End-of-Year Side Project Challenge: What's YOURS?

Looking for a boost of creative energy to end the year strong? What side project are you taking on? Let’s get the inspiration flowing and see what amazing things everyone is working on!

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its a secret
also trying to decide if flutterflow is the thing or not

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I’ve just published a Dart package, tiny_expr, on pub.dev! It lets you easily evaluate mathematical expressions from strings in your Dart projects. Check it out: tiny_expr | Dart package

Feel free to try it out and report any issues or provide feedback!

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Working on a package named indexed_db, a drop in replacement for dart:indexed_db built atop package web, not dart:html. Should make it easier for existing indexed_db users to migrate to package web.

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Is WIP branch published on GitHub?

Yes its here, very much WIP at the mo but firming up.

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Remote Dead Lock:

Working on a project to improve the security of my remote access points (doors/gates). The main issue is their vulnerability to forced entry.

To address this, I’m adding an electronically controlled solenoid bolt lock (deadbolt) in addition to the existing locking mechanism. My Raspberry Pi is already configured to control the solenoid, enabling local operation.

The next phase involves integrating Firebase for remote connectivity and developing a mobile application for user interaction. This will enable remote locking/unlocking and provide a more robust security solution.

pi_remote_deadlock

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My hottest side project is here!

This animated_to package lets us animate its child widget when its position is updated by the rebuild. That’s all, but so powerful!

animated_to_demo

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i am not worthy

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My end-of-year project was a camera capture app for my DIY ambilight setup! :sparkles:

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I’m running Hyperion.ng in the backend, which controls my ESPHome-based WS2814 RGBW LED strip via UDP.

Then I take my iPad, point it at the TV screen and run my Flutter app! It captures the screen (I can select the area using a trapezoid), and that gets sent to Hyperion via its Flatbuffers API~

It’s really stable (ran through the entire first LotR movie with no hiccups!) but there’s some cleanup work I can/should do. Once that is done sometime after the holidays I’d love to release it for everyone to use :heart_hands:

Full Bluesky thread here:

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