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+title = "Weekly project status: Dropping projects is hard"
+date = 2013-01-12
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+![](weekly-project-status-banner.jpg)
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+Since I wrote [the last post of
+2012](http://fmartingr.com/blog/2012/12/31/2013/) I have been wondering if I
+could finish -or at least, work- on all the projects or experiments I wanted
+to. The answer was easy: **no**. I just don't have enough time for all the
+stuff I want to do, so I have made some decisions about my projects.
+
+## Project _herobrine_ **_…dropped!_**
+
+!["Early draft of Project
+Herobrine"](minecraft-database.png)
+
+The first time I did something about this project was like 2010, as some of
+you have guessed by the name of the project, its minecraft related. It was
+intended to be a _wowhead-like_ minecraft database but not only on PC.
+
+Some features I wanted:
+
+  * Developed with django, returning json objects to the client.
+  * Client MVC based with BackboneJS
+  * Responsive design -so you can check with your tablet while play on your computer-
+  * "no refresh" -backbone-
+  * WebGL/Canvas block rendering
+  * JS Redstone circuit maker
+  * JS Dye maker
+  * Homepage with random background featuring user's screenshots (above)
+  * Interactive crafting/brewing/…
+
+Finally I have to say goodbye to this _jewel_ -and it's really hard because I
+love minecraft and I wanted this to happen- because of various reasons:
+[minecraftwiki](http://minecraftwiki.net/) already contains a lot of
+information -and it's really crowded-, the barrier of contents -I have to type
+in all the minecraft items, blocks, biomes, etc- and that this wasn't really a
+technical challenge -actually, some things are, but most of it are just
+database relations and stuff-.
+
+I want to prepare a future post with all the work I made on this project.
+There's not much code but a lot of drafts and ideas that could help someone.
+
+## Project _Serenity_ **_…dropped!_**
+
+This was intended to be a way to simplify my jenkins business. Since I need a
+lot of tasks like: compile, minify, copy, deploy, upload, test… I wanted an
+app so I just define everything I need on a _YAML_ file and call the app with
+`serenity <task>`.
+
+I have some drafts built, a base YAML file, and some features planned like
+integrated tasks, custom tasks in the YAML file, configuration…
+
+Haven't coded for this one yet, but fortunately I heard about
+[grunt](http://gruntjs.com/) who may be something very close at what I wanted
+this one to be.
+
+## ZombiePress ([github](http://github.com/fmartingr/zombiepress/))
+**_…dropped!_**
+
+It's obvious. I was making my own blog software but since now I'm a proud
+octopress user this is no longer needed. I will keep the repo online just for
+making me feel nostalgic in the future.
+
+## BlueBird **_…dropped!_**
+
+For all the iPad users… remember when Twitter changed the UI of the app? Did
+you remember the old one? I do. The new interface is **total crap**, the other
+was simply brilliant, and for me it was near the best one for an iOS app. I
+was hoping to get a clone working in javascript, but my knowledge of touch
+screens is not that good, I need to study more on the matter and then**maybe**
+I will try again, but I'm pretty sure some javascript guru will do something
+before that happens.
+
+## Project _Amaranth_
+
+The bigger brother. Recently I started a Vampire: Dark Age game with some
+friends and it remembered me to when I played rolegames over IRC. I started
+thinking that a online interface for roleplaying will be nice to have, because
+you can also use it in a live session to whisper, draw, etc. The brainstorm
+started quick enough for me to consider making it.
+
+## Project _RTC_
+
+Just born! -yesterday :P-. I want to make some kind of webRTC site to have
+conversations without the need of register, just create a conversation, get a
+link and you are set. It's more an experiment than a project itself.
+
+## Uvepe8 ([github](http://github.com/fmartingr/uvepe8/))
+
+I'm very proud -in a useful way- of this one and of course I'm maintaining it.
+
+For the ones who don't know, its sort of _video-to-html5-canvas_, a mix
+between apple's and sublime text's, but mines support transparency -I needed
+it-.
+
+There are some features I want to implement shown on the README file and a
+full code review.
+
+## Dharma ([github](http://github.com/fmartingr/dharma/))
+
+An application to check for 404 links on websites, a lot of things could be
+added to this, but for now is for playing around with threading, gevent and
+that kind of things.
+
+I have some _other things_ in mind I want to try, but that deserves another
+post -which is already in the works-.
+
+Stay tuned for more updates, and as always, anything you want to say: comment,
+tweet, mail or shout at me!