Show HN: My side project about side projects

by bearwithclaws on 3/14/2013, 2:14 AM with 15 comments
  • by bearwithclaws on 3/14/2013, 3:05 AM

    I made Sideshow because:

    1) I always wanted to start a daily digest/newsletter of some kind and I'm super passionate about side projects.

    2) I wanted to learn more about JavaScript, Node.js and Redis.

    And there it is. It's built with ~300 lines of code of Node.js + Express + Redis, has an admin area to manage links (I called it 'Backstage'[1]) and MailChimp API integration for automated newsletter sending (both daily and weekly).

    [1]: http://i.imgur.com/rkwiMAm.png

    My learning resources:

    - JavaScript: http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly... (I'm on week 3-4)

    - Node.js: http://www.nodebeginner.org/

    - Express (and Redis): http://javascriptplayground.com/blog/2012/06/node-express-to...

    P.S: Notice that there weren't any sexy AJAX stuff on the site. It's because I haven't learned one of those front-end MVC framework yet (Backbone/Angular/Ember), which should be my priority this week.

  • by tubelite on 3/14/2013, 7:49 AM

    It's a coffee table book about coffee tables.. And it is a coffee table too :)

    Nice idea. Just submitted my side project: https://pigshell.com

  • by davesmylie on 3/14/2013, 3:05 AM

    Cool. I have a side project to submit, but I don't meet the criteria yet... (My app is not quite working yet =)

    I've bookmarked to come back in a week or so and submit it when it's in a usable state.

  • by knes on 3/14/2013, 1:44 PM

    Cool idea. I have submitted my last weekend project, a price tracker for fantasy premier league managers. http://insidefpl.com

  • by lukeholder on 3/15/2013, 2:45 PM

    same concept as http://sidebar.io/

  • by kdazzle on 3/14/2013, 4:32 AM

    find hot local cats in your area. so tempting.