Habrasandbox: Collective writing of a draft for an interesting article using the Q&A blog

Question

Habr

So where do I start?

I just can’t overcome the psychological barrier to write my first full-scale article on Habré (although I have already written quite a lot on the Q&A blog).
There is not enough strong starting "slap" to start writing. I would very much like the readers of this question to ask me leading questions-clarifications (about a future article), thereby “pulling” information out of me bit by bit, as if squeezing the remnants of toothpaste from an almost empty tube.
As a result (ideally) the article should be completely ready for publication.
Both upvoting and downvoting of both the question itself and my answers to your leading questions are also welcome.
You can vote directly to Karma. I don't beg. At the time of the publication of this question, I have enough Karma to publish the article. It is much more important for me to write a good (useful / necessary / interesting) article with your help.
Maybe something will come out of this experiment.

UPD1:

Possible options for choosing a theme are:

1. Terminal interface: Using the TELNET program as a “browser” for interactive applications in PHP
2. Let's hit lawlessness and slovenliness with Habraeffect: Organization of a flash mob attack (an unprecedented practical implementation of case law by social networks)
3. Origami envelope: Compact OEM packaging for CDs (from one sheet of A4 paper without scissors and glue)
4. Another Bicycle Serialization of XML data: Representation of XML structures in the form of a table of three columns
5. Simple gluing of two images in PHP (using regular library tools GD)
6. Standardization: The use of national language characters in e-mail addresses, compatible with the current standards (on the example of the implementation of the web interface to the mailbox on Mail.ru and Rambler). 7. Algorithms
: Text data compression with partial loss of information (to achieve eight times the compression ratio of the text stream to an average level of 1 bit/character) IP packets through PPP channeling (from a Windows guest account using regular PHP tools) 10. Protocol for reliable delivery of short text messages over unreliable communication channels
11. Phone law: Two-factor web authentication using CALLBACK phone calls (dialer).
12. Dialer/chime: Free transmission of very short messages over GSM channels

The list is not yet complete, there are many more ideas for the article ...

Answer 1

Writing an article on Habré is by no means a tree or a house, and certainly not a son.
And I'm afraid that the first article will be the last with such a choice of topics.

Answer 2

If you lack something to start writing, if you need information to be pulled out of you bit by bit, listen to the classics:

If you are to write, then only when you cannot help but write .
© L.N. Tolstoy

Judging by the spread of topics and the need for leading questions, it will be easy for you to restrain yourself and not write .

Answer 3

Material for reflection:
- Over the past week, topics about optimizing work with MySQL (about some aspects) have appeared on Habré 4 times. I think an article on this topic will fall into the “wave”.

Answer 4

A couple of words on each topic:
1) Now, on the contrary, is there a tendency to use the browser as a terminal for managing applications? Or I didn't get the point.
2) Sounds promising! Unless everything slides down to instructions for using LOIC .
3) A whole article about folding an envelope? Dismiss me. What will be there, except for a minute video on YouTube?
4) XML is a topic far from me, so I can’t judge.