me20241 submissionHN thread
    334 pts
    142 cmts
  30. 280
    I make $3K/mo from a browser extension
    newsletter.tonydinh.com20221 submissionHN thread
    333 pts
    155 cmts
  31. 281
    I wrote a program to convert lines of text into trees
    github.com20211 submissionHN thread
    333 pts
    53 cmts
  32. 282
    I solved my New Tab page
    startertab.com20221 submissionHN thread
    332 pts
    141 cmts
  33. 283
    I built a sonar into my surfboard
    foobarbecue.github.io20211 submissionHN thread
    332 pts
    91 cmts
  34. 284
    I Wrote a WebAssembly VM in C
    irreducible.io20251 submissionHN thread
    331 pts
    96 cmts
  35. 285
    I made a virtual bookshelf
    petargyurov.com20221 submissionHN thread
    328 pts
    114 cmts
  36. 286
    A 64-step drum sequencer I built using React and Redux
    Sequencer64.com20211 submissionHN thread
    327 pts
    122 cmts
  37. 287
    I made a simple PDF text editor
    simpdf.com20201 submissionHN thread
    327 pts
    74 cmts
  38. 288
    I wrote a book on web application deployment
    deploymentfromscratch.com20211 submissionHN thread
    326 pts
    122 cmts
  39. 289
    How side projects saved our startup
    blog.crew.co20151 submissionHN thread
    325 pts
    43 cmts
  40. 290
    I made a website to semantically search ArXiv papers
    papermatch.mitanshu.tech20241 submissionHN thread
    324 pts
    104 cmts
  41. 291
    Keygen – A dead-simple software licensing API built for developers
    keygen.sh2016–20172 submissionsHN thread
    322 pts
    178 cmts
  42. 292
    I redesigned the Microsoft employee badge
    alp.im20141 submissionHN thread
    322 pts
    152 cmts
  43. 293
    I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen
    github.com20211 submissionHN thread
    321 pts
    80 cmts
  44. 294
    I built a game to help you learn neural network architectures
    graphgame.sabrina.dev20241 submissionHN thread
    321 pts
    62 cmts
  45. 295
    I ranked news websites by speed
    legiblenews.com20221 submissionHN thread
    320 pts
    199 cmts
  46. 296
    I built an open-source tool to make on-call suck less
    github.com20241 submissionHN thread
    319 pts
    169 cmts
  47. 297
    I AI-coded a tower defense game and documented the whole process
    github.com20251 submissionHN thread
    319 pts
    152 cmts
  48. 298
    I made a patch for Mozilla, and you can do it too
    marti.us20141 submissionHN thread
    319 pts
    36 cmts
  49. 299
    I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about
    etudeapp.com20101 submissionHN thread
    318 pts
    112 cmts
  50. 300
    Heard of Google Instant? Well, I built YouTube Instant.
    feross.net20101 submissionHN thread
    318 pts
    71 cmts