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Re: Show HN: NeedleDrop – Guess the movie from a song

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Post by wernah »

WesleyJohnson wrote: post #9

Congrats on shipping! I enjoyed today's puzzle; love that movie. I found myself wanting to stop the song while I typed my answer, because it was a bit distracting. But I guess that's part of the game, right? If you stopped the song, you could "think on it" for minutes before typing your answer. Fun concept.

I originally had the default 'pause' functionality up until yesterday but a lot of friends had given the feedback that it can exploited and that a running clock adds to the gametime pressure.

Re: Show HN: NeedleDrop – Guess the movie from a song

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Post by lelandfe »

Congrats - works and looks good.

It's worth noting AI's current limitation for sites: pretty poor accessibility. Consider adding some "screen reader hidden" text for the menu link, and try using the interface with your keyboard (tabbing around). Happy to go into more detail if you want, or email in bio.

Re: Show HN: NeedleDrop – Guess the movie from a song

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Post by farleykr »

kfichter wrote: post #12

A few different movies have this song in it, would be cool to accept any of the correct answers, depending on how easy that is.

I was going to mention the same issue. Not sure how the site decides which is the correct answer, especially considering both possible answers were available in the autocomplete selections.

Re: Show HN: NeedleDrop – Guess the movie from a song

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Post by wernah »

kfichter wrote: post #12

A few different movies have this song in it, would be cool to accept any of the correct answers, depending on how easy that is.

I considered this, but given the way the clues are revealed i think I had to commit to a single answer per needledrop. I mentioned in the 'how to play' disclaimer the subjective nature of the curated list: We’ve selected what we believe to be the first or most iconic instance of each Needle Drop.

Doesn't make it any less frustrating when it doesn't accept a technically correct answer though.

Re: Show HN: NeedleDrop – Guess the movie from a song

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Post by 7moritz7 »

wernah wrote: post #4
AdamTReineke wrote: post #3

Make sure you know the cost to serve that 2MB MP3, especially if you're go viral.

I quickly learned to set up AWS billing alerts, is there anything else I should keep an eye on?

There doesn't seem to be a ratelimit on your most expensive ressource, the mp3 files on AWS. I checked with cURL, you can do the same. For this web app you should ratelimit the ressource aggressively because of how the game works.
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