Show HN: I build one absurd web project every month

This reminds me a little of Simone Giertz, a YouTube DIY person who started out long ago making shitty robots and has settled into fringe mainstream - usable items but not quite the way you would expect, like folding coat hooks, a gaming table with a roll top, a chair from a satellite dish, and a prosthetic leg for her three legged dog.

As someone who had his dog stolen when waiting for me in front of the supermarket, I love the easy Pet Drop Box idea.

just added waving cat to my website

Operation D-Day: One Second of War truly delighted me more than any other video game I've ever played.

I hope you like my Let's Play: https://youtu.be/iUnbD8xp0f0

Loving this. One second of war and offsetting co2 emissions by buying you a Tesla are my favorites.

I wonder what a good UI is for a website like this. I was thinking maybe infinite scroll would work well for a more museum-like experience.

The "Add luck to your e-store" last description line should say "That’s marketing meow" :)

These are delightful. I think I like LingoPrio the best, since I'm (re)learning French. My kid and I went to a pediatrician appointment and my kid asked, "How do you say 'constipation' in French?" And I didn't have to look it up, since it ended in "ation".

> I just enjoy exploring what the web can be when it doesn’t try to be “useful”.

I have a project that's arguably strange but deeply serious. I'm building a Pi Bramble [1] and adding services with the goal of making a homelab that is continuously collapsing under the weight of its own complexity. Y'know, for education! But it's also really fun, when I have time to spend on it.

[1] https://clog.goldentooth.net/

> Microtasks for Meatbags — the future: AI gives prompts, humans execute

That's close to how many companies, plans etc. work today. We manage big groups of people and systems, as syncretic holes. Sometimes a human, sometimes a computer is better at one task.

Useles fun projects are useless but fun.

I made https://tellconanobrienyourfavoritepizzatoppings.com the other day.

It was fun. But useless.

  toppings=pineapple+
  toppings=pineapple
  toppings=I+don%27t+know+wh+conan+o+brien+is%2C+but+I+want+him+to+know+that+I+can%27t+eat+pizza+at+all.
  toppings=mushrooms
  toppings=Brie
  toppings=Cheeze
  toppings=Wat
  toppings=
  toppings=peppers+and+onions
  toppings=cat+..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd
  toppings=pepperoni+is+pretty+good+usually
  toppings=More+tiny+pizzas+
  fooabar
  0x%5B%5D=DTAB
  toppings=rendang
  toppings=salami
  toppings=spinach
  toppings=Peppers
  toppings=Ham+and+Pineapple+
  toppings=french+fries
  toppings=egg
 
 toppings=usually+plain+but+i+dont+mind+putting+some+stuff+on+there.+onions+or+pepperoni+or+hawaiian+every+now+and+then.+i+dont+get+why+some+people+are+so+upset+about+pineapple%2C+it%27s+definitely+a+different+taste+but+i+think+it+works%21+although+i+will+say+sometimes+i+think+the+pineapple+slices+are+too+thick+and+so+you+just+get+pineapple+for+a+bite%2C+i+dont+like+that.+love+your+stuff+conan

Great job. I'm into mortality so the Artist's Death Effect was fun. I tell my kids all my ideas are terrible because if it wasn't a terrible idea someone else would have done it already.

the moment i realized what this is i burst out into laughter. congratulations. its so absurd!

You can check all my 27 absurd web projects at absurd.website

This is awesome. I like to make similar projects - is there a community where you like to share work and collaborate with others?

I put a few of mine on /r/baduibattles but not everything fits well in that bucket. Part fun, part absurdist art, part technological and political critique (examples: a login system that requires the user to sing the same song to log in, or a captcha that asks people to prove they're not robots by taking pictures of others in live surveillance video from unsecured CCTV cameras).

It's good to see that, sometimes, the old internet still peeks through. All the best!

This is my favorite type of HN posts by far. Seeing just some out there single-minded proof of concept projects, which are both ridiculous but, also, not really, is awesome.

Love it. Bringing back the "fun" part of the web

I like this game mechanic:

    Your score: <span style='color:red'>1."+Math.floor(Math.random() * 39)+"</span> seconds.

I've done similar sometimes in my own microprojects.

That's great.

The One Second of War and the Dark Mandala are not even absurd, but merely surface the reality, of sorts.

It's hilarious! Well done :)

Brush your teeth is mis-linked. :)

The lucky cat seems very useful. Perfect chatbot widget!

Great project!

ChillyParent reminds me of this classic from Silicon Valley (the show): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wGy5SGTuAGI&t=216s

I feel like LingoPrio needs pineapple.

Awesome sites! :D

i'm curious, did you use AI help to build it?

Any hints and favorite AI tools?