Best sites for inspiration for hobbyist programmers?

Question

What are the best sites for hobbyist programmers to get their inspiration? I often ask myself the question:

'What software will I make today?'.

What sites do you get your inspiration from?

I often do Mac/iPhone developing.

Or is it just StackOverflow?

Answer 1

Here's a good one: http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/

Answer 2

http://www.codeproject.com/

Answer 3

gamedev.net

Answer 4

http://code.google.com/

http://developer.yahoo.com/

Answer 5

http://www.github.com/ , http://www.bitbucket.org/

Answer 6

Here are a few sites that can be good to spend time on if you're bored and in need of a coding challenge:

• Project Euler
• Facebook's Engineering Puzzles
• Google Code Jam
• UVa Online Judge
• TopCoder
• Sphere Online Judge
• ITA Software Puzzles
• CS106X - Programming Abstractions (Stanford)

Answer 7

I don't really get my inspiration from websites; it comes from being out in the real world, and seeing real problems and thinking up interesting and fun ways to solve them.

Answer 8

delicious.com

Excellent source of good programming related bookmarks (search on a tag that's relevant to your interests). Pages can be anything from a good hack to informative research to interesting video presentations.

Answer 9

I usually make software to solve (common) problems I face in my everyday (personal or work) life. Typical examples would be automating tedious or boring tasks that I have to do frequently or semi-frequently. Another example is developing a plug-in or add-on for another piece of software to add a specific feature or solve a certain need you have that the software currently does not meet.

Of course, just writing stuff for the challenge (i.e. see if you are able to accomplish something or solve a given problem) or for fun is also good.

Answer 10

I can't miss,

http://www.codeplex.com

http://sourceforge.net/