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

Post by mk4p » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 7:12 PM UTC

eriknstr wrote: post #745

sean2 wrote: post #596

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I don't know, getting that as a final joke from the right friend or younger family member might be my favorite way to be informed, and then I'd go walk their dog. I'd still be sad, of course, but there's really no good way to be informed of this. In all likely hood, I'd already be informed, and then I'd get this half-assed reminder and be all "oh my god, it's so like them!" Actually when considering likelihood, they'…

I agree in part, but I think that if you are setting up such a message, it's important that you inform your friends and family of the message while you are still alive, and probably you should also tell them that the message might end up getting sent while you are still alive because you forgot or for some other reason didn't get around to confirming that you are alive still in time.

Post by mk4p » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 7:14 PM UTC

goblin89 wrote: post #192

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…

Kudos for friendly easy-going presentation and sleek implementation, enjoyed checking it out. Would’ve signed up were I in the market!

Post by mk4p » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 7:16 PM UTC

2color wrote: post #314

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…

"The workaround is to POST directly from the browser to an S3 bucket and then handle that AWS event with a Lambda. " Great article and nice project. Do you upload an "event" to a queue type folder on S3? what triggers the Lambda function after the file upload?

Post by mk4p » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 7:18 PM UTC

wglb wrote: post #777

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…

You should do a Show HN for this.

Post by mk4p » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 7:20 PM UTC

_zhku wrote: post #154

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…

This is fantastic, made me laugh. Brilliant idea