15:[[8553435,{"by":"404error","descendants":38,"id":8553435,"kids":[8553985,8560024,8564098,8554421,8561366,8553534,8555863,8555562,8558169,8553654,8559301,8554249,8558653,8562994,8555127],"score":22,"text":"Everyone says to scratch your own itch and build something you would use.

What if nothing itches? Maybe I just live a simple life and don't feel I have a need for much. \nWhat I do have is an itch to build something.

Unfortunately my job has changed so much over the years I hardly do any type of development work anymore. My job is shifting more into an Ad Farmer role.

Recently I have begun work on an internal system for work and it has reignited my love for it. Every time I get in this mode I have an urge to build something but I hit a roadblock when coming up with an idea.

I don't care to build yet another picture/messaging/food review/ web app.

So my question is, how do you come up with ideas for side projects?","time":1415048141,"title":"Ask HN: How do you come up with side project ideas?","type":"story"}],[8552592,{"by":"ericn","descendants":1,"id":8552592,"kids":[8555117],"score":3,"text":"I am very happy to announce our dynamic shopping app, which lets you compare prices on products around the web.

http://buyhappy.co/

The stack is Clojure/ClojureScript. The client connects to the server over a websocket (using Sente). Searches are passed to the server and results are streamed back, which are stored up in a big hashmap. Om rerenders that as things come in.

The server searches Amazon Products API and our own local elasticsearch of products. Matches products up across retailers, and sends it to the client. There's some live scraping of product pages to get up-to-the-minute price and status checks.

It's my first major Om and Websocket application and I'm pretty happy with it. I'm open for opinions on the service and implementation.

Thanks!

http://buyhappy.co/","time":1415040199,"title":"Show HN: Dynamic Shopping with Om","type":"story","url":""}]]

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