Ask HN: What are some hobby tech projects for a tech-savvy teenager?
I would like recommendations for a hardware/software project that involves coding, building hardware components for an interested 14 year old who knows python. - creating their version of Google homepage, there is plenty to go down the rabbit hole beginning with the homepage - creating home/iot alerts maybe with zapier/email/twilio - creating a chatbot based on a pdf - creating an RSVP site for your upcoming family _ - creating a browser extension - creating a guest wifi login system with credits/timeouts - creating a Dropbox alternative with S3 - a website that tells you which day of the week you were born You're welcome If they're interested in software and hardware, robotics is a fun place to start. Line following, object avoidance, maze solving, all sorts of cool options. A relatively cheap option would be the micro:bit [1] and a chassis [2]. The micro:bit can run CircuitPython [3] which is an simplified version of Python that can run on embedded systems. This setup offers lots of room for growth from graphical programming, to circuitpython, and then on to C programming. [1] https://www.adafruit.com/product/4781