I have been thinking of interesting ways to come up with ideas and brush up skills.
My favorite side project ideas come from apps and APIs that already exist, but can be augmented by adding a few features that I've always wanted.
Sniff the network on AirBnB or your group chat application or even Hashnode and see if there are some data points that you could use to create something that you wish already existed in that application.
This is a common interest. Check out my post from yesterday.
Well i never have time to work on them but couple of ideas i have.
Well, for me, both of my programming hobby projects stem from a single dream I have been having for years: Building a virtual reality according to my dreams and wishes. Well, it probably started with 8th grader syndrome, but that doesn't matter to me anymore, today :D
Apart from them, I have a few more projects I want to work on more, but have serious time issues at the moment (24h/day is not enough). They mainly stem from needs and the wish to have some cool stuff to show off
Other ideas came and went mainly with the help of fun evenings and a few beers, but most of them didn't interest me enough to actually work on them.
Ron McCranie
UX, Front End Dev, E-commerce specialization
Find a small business that could benefit from a technology you can build, build it for them, let them use it as a beta tester for free and then sell it to other similar businesses. It's like your own little micro startup. If you can sell it you can make some money, otherwise you got some practice helped out a local business.