One project I am working on is the reimplementation of some old software I wrote 8 years ago. It worked very well but had some conceptual problems and got very bloated. New version offers more or less the same, but in a more modern way using modern standards and fixing some old problems.
I had the idea to do this out of frustration about the old code and that we had no nice way to build custom systems.
So I wrote a prototype that covers most features of the old system. Prayed to the flying spaghetti monster that my old client would love the idea and give me some cash for development and to provide me with his sales infrastructure in exchange for shares. Everything went well. :)
The other project I am working on is a mix of existing technologies with very domain specific features for a very targeted niche. The idea came up because I wanted my girlfriend to quit her job and work together with me. (solid relationship since 10 years; we already worked together) So we started brainstorming about how to combine my IT skills with her knowledge about the specific niche to make something that could help people do their job better.
The initial idea has nearly nothing to do with our current product, but lead to discussions with our target group and more ideas about how to make something nice.
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One project I am working on is the reimplementation of some old software I wrote 8 years ago. It worked very well but had some conceptual problems and got very bloated. New version offers more or less the same, but in a more modern way using modern standards and fixing some old problems. I had the idea to do this out of frustration about the old code and that we had no nice way to build custom systems. So I wrote a prototype that covers most features of the old system. Prayed to the flying spaghetti monster that my old client would love the idea and give me some cash for development and to provide me with his sales infrastructure in exchange for shares. Everything went well. :)
The other project I am working on is a mix of existing technologies with very domain specific features for a very targeted niche. The idea came up because I wanted my girlfriend to quit her job and work together with me. (solid relationship since 10 years; we already worked together) So we started brainstorming about how to combine my IT skills with her knowledge about the specific niche to make something that could help people do their job better. The initial idea has nearly nothing to do with our current product, but lead to discussions with our target group and more ideas about how to make something nice.