Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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Post by frasermarlow » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC

vldszn wrote: post #20

Looks very good! Thank you

Thanks. Being on Hacker News is fun. But it turns out to be expensive too if your project takes off and Firebase charges for downloads!

Re: Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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Post by frasermarlow » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC

strider_2018 wrote: post #14

I made an account just to say thank you. Really great work. I would love to see a map of the first age events.

If I can find the right source materials, then challenge accepted.

Re: Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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Post by freakynit » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

As much hate as vibe-coding gets (and most of it is justified), it has also allowed all of us to vibe-code our thoughts to small single-page web apps very easily.

Shameless vibe-coded plugs for my own regular usage:

1. https://llm-token-cost-calculator.pagey.site/

2. https://metrics-memory-usage.pagey.site/

Re: Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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Post by frasermarlow » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC

freakynit wrote: post #23

As much hate as vibe-coding gets (and most of it is justified), it has also allowed all of us to vibe-code our thoughts to small single-page web apps very easily. Shameless vibe-coded plugs for my own regular usage: 1. https://llm-token-cost-calculator.pagey.site/ 2. https://metrics-memory-usage.pagey.site/

Yeah, for sure. Vibe coding has it's place, I think. It's the people who pretend to build production-ready systems that are just hollow shells that give it a bad name. It is what it is. I vibe-coded this game and I take pride in it: https://frasermarlow.github.io/vibe-star-chase/

Re: Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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Post by frasermarlow » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC

topherjaynes wrote: post #5

One doesn't simply vibe code into Mordor!(but seriously love this)

LOL

Re: Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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Post by jcstryker » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC

Great work! A window into one of the most important universe we have created.

Any chance you would be willing to share the source code?

Re: Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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Post by frasermarlow » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC

pants2 wrote: post #12

Would love just for fun to feed this through an image generator to make it look like satellite imagery or maybe even Google Maps.

Hey @pants2, I put something together for you. It's pretty rough, but if you take the time to respond here, that will be the motivation I need to clean this up and make it work properly. https://middle-earth-interactive-map.web.app/index.html?view...

Re: Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth

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Post by frasermarlow » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC

jcstryker wrote: post #26

Great work! A window into one of the most important universe we have created. Any chance you would be willing to share the source code?

Sure, it's public; https://github.com/frasermarlow/middle-earth-map