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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: 0.565s | 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.
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Marcel-Jan ◴[28 Apr 23 09:54 UTC] No.35739347[source]▶
I created a cycling statistics dashboard on a Raspberry Pi with a Pimoroni Inky Impressions e-ink display.

It's on my desk. And every hour it refreshes my cycling stats, reminding me that a) Wow! I build a cool thing that actually works and b) I did ride a lot on my racing bike, didn't I? / It's about time to go outside and ride some more. https://github.com/Marcel-Jan/StravaInky

I've written a couple of blogposts on how I build it: https://marcel-jan.eu/datablog/2022/12/12/strava-dashboard-o...

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1. eiiot ◴[30 Apr 23 01:51 UTC] No.35759025[source]▶
14866km is a lot of riding! How often do you get out?
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2. Marcel-Jan ◴[03 May 23 07:29 UTC] No.35799215[source]▶
In summer about 5 times a week or more. In weekends I do longer rides. In winter I try to go out whenever it's light outside in the afternoon and it's not raining or freezing. So in winter weeks I do 150-250 km per week. Depending on the weather. In summer weeks it's more like 200-400 km a week.