Bohdan Mihiliev: Looking for sense in pet-projects

Bohdan Mihiliev shares his experience about writing pet-projects. He answers the questions, that many of us ask ourselves. 'Is a pet-project worth the time and effort? What will I gain? How to choose a technology, do I need a team?'

Bohdan's talk is about getting the most out of a pet project even if the author does not have loads of time.

Transcript

1. Looking for sense in pet-projects
3. What are we going to talk about? • Possible reasons to start a pet project; • Picking technology for your pet project; • Becoming a team player; • The importance of demo; • Distributing an app in PlayStore/AppStore; • Front-End/Back-End; • It is not necessary to do something big on your own. You just can help someone.
4. SFaceCompare • Face detecting • Face alignment • Face matching • OpenCV • dlib • Cocoa pod
5. Possible reasons to start a pet project 1) You have good idea to be done 2) You are bored 3) You have some free time
6. Cosmo Guard If you are looking for an idea of your pat project, try to make a game.
7. Picking technology for your pet project • It depends on your purpose; • Don’t spend a lot of time on it; • Сhoose smth not only you know.
8. KNUSChedule V0
9. KNUSchedule v1 Simple Telegram bot Under the hood: - XL file parser - Back-end
10. KNUSchedule
11. Finish
12. Becoming a team player 1. Do I need a team? 2. Where can I find people for my team? 3. How many people do I need? 4. One man army!
13. source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnAK2k_VTcU
14. Looks fine. Why not?
15. SLight
17. Don’t be afraid to demonstrate your work! • Do not hide what you’ve done!; • The coolest and most dangerous feedback is from the loved ones; • It’s important to understand feedback; • Don't be upset over bad reviews and feedback.
18. Use GitHub to demonstrate your work 1. Create simple apps; 2. Create pod/libs; 3. Create a page with useful links and materials.
19. Distribute in Play Store 1) Non-step-by-step instruction 2) Let's talk about possible nuances; 3) Let's see how it looks - Google Play Console.
20. Distribute in AppStore We will discuss it in comparison with PlayMarket PS: The review of your app can become a big test.
21. Demo Animatron
22. What about Front-End? 1) JS; 2) Moooooore JS; 3) A lot of frameworks; 4) What did I pick? source: https://tinyurl.com/ue7vxfl
23. I’ve picked Vue.js
24. What about Back-End? 1) PHP, JS, Swift, Go …; 2) My experience with Swift vapor; 3) Why will I chose NodeJS before Swift(Vapor, Perfect и т. д.)? source: https://tinyurl.com/wlrltjy
25. It is not necessary to do something big on your own. You just can help someone;
26. How did I make my first contribution
27. Some lib, pods you are using need your help!
28. Even big guys need your help!
29. Awesome …. Just repo. With useful links
30. Tips and tricks on how to contribute •When was the latest commit? •How many open issues are there? •How many open pull requests are there? •Are the pull requests recent? •… source: https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/#a-checklist-before-you-contribute
31. Pros✅ • A chance to try new technologies painlessly; • Meeting new people; • Context change; • Getting important skills that help to find a job; • Discovery of new approaches.
32. Cons❌ 1. It takes time; 2. Easy to loose focus; 3. Easy to failure; 4. Not only dev stuff to do.
33. One more thing Do not leave in limbo. Be sure to put an end!
34. Q&A
35. –Theodore Roosevelt “The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Do not be afraid to make mistakes providing you do not make the same one twice.” “Не ошибается тот, кто ничего не делает. Не бойтесь ошибаться — бойтесь повторять ошибки.”