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

1901 points l2silver | 2 comments | 27 Apr 23 15:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.462s | 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. nextlevelwizard ◴[28 Apr 23 06:39 UTC] No.35738189[source]▶
Most "useful" thing I've lego'd together from parts was RSS feed of TV show torrents and multi-threaded torrent library that would then push the shows into Plex server and send a notification to my phone, but none of this was actually created by me. I was just integrating ready made software. Although this has been dismantled for years now ever since I started earning money and was able to pay for the streaming services.

Most "created" thing was a fishing bot for a MMORPG that used computer vision to navigate the interface and detect when you had caught a fish and reel it in.

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2. hotstickyballs ◴[30 Apr 23 17:32 UTC] No.35764727[source]▶
Radarr and sonarr stacks basically manage your torrenting for you if you haven’t been in the space for a while. Nice Lego bricks in your stack.