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sakerbos
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About sakerbos
I pivoted from rocks to code
Early on in my career as a Geologist, I was buried under an avalanche of manual processes, something was at fault, it was a bore and it wasn't very Gneiss
I knew there had to be a better way. So I taught myself how to code. All of a sudden I had superpowers, automating processes left, right and center, with some staff not even knowing what to do with their time anymore, I was the schist
It wasn’t enough; I wanted more superpowers. So I spent the next 6 months studying coding after hours, much to my wife and dog’s dismay - not only because I had less availability but because they were forced to look at all the things I had built, “See how I just made that text turn red!”
But eventually I did it! I got my first job as a real live web developer, making websites on the internet! Although even that wouldn’t quench my insatiable thirst for automation…
Shortly thereafter, during a chance encounter with my wife’s employer’s neighbour, I discovered the many gross inefficiencies lurking in the medical industry. This encounter led to me spearheading the development of a mobile app for one of South Africa’s largest hospital networks, Mediclinic, which they used to replace paper at hundreds of sporting events across the country, streamlining operations and saving the planet, #winning
My journey has been fuelled by a passion for automation and shaped by three guiding principles: simplicity, practicality and fun, that I have brought to every endeavour. Fast forward 8 years and many projects later, in the words of Pinocchio, I shout from the rooftops, “I’m a real boy!”
Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed my Geology puns
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Try reaching out to our own network. You really only need a few paying customers to get the ball rolling. Word of mouth is probably going to be your best friend.
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Comment #42872981
There's a time and place for everything. I find that this style of programming is super useful in the technical design phase. During development I prefer to have a plan in place.
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Comment #42809586
That's an epic win! 15 years of the startup grind/rollercoaster is impressive, well done!
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Comment #42457947
Yeehah thanks! It's good fun! At this rate, next year's theme will no doubt be video calls to Santa.
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Show HN: Send Santa a Voice Note
Hey everyone, Shaun here! I originally built Magic Message Santa for my kids. They wrote Santa a letter with their Christmas wishes (like we've all done in the past) and I thought,…
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Comment #42314029
Hey guys, I'm Shaun :wave: Location: Brisbane, Australia Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No (we've just moved here from South Africa :)) Technologies: React, React-Native, Typescr…
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Show HN: I built a Wordle-inspired puzzle image game in a weekend
*Spread over multiple weeks (I have a wife, kids as well as a day job lol). Hey guys! I’ve been working on a little side project, What The Pix Say (WTPS), a Wordle-inspired word pu…
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Show HN: A Wordle-Inspired Puzzle Game with Images
Howdy HN folks! I’ve been working on What The Pix Say (WTPS), a Wordle-inspired word puzzle game where you solve phrases by guessing the meaning of images. Here’s how it works: - E…
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Comment #41444347
Love this!
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Comment #41159337
Ooh I felt the same after moving to Australia from South Africa. We found that the veggies tasted blander in general and I have no idea why. Keen to plant some heirloom tomatoes in…
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Comment #41114949
There was a massive one back in South Africa that must have been a thousand years old. Naturally someone put a pub in it. Must have been tree-cky.
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Comment #40410866
Yeah I've always found the browser bar hiding when you scroll to the bottom of a page a bit weird. But yeah you're right, it looks like a Chrome-only thing my bad.
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Comment #40410808
Yeah fair enough. I actually found the massive navigation history annoying too, I'd just forgotten about it until now. I think I have a solution to replace the navigation history w…
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Comment #40410604
Ooh fair enough. I'll add an option to disable that, thanks!
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Comment #40410594
Yes this is a problem and a great idea thanks! Adding to my TODO list :)
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Comment #40410591
I'd be very interested in exploring this idea! Do you know of any board games that it could work for? This also just gave me an idea to justify my board game budget to my wife as a…
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Comment #40408550
Thanks! Yeah totally, it should be fairly easy to do. Could select the game variant after selecting a new game. I'll see what I can do :)
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Comment #40408539
Thanks for this, I'll fix it asap :)
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Comment #40408522
Thank you! Yes this had actually become a problem for us but it weirdly ended up adding an interesting new dynamic to the game. So much so that we'd actively try and hide our resou…
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Comment #40408482
Pleasure! Yes it is open source: https://github.com/shaunsaker/tm-player-board . I'll add a link to the home page too :)
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Comment #40408466
Ah right, my bad, that's super annoying. I'll remove that functionality for now.
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Comment #40408439
Are you on Android by any chance? if so, I think that would be Android's weird browser bar hiding behaviour when you get to the bottom of the page, or just something weird I overlo…
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Comment #40408420
Thanks! Looks like they've recreated the entire game, it even has decent docs. Will defs give it a go!
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Comment #40408399
Apparently just a side project that was used by only two people in the world :)
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Comment #40408389
Good idea thanks!