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ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 1 week agoWhat kind of projects are you working on? I really need to start some of my own or contribute to other projects but I’m not even sure where to begin.
Comment on It used to be a library
ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 1 week agoWhat kind of projects are you working on? I really need to start some of my own or contribute to other projects but I’m not even sure where to begin.
endless_nameless@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Are you using Linux / Wayland? Lately I’ve been having a lot of fun using gtk4-layer-shell in creative ways. Imo a great way to come up with projects that you’ll enjoy and be motivated to finish is to explore something totally novel and see where it takes you. An even better way is to recognize that feeling of ‘I feel like my computer should be able to do X’ and then make it possible. My last project of that variety was a system to stream videos from torrents as soon as possible after the download begins. Can start watching a 10gb video file all the way through in full quality with no buffering after like 30 seconds of downloading if you fiddle with the torrent and analyze the video file as it’s being written. Unfortunately I won’t be releasing this one as I learned that it would be quite bad for swarm health, but it’s cool for personal use.
DrunkVulcan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That is cool, and KDE Plasma is my home these days. This is all very relevant to my interests and I suspect it is to more and more others lately too.
Thanks for contributing even if it doesn’t get a ton of attention. You never know when your novel approach to something will end up being THE idea someone needed to solve their own problem.