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Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

1901 points l2silver | 4 comments | 27 Apr 23 15:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Maybe you've created your own AR program for wearables that shows the definition of a word when you highlight it IRL, or you've built a personal calendar app for your family to display on a monitor in the kitchen. Whatever it is, I'd love to hear it.
1. cc101 ◴[27 Apr 23 15:46 UTC] No.35729842[source]▶
I wrote an app for reviewing and highlighting websites and most computer documents. I can drag the highlights into a built-in outliner and organize and comment them there. I can drag relevant highlights into a built-in report outliner where I can write the corresponding section of the final report. I knew I wanted it. I thought others would too. I was wrong on that. Sigh! I guess I built it just for myself after all.
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2. l2silver ◴[27 Apr 23 16:34 UTC] No.35730642[source]▶
I have definitely tried to build something similar after all. People are so particular with these things.
3. lcordier ◴[30 Apr 23 08:13 UTC] No.35760589[source]▶
Sounds interesting, do you have a github repo for it?
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4. cc101 ◴[02 May 23 03:39 UTC] No.35783068[source]▶
It's called Epiphany Workflow. It's on the Apple App Store. I charge $20 for it. I'm making absolutely no money on it. Just now I changed the price to Free. I hope it's useful. Feed back in hugely important.