Show HN: 48 absurd web projects – one every month

Source: Hacker News

Background

A year ago I posted about a small experiment on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44162363.
I built one absurd web project every month and published it on https://absurd.website. I kept going, and there are now 48 projects.

The idea remains the same: I create mostly unnecessary web projects that sit somewhere between experiments, jokes, products, and art. Over time they’ve started moving more toward net art than just experimental web.

Recent Projects

• VandalAds – a banner format you can destroy instead of just viewing.
• Type Therapy – instead of talking affirmations, you type your thoughts to change them.
• Slow Rebranding – branding changes so slowly you don’t notice it.
• Guard Simulator – a crime appears for 15 seconds per day; if you catch it you win.

Process

I also started releasing some projects only to members, so not everything is public anymore. What I like most is the rhythm: one public project and one private project each month. It forces me to realize ideas instead of leaving them in notes.

The core is always the idea and concept—not polish, not execution, not even usefulness. It’s interesting to see whether people understand the thought inside a project, discover something else in it, or see nothing at all.

Conclusion

I’m still going, and at this point absurd.website has become a big part of my life.

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