Ask HN: What to implement in Python as a simple OpenSource project?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8530865

by jozi9 • 12 years ago

5 2 12 years ago

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Main interests are Django, AI, Raspberry. It has a goal of practicing community building at the same time so contributing to an existing project is not feasible (but is on my bucket list:).

ardahal• 12 years ago

Well, all I can suggest you is to build something you're passionate about. Try looking at a small problem that you can solve with this tools. Someone I know did an awesome thing with Python, Raspberry Pi and few sensors. He created a simple setup that would bring down the curtains of his room once the intensity of sunlight outside went beyond a certain threshold. This allowed him to have an hour of extra sleep :)

stadeschuldt• 12 years ago

Maybe start something small. I wrote a python package to interface a Kostal inverter for a photovoltaic system. I needed it myself and decided to put it out there afterwards:

http://blog.tafkas.net/2014/08/01/pikopy-a-python-package-fo...

It is also on Github: https://github.com/Tafkas/KostalPikoPy

And on Pypi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pikopy

Ask HN: What to implement in Python as a simple OpenSource project?

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