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Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?

124 points akktor | 1 comments | 09 Jun 25 12:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source

This question's for all those cool projects or skills you're secretly fascinated by, but haven't quite jumped into. Maybe you feel like you just don't have the right "brain" for it, or you're not smart enough to figure it out, or even worse, you simply have no clue how or where to even start.

The idea here is to shine a light on these hidden interests and the little (or big!) mental blocks that come with them. If you're already rocking in those specific areas – or you've been there and figured out how to get past similar hurdles – please chime in! Share some helpful resources, dish out general advice, or just give a nudge of encouragement on how to take that intimidating first step.

Let's help each other get unstuck!

1. mikewarot ◴[14 Jun 25 13:57 UTC] No.44276484[source]▶
I've had this idea forever, and mentioned it here many, many times... the BitGrid, which is an FPGA chip without all the routing and long lines, but with added latching so you can banish timing constraints.

I honestly think it could be as important/useful as Von Neumann's CPU architecture, for AI and other highly parallel compute tasks. Every time I start to work on it, something stops me.

For instance, last week I had a good chat with Github Copilot about it, and it was way too nice and encouraging for comfort[2] Unfortunately, you need a Copilot account to read the chat I shared. 8(

I was hoping to get it into TinyTapeout, but they're now only in Europe. 8(

[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

[2] https://github.com/copilot/share/086351a0-0ac0-80a7-9802-144...