built a slack slash command to spew out excuses (inspired bigtime by giphy) - mainly because I was unemployed and wanted to learn how the slack APIs work - https://xqz.es - I put a blog post together covering how it came to be [1] - also forced me to learn how to get Let's Encrypt certificates.
Also built a twitter stream reading android app [2] - it's butt ugly but was super useful while I lived in Beirut and there was the occasional bomb going off (at the time, that's kind of settled for now, and I no longer live there) - there was a lot i intended to do with it but just sort of... stopped.
as cliche as this answer often is: I miss the food and drink most - never quite had anything like it since i left (e.g: bartending just doesn't seem the same on average anywhere else I've been).
so I last 'permanently' lived there in 2013, worked in Dubai for almost 3 years after that and now finishing off my MSc in the UK for the past year.
(edit: to add: I'm from there - so i go back often and get my food fix)
Also built a twitter stream reading android app [2] - it's butt ugly but was super useful while I lived in Beirut and there was the occasional bomb going off (at the time, that's kind of settled for now, and I no longer live there) - there was a lot i intended to do with it but just sort of... stopped.
[1] - https://arahayrabedian.github.io/writing-a-slack-application...
[2] - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rollingbla...