Ask HN: Please help me get out of this infinite loop of n00bness

Re:Ask HN: Please help me get out of this infinite loop of n... by Brewer on Friday July 08, 2011 @07:39PM (#2744529)

I don't have any ideas and anything I see when I search for ideas just seems silly.

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Re:Ask HN: Please help me get out of this infinite loop of n... by invertedlambda on Friday July 08, 2011 @07:52PM (#2744562)

Build a blog. Keep it simple:

Have a homepage with 10 most recent posts

- Post can have many comments

- Only users can comment

- Users must be logged in to comment

- Only you (an admin) can log in and make posts. Or anyone else with credential.

- Use SSL to encrypt your login.

Extra credit:

- Posts can have tags. Harder than you think.

- Comments can have comments. This is harder than you think.

Extra extra credit:

- Implement it once using an SQL database. SQLite/MySQL/Postgres will be fine.

- Implement it using a NoSQL database. MongoDB will probably be the simplest.

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Re:Ask HN: Please help me get out of this infinite loop of n... by glassx on Friday July 08, 2011 @10:03PM (#2744790)

If you just want to practice programming, a Blog is a great idea, as invertedlambda suggested!

You can also try cloning sites you like, such as Twitter, Facebook, Hacker News. Or maybe a text-mode game. Anything that you might think is cool.

Or a tool for reading from some API you like. What about a command-line tool for getting the weather report based on your IP?

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Re:Ask HN: Please help me get out of this infinite loop of n... by Brewer on Friday July 08, 2011 @10:09PM (#2744799)

The site cloning idea sounds pretty neat. Maybe I will try to clone HN.

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