100:10:1

Update: this is now under the tenbysix tag

A while back I read this blog post about the 100:10:1 method. It sounded like a pretty neat idea.

A bit later, a friend posted his ideas, and I decided to jump on that bandwagon.

I sat down and wrote the 100 ideas, then decided to order them by general theme. Later, I’ll break this down to just 10 to prototype. So, without further ado, here are my slightly ordered, 100 (… and 5, I’m bad with counting, okay) ideas.

for fun (random) - 20

• (web) rng stream (generate random numbers forever)
• a go program that does calculations while crashing (inspired by this)
• (website) an artisinal http response website
• (website) how the fuck do I juggle
• (api) letter api (you may only call it to return a singular letter)
• a random cat picture stream
• (api) a random string as a service website
• a text SEDIMENT analyzer
• rng texter, send yourself a text at a random time
• a band name generator
• a hashtag only tweeter (knapsack problem + hashtags)
• human readable url “shortener”
• a permanent marker drawing program (no undo or erase)
• an http request answering machine (the server couldn’t come to the phone right now)
• a sneeze tracking website (sneezr?)
• internet text time capsule
• a cryptocurrency name generator
• a “time travel” website where you can travel at one second per second
• a tweet text compressor / decompressor
• an email over snail mail system

tools - 16

• junk data generator
• a static site generator (probally a jekyll clone)
• something with the Venmo API
• coffee timer (based on body circadian rhythm)
• b2 api library (backblaze)
• a reminder to contact various friends app
• a reverse terminal for presentations
• a data downloader (for various health tracking apps)
• a command line twitter client
• a bill parser for utilities
• a human readable random name generator
• syntax translator for simple structures from one language to another
• a golang html scraper
• trello todo list app
• a save game backup and sharing service
• a text file sync service

product (clone) - 16

• email semianonymizer (like craigslist’s email system)
• a redis hosting website
• a rethinkdb hosting website
• server rendered ads
• an email service with API
• a heroku clone (for Go only?)
• a doodle clone
• a zulip like chat clone
• a ngrok clone
• a shhhhhparty clone (synced music for quiet dance parties)
• a twitter snowflake clone for random strings
• a github clone
• a recaptcha clone
• a pocket / pinboard / whatever clone
• a 750 words clone
• a pastebin clone

regular website - 12

• a question of the day site for code tests
• a dota2 api collector / analyzer site
• if not that then not this (not sure what it does, but it would be the contrapositive of IFTTT)
• a video playlist webisite combining youtube, vimeo, etc.
• get coffee with me webapp
• call yourself maybe (leave a message for yourself, using twilio)
• draw a thing a day (gives a thing for you to draw that day, e.g. squirrel)
• a 100:10:1 idea app (so meta)
• a file drop site
• a video game radio station
• css specific processor api
• infinite bullet list

dogecoin / currency / crypto - 7

• a dogecoin lite wallet (that doesn’t use Java)
• a stellar currency converter
• doge into cash converter
• a crypto currency
• a password manager that generates all passwords from a master password
• a dogecoin blockchain bootstrapper
• dogemail (email where you have to pay doge to the recipient to reduce spam)

images - 5

• a photo management website
• exif data inserter
• an image color filter adder
• a meme text adder
• an image to map thing (using exif)

pure learning - 5

• a merkle tree
• asyncio python random program
• a large text compressor (finds large sections and shortens them)
• a really bad key pair generator
• a toy database

informational website - 5

• steves.works (portfolio site)
• gocon, a list of go conventions
• gojobs, a list of go jobs
• a funds dashboard
• a remote pair programming matching site

time - 4

• yet another calendar app
• a converter from Julian calendar to the 13 month calendar
• a 1000 unit per day clock (with time converter)
• a paper day planner in digital form

bot - 4

• dogetipbot for zulip or maybe slack
• scott pilgrim vs the world twitter bot
• if this then cat (if you tweet “this” then it sends a cat pic)
• a 141 character tweet bot

programming language - 4

• reverse indentation python
• noli (lisp with no parens)
• goli (lisp in go)
• silly simple markup language (for config)

authentication - 3

• a custom backend persona like auth app
• three factor authentication
• an email based 2 factor auth thing (click the link to auth someone else)

video game - 2

• ogre battle like
• microwave a cheese sandwich (the videogame)

physical project - 2

• a heart rate monitor (and only that, also comfortable)
• clock pilgrim (an alarm clock that plays scott pilgrim music)