Software Project Ideas

A platform where users can buy and sell custom-designed ornaments featuring retro consoles, movie moments, and other nostalgic themes. It leverages user-generated content and offers a unique gifting alternative.

A proactive monitoring service that alerts businesses when their Google Maps listings are targeted with review-based extortion attempts. It analyzes review data for suspicious patterns and provides businesses with a direct channel to report and address these threats reducing impact of review bombing attacks.

An enhanced version of the 'Spotify-Live-Banner' project, providing a web service that fetches user's currently playing song data via the Spotify API and generates dynamic, SVG-based banners. It focuses on enhanced customization options (fonts, colors, animations) and provides an API for integrating the banners into other platforms (Discord, web pages).

A software tool leveraging LLMs to *assist* human Dungeon Masters in tabletop role-playing games (like D&D). Rather than fully automating the DM role, it provides suggestions for encounters, NPC dialogue, and worldbuilding details, acting as a creative partner. It addresses the common bottleneck of finding a skilled DM and enhances the gameplay experience.

A command-line tool/web app that scans a given username across a wide range of social media, developer, and creator platforms (GitHub, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, etc.) to determine availability, providing a clear status report for each platform. It builds upon the existing 'user-scanner' concept, but expands to include more platforms and a web interface option.

A software tool that assists in debugging and reverse-engineering legacy systems, exemplified by the solved Amiga sound sampler circuit mystery. It allows modern developers to easier examine and recreate vintage hardware functionality within a controlled environment.

A robust, automated system designed to detect and prevent unauthorized file access and exfiltration, drawing inspiration from the Intel employee file theft incident. It would monitor file system activity, alert administrators to suspicious behavior, and offer data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities.

A monitoring tool that audits data access patterns and flags potential violations of privacy policies, inspired by the concerns raised about ICE accessing Medicaid recipient data. It provides alerts and reporting features, assisting organizations in maintaining compliance with regulations.

A software platform that analyzes airline booking data in real-time, identifying and flagging suspicious patterns indicative of fraud or system errors (as seen in the Alaska Airlines merger). It would leverage machine learning to learn normal booking behavior and highlight deviations.

A cloud-based platform to digitally preserve and virtually reconstruct vintage computer hardware and software ecosystems (like the Amiga). Allows users to access and interact with classic systems via emulation and remote access. Enables community contributions, documentation, and troubleshooting of legacy tech.

A system to audit employee file access and downloads prior to termination, designed to detect and prevent unauthorized data exfiltration, like the Intel employee case. Integrates with existing HR and IT systems and uses machine learning to identify anomalous file access patterns.

A proactive alerting system that monitors public data access requests (like the ICE/Medicaid example) and alerts relevant privacy advocates and stakeholders when sensitive data is potentially compromised or misused. It would parse public announcements, legal documents and news to identify potential breaches.

A real-time monitoring and anomaly detection system specifically designed for airline mergers, like Alaska and Hawaiian's. It ingests and analyzes data from both airline's passenger service systems (PSS) to identify integration issues, booking discrepancies, and performance bottlenecks in the combined system.

A social media monitoring and verification tool that flags potentially misleading content related to testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), leveraging AI to assess the credibility of claims and alert users to consult medical professionals before making decisions.

A software tool for Italian banks (and potentially others) to model and optimize the implementation costs associated with the digital euro, helping them distribute expenses over time as suggested by the ABI.