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https://instafavicon.com/ I created this favicon generator a few weeks ago to generate minimal favicons for my side projects. I'm not good with design tools so it saves me time when I start a new project and want a simple favicon in ICO format. I'm proud of it because it's server-less. I generate the multi-BMP ICO file in binary using ArrayBuffers and Typed Arrays in JavaScript. I use a element to create the images/d…

This is great. I just immediately used it for my nascent blog.

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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…

Those photos are absolutely stunning.

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

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I'm happy the following two are getting traffic:

- [ByteSize](https://github.com/omar/bytesize) (.NET/C#) library which is a utility class that makes byte size representation in code easier by removing ambiguity of the value being represented. ByteSize is to bytes what System.TimeSpan is to time.

- [PS1 Gen](http://omar.io/ps1gen/) is a simple bash PS1 generator and reference so you can soup up your command line. I created this after trying to research how to create a cool PS1 string.

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

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Made a python command line tool that decrypts and dumps assets from an indie video game called awesomenauts.

I started knowing next to zero in assembly, reverse engineering and crypto. Took me about two months -spread accross 2 years- of work and learning to do it. The game uses a modified AES crypto, just the key expansion was modified, probably so it can be different enough to not look like AES, but still benefit from hardware acceleration. It's probably less secure than regular AES.

https://github.com/Nodja/AwesomenautsFileDumper

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

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A very useful, tiny project I made fairly recently is Tamarind:

http://www.kylheku.com/cgit/tamarind/tree/README

Tamarind is a CGI-based web service which manages throw-away mail aliases.

You log in, and manage a list of generated aliases which instantly go into service when created, and out of service when deleted.

It runs on a Debian setup (I use Courier IMAPD + Exim MTA).

Tamarind is written in my own programming language, TXR, without any web framework: it includes all the code for processing requests from Apache, and doing session management with cookies, etc.

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

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Not a tool or product, but still sorta kinda. For me this year it's been making:

http://www.partfiction.com/courses/a-war-on-words/

It's not the most polished-off looking thing in the world, but it gave me an excuse to write a short fiction highlighting the importance of Black Lives Matter. It also allowed me to experiment with Greensock to put together some dodgy ass animations to go with the story. And it meant having to hear my own damn voice, urg, for some of the narration.

Also I learned a ton about BLM while making this.

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever considered installing remote screensharing software rather then having to troubleshoot over the phone? That's how I help out my parents.

Yeah, I've used it at times. It's great when it works, but getting remote desktop working is always a bigger pain than just trying to explain the problem over the phone. The individual issues aren't that big, but it means a 20 minute phone call turns in to a 1 hour phone call because we spend 20 minutes trying to get screen sharing working. For one thing, I'm generally away from my computer when they call me, and all…

> getting remote desktop working is always a bigger pain

Easy as cake with TeamViewer

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