I am a software engineer and started making wooden table tennis blades. The only frustrating part is finding good woods, tools, ... In software you just need a computer and you can start being productive :-).
For 22 years I used toilet paper until I traveled to South East Asia where every toilet has a seperate sprinkler. After a few toilet visits I decided to give it a GO. Man, toilet paper feels strange and plain stupid now. Water is way cheaper, doesn't hurt your "behind" and I feel cleaner afterwards. Paper seems an invention to sell something we really don't need (by Mad Men :-)).
I've just built a small quiz platform based on a popular flemish tv show.
Play this quiz with your colleagues and discover who's the smartest developer at your office. There are 5 rounds full of startup and typical dev questions. You can play with a beamer, a TV, iPads, whatever...
Stack:
- Quiz Editor: Meteor
- Realtime Play Engine: Vue and deepstream
I wanted to play the game myself and with my family. So I quickly built a prototype and once I saw my family's enthusiasm I decided to throw it online. Just a lucky guess I think
I have built a quiz web app that enables people to play a popular Belgian TV format at home with their family and friends and with their own questions. Without any marketing, they came :). I am at 5000 active users and counting. People seem to love playing popular tv-shows at home.