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Re: Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

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Post by axlee »

zoidb wrote: post #141
mk4p wrote: post #116

https://izuded.com (i.e., "iz u ded?") I made this because I adopted a puppy and realized that, if I got hit by a bus on a Friday, he could be stuck in his crate for days before anyone realized. Morbid, but useful. It texts you every X days and asks, "u ded?" -- if you don't click "naw" before X days pass, it'll notify your contacts. It's a portfolio project to show what I've learned in the realm of "serverless" arch…

really like the clean design of the front-end, did you use anything special to create it?

Looks like Semantic UI.

http://semantic-ui.com/

Re: Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

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Post by malnourish »

eneve wrote: post #316

FAQr - An ASCII GameFaqs reader for Android - 2k + 5 star reviews - 1k + DAU https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faqr&hl=en Great for retro gaming! *EDIT - Free with no ads

This is something I never knew I needed!

Re: Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

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Post by jmbmxer »

https://unshorten.link

I work in security and have a paranoia of shortened links (bit.ly, t.co). I got frustrated with the options out there that forced me to right click every shortened link or paste it into a site so I made this Chrome extension / web app. It is pretty simple and keeps a list of 300+ shortened link services to check against. If your browser ever visits one it redirects you to the site to expand the link. It will also hit the Google Safebrowsing API to see if it is known to be malware plus will strip out tracking cookies.

It's been fun and rewarding watching my little extension grow to global use of over 4k users.

Re: Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

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Post by findjashua »

averageweather wrote: post #82

http://www.averageweather.io/ - tool to make planning for travel much easier. When you are too far out for a forecast, I found myself taking too many clicks to get average weather data. EDIT - Whoa. Getting lots of traffic. This site is like 3 days old and I taught myself python and django to build it. Open to any recommendations at jonathan at averageweather dot io EDIT 2 - Back up... Site crash ... Google apps shut…

Looks like San Francisco will drop to 0 degrees on the 18th!! http://www.averageweather.io/averages/San%20Francisco/Califo...

Re: Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

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Post by pj_mukh »

mk4p wrote: post #116

https://izuded.com (i.e., "iz u ded?") I made this because I adopted a puppy and realized that, if I got hit by a bus on a Friday, he could be stuck in his crate for days before anyone realized. Morbid, but useful. It texts you every X days and asks, "u ded?" -- if you don't click "naw" before X days pass, it'll notify your contacts. It's a portfolio project to show what I've learned in the realm of "serverless" arch…

Can you make a version of this that just texts my mom that "I'm okay". That'd be perfect.

P.S: Yes I'm thirty. Y'all don't know Indian moms.

Re: Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

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Post by poopchute »

beachstartup wrote: post #142
averageweather wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! Range is something I am trying to figure best how to do. I know how, but it is "expensive" in terms of API calls etc. Like would someone pay for this feature? Zipcode - Django has a great library so that is a next step for me.

this is out of left field but one thing i find myself searching for is sunset/sunrise times in the future, especially when traveling to different latitudes. could be a cool addition if this info is available.

Wolfram alpha has that functionality if you type in a place and a date. Example: "Vancouver BC, december 2, 2016"

Re: Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

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Post by sovok »

StavrosK wrote: post #12

I'm proud of many things :( * I converted a rotary phone into a cellphone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSkdWQswpc8 * I wrote a personal bookmark search engine: http://historio.us/ * A site that talks to spammers so you don't have to: https://spa.mnesty.com/ * A pastebin: http://pastery.net/ * A remote-controlled GSM irrigation controller for farmers: https://gitlab.com/stavros/irrigation-controller * A button tha…

I'm using historio.us for three years now, it's great. Thanks for that :)
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