Making Micro Projects
I'm a big fan of writing small apps for fun, and also just to see if I can do it. In this post I want to cover a few of these projects, to maybe inspire you to work on something!
I'm a big fan of writing small apps for fun, and also just to see if I can do it. In this post I want to cover a few of these projects, to maybe inspire you to work on something!
Image Uploader
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My first project is a dead simple image uploader. You upload an image and you get a random URL back with the image.
I wanted to write this to have a URL that I can give to people to reference images, as sites like Imgur will be deleting "old, unused, and inactive content" that's not tied to a user account. The entire codebase is roughly 100 lines, which is perfect for my needs.
Life-API
chaseI wanted a fun way to show what I'm up to, and so my idea was to pull from Last.fm, and other sources to show my current activity.
- Pulls Music from Last.fm.
- Pulls TV/Movies from Tautulli.
- Allows manually setting/clearing the current activity.
- Badge endpoint for showing current activity.
- Chrome Extension to set current activity (Reddit/Hacker News/YouTube).
TopRanks - Top 10 Spotify Stats
Yeah, there's numerous "Top 10 Spotify Stats" projects out there, and mine really isn't any different.
I just wanted to learn more about the Spotify API and luckily, it's not hard to do. I created a basic page that after logging in with Spotify, allows you to toggle between different time frames and top 10 lists.
AAA-Spotify - Add New Releases to your Liked Songs
This one is also rather simple. I wanted a way to add new releases from my followed Spotify artists to my Liked Songs as I like to shuffle my entire song collection, and I'm not always on top of new releases. I simply run this project weekly and new releases are added to my Liked Songs.
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Express-UserAccounts - Website Template with User Accounts
I wouldn't wager this one as a micro project, but it's one I've been having a lot of fun with. Essentially it's an entire web app with slightly-advanced user account capabilities.
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- Social Sign In
- Registration (w/ Forced Email Verification)
- Login/Logout
- Forgot Password (Email Reset Link)
- Edit Profile
Change Username/Password/Email/Profile Picture
Enable/Disable 2FA (Optional for Users, Required for Admins)
Delete Account
Request/Revoke API Key(s) - Admin Panel
View History of a User's Actions
Change User Info (Username, Reset Profile Picture, Revoke API Key)
Ban/Unban/Promote/Demote User
... and more. - API (w/ Swagger)
Conclusion
In conclusion, I hope I can inspire you to work on some of your own projects. I've had a lot of fun with recent side-projects, and I hope you can too! :)