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marcusdev

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About marcusdev

I like to build things

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47762354

    Thanks for the feedback. I was missing the "Fixed Links" data, which covers any transfers that aren't part of the normal rail network (e.g. walking/bus/tube). I've just added that,…

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    Comment #47755451

    My thoughts exactly! Sometimes I don't mind travelling a little longer, or ending up at a nearby station, if it's a nicer journey. Thank you for the feedback, pricing is definitely…

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    Comment #47745112

    I do love Disjkstra :) this actually uses a modified version of the "Raptor" algorithm for public transport routing (hence the name!): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-c…

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    Comment #47745076

    https://raileasy.co.uk / https://trainsplit.com is the most flexible existing service I've found, but even that doesn't give you an "anywhere" option. I'm looking at how to add pri…

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    Comment #47744257

    I'm working on a fully offline, client-side train journey planner for UK rail - https://railraptor.com When booking flights, I use sites like Kiwi and Skyscanner that let you do fl…

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    Comment #47503556

    Thanks for the feedback! I'd love to support more countries, but from what I can tell it's a mammoth task. Every country publishes rail data in different ways - there are aggregato…

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    Show HN: Offline-first UK train planner

    Hey HN! I'd like to share my personal experiment with a different way of finding train journeys across the UK. When I book flights, I use sites like Kiwi and Skyscanner for flexibl…

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    Comment #46939596

    I've been working on a tool to solve a problem I keep seeing at my day job when handling large-scale deployments and migrations. The “plan” is always scattered across internal docs…

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    Comment #46254557

    Thanks for this! It was a tricky one to solve, but finding an "accidental" match now grants a point.

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    Comment #46247487

    Thanks for the feedback - fixed!

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    Comment #46236664

    Awesome, glad you like it! Thanks for the feedback. I've just bumped my Gemini API key limit, fingers crossed that fixes things for you.

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    Comment #46236468

    You must have been playing the "Wild Animals" category. A Kinkajou is a tropical rainforest mammal according to Wikipedia :) The 5 built-in word lists that you can play without sig…

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    Show HN: An endless scrolling word search game

    I built a procedurally generated word-search game where the puzzle never ends - as you scroll, the grid expands infinitely and new words appear. It’s designed to be quick to pick u…