Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
I&#x27;ve been working on a project that aggregates data for every public transport provider in the country (Slovenia) and presents it as a simple API, along with an application to find rides with as few clicks as possible (without having to check every provider&#x27;s website). This has involved tiring meetings with city officials convincing them to give us access to the data and writing scraping bots where they weren&#x27;t convinced, so I&#x27;ve sunk countless hours into the project.<p>I currently know of only 3 people using it, but I&#x27;m one of them and I believe this is something that should exist, so I don&#x27;t care that I&#x27;ll likely never evem break even on it. I&#x27;ve started a nonprofit to fund the project, but it&#x27;s been mostly my own money so far. Working on it has been really fun and I learned a ton about how stuff gets done in the intersection of public and private sector - both positive and negative.<p>&#x2F;&#x2F; For anyone in Slovenia interested in using it, there&#x27;s an email in my profile. It&#x27;s currently a closed beta, but everyone is welcome