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project 1 (oct 5 to oct 18) - my personal website getting a much needed revamp day 2 i worked on some code + some design :) i expected the coding aspect to feel much harder lol next steps - more coding + refine the friends page i have a test tmrw so i likely wont code much until after 6pm my time lol.

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Hello I am back from the dead designed one club poster for my club (that im attempting to restart again), also wrote an announcement to be published once we got the authorizations ready i'm planning to make one poster a day, each one with a different design until i think we have enough poster designs also did a pull request to fix the hackclub webring since the code to join it was actually interpreted as html code github.com/hackclub/webring/pull/249 very nice day

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starting a new challenge for myself to ship a new technical project every 2-3 weeks. hoping to be able to stick to this and by the time i graduate i should have 12 new projects at the minimum :) project 1 (oct 5 to oct 18) - my personal website getting a much needed revamp i've had the same website for almost a year and a couple of month now and it's in html/css which about a year and a half ago was the only web-dev stuff i was proficient in

i'm now good with astro :P so i'm gonna be revamping my site in astro and today i started working on the design for it! spent like 5 hours in a huddle with some friend in my channel locking in :) next steps - start working on the code + figure out the rest of the pages

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@Slloom and I hosted our first ever Hack Club meeting on 9/25! We had way more interest than we expected - 8 people! We handed out snacks and stickers, and then had everyone get Github, VS Code, Slack, and generally get set up to code. Then on 9/30 we hosted a Boba Drops Workshop, and had even more people come - 10! Almost everyone finished the workshop in the time they could stay for (1-2 hours). It was super rewarding to see people who had literally never touched coding in their lives code a website they were proud of! There were a few who themed their websites around their favorite websites, and another kept working on it after and came up to me yesterday with a second page with lots of poetry :) It was cool to see how what they were passionate about leaked into what hopefully will become a new passion! Doing the Boba Drops workshop reminded me that I have a website that I should work on, but so far I've only made minor changes (I've been really busy with schoolwork and I'm in the school play!), so I'll save an update on that for another time. Keep an eye out for a post on 10/10 when we do demos of the websites people made!

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I made this in a few seconds in ibis paint, I also submitted it as a potential hack club logo on #C089NANT5B3|

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finally fixed packages by reinstalling CMake and visual studio tools ( c ++ desktop tools and win 11 sdk the ones causing me all this trouble ) and tested them , they are perfectly working fine for now, i have to make changes to my initial code as i downgraded from python 3.13 to python 3.10 (64bit)

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I'm working on adding support for different tempos and time signatures to my rhythm game. So far I've got the initial BPM being read, but not any tempo changes throughout the song. It's been really fun so far because MIDI and SMF don't really seem to have any accessible C# libraries or quality documentation (that I've been able to find so far) so I've had to make everything from scraps of other people's code, technical documentation, and my own two braincells.

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Hey guys! I've just finished my CodeClicker clicker game! It's a web-based clicker game, where you can click to write 'code' (the in-game currency). You can use 'lines of code' to get upgrades which allow to get more lines per click, and also unlock autocoders, which code for you. There are also some epic cosmetic upgrades, like matrix rain, click effects, crt screens and more! Demo: madavidcoder.github.io/CodeClicker Repo: github.com/MadAvidCoder/CodeClicker SoM Devlogs: summer.hackclub.com/projects/11639

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after an 8-hour-long rabbit hole of learning how to convert text to morse code with minimal dependencies, i’m back to my main app <3

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Have you ever used SSH to connect to a remote server? Or somebody's personal portfolio? Or @zrl ’s <http://sshtron.zachlatta.com/ |SSH Tron>? (sorry zach for ping

) What if I told you that @DuckyBoi_XD(Braeden) and myself made... ✨ Poker Over SSH ✨ This is a *terminal-based game* played through SSH, where you connect to a server and play Poker with other people who are online. If no-one else is online, you get to play with AIs

; just don't underestimate the AIs, they are quite... intelligent But wait, there's more! Sick of browser or desktop games? Want a retro experience? Just fire up your terminal, type ssh play.poker.qincai.xyz -p 23456, and play a hand of Texas Hold'em - no account or sign-ups needed, just SSH. • Multiplayer: Play with friends or strangers, right in your terminal • Bots: Outwit the AI if you're solo-ing • No install: No client, just SSH • Cross-platform: supports

, and of course our most beloved

. (and other OS with the OpenSSH Client installed) • Open Source (duh!): Hackable, <https://github.com/poker-ssh/PoS-Docker |self-hostable>, and contributions welcome! The code is open, the server is live (for now), and it’s all just a keystroke away (quite literally). 🚢 #C0M8PUPU6|ed! GitHub Org: github.com/poker-ssh Website & Guide (WIP): poker.qincai.xyz

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Yesterday was very interesting as we participating in the hack club where we are building scrappy stuffs to have fun. Let's see what we will have at the end #C09CV6QDGRW|

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Today is so amazing,exciting and enriching. As our first time participating in a Hack Club activity, it is really a fascinating experience as we learned how to think out of the box and come out with the most crazy and useless ideas. Thank you Sir Josias for such a wonderful experience ✨. #C09CV6QDGRW|

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Ive just written the best python file of my life CLI args, multimode operation, fully user (when building / training) adjustable and inbuilt error messages that point to usable lines of code instead of blank space all to help the user build a Neural network to their specifications and usage case linked is the file in the repo and the SoM project, and a video of the code. i am so incredibly proud of this python file 🙂 github.com/English-Garfield/CompSci_IK/blob/main/data_processing/training.py summer.hackclub.com/projects/7411

Alright so received my pincil today, and i forgot the actual solder... to solder my pcb... decided to try to make the keyboard anyway, seems like iit doesnt work, at least the firmware i flashed actually worked also did more research and decided to use rgfw since it only uses software rendering (i think?) which makes it use less then 50mb (41mb) for the optimise ysws, kinda sad i couldnt figure out how to turn on software rendering on the other libraries but whatever, ii gotta code something now!

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Seeing the @/ ping prevention hack in help channels and how this could be made better, I decided to make @NoPing , a Slack bot which automatically converts all mentions with lookalike links that won’t ping. It’s very simple: /np before your message. It doesn’t work in threads for now (slash commands don’t work in threads); I’ll use some sort of composer (like the edit modal, which I’ve implemented) and a “Reply to this thread” shortcut. I intentionally made it work without databases (by using text checks before executing edit functions) which might backfire

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day tree (three get it? no its a lame pun, okay..) finished learning about go (literally was bored reading text) and watching a few talks about go (while playing roblox so that wasnt productive) finally decided to work on a project, im going to be working on flit, which is a git copycat, that will be written in Go (wont be compatible with git repos because that was the original idea, but i dont know how to do that) started writing some code for flit, definitely very interesting writing in go, im not sure if its better then rust but coding in it seems pretty cozy (currently working on the flit init command, which is just like the git init command)

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today i did: • Boston trip with @afonso(fonz) , @3kh0 and @louisa • walking 🥀 🥀 🥀 • F1 racing (do NOT ever let me drive in a car vro) • Walking more i think • Uhhh Mexican food (burrito was fire ) • ~~missed the fucking escape room~~ • Arrived late • Did the scape room and almost got it (fun fact it takes more then 4 Hackclubbers to read a clock 🥀) • Walk / eat insomnia • Google store + Apple Store + Tesla • Eat Chick-fil-A :3 • I go back via train lol • also did some code at 4am 🔥 🔥 🔥

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Finished my game "Match my Shader" for #C0956A8CL86|, made in 21h 51m 24s "Match my Shader" is a game where you have to code a shader in Python to match another shader

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Today I made the mistake of adding CodeRabbit to a repo out of curiosity - it made 70 comments on my code (a mix of hallucinations, extreme nitpicks, some useful suggestions, and it even caught a few bugs). So, that's fun I guess. github.com/zakkbob/mxguard/pull/1 Oh, I also messed up a rebase and now my last 50 commits say they were done today.

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Worked a lot on logging, testing and error handling today. Progress is slow, but I'm trying to learn how to write cleaner code since I now know how easy it is to make a tangled mess. Not really sure what to link, so here's the commits github.com/zakkbob/mxguard/commits/development/?since=2025-07-12&until=2025-07-13

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Filled out the final solder form, and also finally proved my identity for hack club. Also, hosted a friend's summer of making project for them (globalclicker.zakkbob.dev github.com/filiwal/global-clicker )

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it died on my code

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Done with this

source code and binaries : github.com/SajagIN/vidminal

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A few days ago, I discovered TiddlyWiki. It looks like software that's perfect for the way I'd like to take notes! Typesetting programs like Typst and word processors are good for single documents, but not for multiple linking documents like I'd prefer to take notes in. I also don't like block-based text edtiors, and I'm pretty sure this is an unpopular opinion, but I despise taking notes in Markdown, which I've noticed is used a lot by note-taking software. With TiddlyWiki I get to use the capable WikiText syntax and access the wiki wherever I bring the file, as long as it has a web browser! With a USB stick I'm able to access my wiki on any of my computers or even public computers like at the local library without downloading anything or logging into any accounts, which is great! It reminds me of MediaWiki, but I think that for a single user's notes, TiddlyWiki is a lot more practical. I also like it's customizability! Like MediaWiki, you can extend its functionality with plugins and use custom stylesheets. I've already started using both features. I wrote a plugin for TiddlyWiki which lets you encrypt tiddlers independently and by tag. The core TiddlyWiki only allows you to encrypt the entire wiki. There's a plugin with similar functionality, Encrypt Tiddler Plugin by Daniel, but in my opinion my version is more intuitive. It's also possible to have different placeholder texts set in my version! Here's the source code repository: github.com/MacaylaMarvelous81/independent-encrypt and the demo: macaylamarvelous81.github.io/independent-encrypt

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Just shipped #C091PEQP7CJ|! It's like #C07UJMV9389| but for Summer of Making, and gives you updates for stock changes, new items and price reductions! I took a lot of what I learnt from High Seas Monitor and Arcade Monitor to make the codebase more maintainable and easy to hack on! •

happy-dom (dom library for nodejs/bun) is used to parse the som shop's html • 🚢 arktype (a library to validate the shape of types) is used for safe env vars, better intellisense, and to ensure that the scraping script isn't reporting false/undefined data because of a page change (it'll stop the script from running further and pinging people for false updates) •

sentry is used to monitor errors. since the bot does html scraping, it can be slightly fragile - sentry (to report errors) + arktype (to throw errors) help prevent that from happening •

jsx-slack lets you use jsx instead of json for block kit! while it doesn't use react, it helps keep your code a lot shorter and you get better intellisense. i use it for all the bot's messages and it's been a joy to use! •

bun to use typescript/tsx without a bundler + for superfast package management! code's at github.com/skyfallwastaken/som-monitor. dual licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0.

Started working on the Slack bot component of Fork This Idea. This is a tool that helps you send project ideas out into the world as you chat and work in Slack. Follow along in #C08PCRXFN2E| on the Hack Club Slack, GitHub, and here!

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me and my friend just spent 3 hours getting this to work. it was one line of code

Going to download all my code onto this micro sd card on Monday

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I don't want to code all these settings 😭

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Working on a remaster of vine.co! Here is what i currently got, for now its mostly a static website with some code that shows that it can evolve! github.com/null-austin/climb

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Just revamping Vine.co as "Climb". A ton of optimized code 😕 lol. github.com/null-austin/climb. not anywhere near finished 😭

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Day 9 of remaking the Hack Club homepage! It is now mobile optimized, and has dark mode and a featured project section!

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Adding comments for my minecraft mod code. github.com/dragonruler1000/hdm-mod/commit/c4cacd402b2cf0e820ff597b33cf7f0a62607b3c

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Day 7 of remaking the Hack Club homepage! I'm converting to the site to React as fast as I can

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Day 6 of remaking the Hack Club homepage! I'm working on migrating the whole site to React

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Day 5 of remaking the Hack Club homepage! Fill out this form to get on it: forms.hackclub.com/t/bmn46e1HGQus

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Day 4 of remaking the Hack Club homepage! I made a lot of progress today.

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Day 3 of remaking the Hack Club homepage!

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A quick, fun project to meet random hack clubbers, and my first scrapbook: github.com/Kaamkiya/hc-people

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Day 1 of remaking the Hack Club homepage!

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very rough architecture for my upcoming discord bot with dash and no-code drag drop command builder : D

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Working on an english project, decided to code for it, cursed code right here

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Over the last month, I have been revamping my personal site using react. And I'm quite proud of it! The mobile version is still buggy, but I think desktop version has the spirit :D As always the source code is on my GitHub! Website Link: justfahad.me (Thank you arcade <3 ) Github: github.com/Ranger-NF/Personal-Website

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improved the README.md of the github repository on the project i'm working for shipwrecked, at the same time, i'm happy to finally rework most of the code on the code base so it didn't look so messy...

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Maturing is realizing it was never your code, but the adblock was just blocking the feature flags </3

Woooo All my things work again

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Did some USACO today for homework. It was quite frustrating but eventually I debugged my code.

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spent a few hours making a little #C08PJMATU8Y| submission! it's a bookmarklet that gathers a bunch of data on the subdomains of a website into a nice little ui. it was fun getting typescript to compile to bookmarklet. code @ github.com/gusruben/dns-snooper-bookmarklet

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Added more proper cases and inputs to the shipping site. github.com/hackclub/marketplace/commit/db3d964e86ce5cd2d37ac5fbb176e5a8bfc1853c

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