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Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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This is really cool! How did you do the encoding though?

Thank you! Most of the heavy lifting is done by the lz-string library[0], the compression works well for small text files, sometimes the URL out will be shorter than the input in that case. Things like images work out to be hundreds of URLs unfortunately. [0] https://pieroxy.net/blog/pages/lz-string/index.html

Cool! Yeah I tried a pdf and it generated a bunch of URLs ;)

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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WOOF! Sometimes it doesn’t load the MS data because the website I’m scraping changes their tables. I get the data per request...never got around to scraping it and saving it from a DB, which would be more reliable even if they changed their HTML markup

I made an Android app to do the same at the beginning of Lockdown for my country, South Africa. Was quite a cathartic experience. Just being an observer helped me to deal with the situation... Then the guys doing the data moved their table and broke my app. Lucky I found a more reliable source. The app still works, I check it every morning. Anyway I found an international api here: https://github.com/ExpDev07/coronav…

Cool! We had the same idea with the NYTimes data :)

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

#543

It's simple, but essentially I built a super simple landing page and pay wall for any live class or any other link or digital good. My friend is a yoga instructor and wanted something more simple than her existing setup. Mostly have yoga instructors on the platform currently and am thinking about other product enhancements geared towards online instructors and classes. Check it out here: http://classup.io/

You should consider bundling video yourself and charging for it. Could use something like Mux.com to power it without much trouble.

Thanks for this feedback, was just researching options, including Mux for video, and have been speaking to existing instructors to see if they're willing to jump to a new video platform.

Some teachers like Zoom to facilitate Q&A, chat etc., but there might be enough that simply want the all-in solution to make the jump.

Thanks again!

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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I'm in the middle of doing the same. It's more of a little porch-deck thing--only a couple feet off the ground, underlying structure mostly sound, etc. The problem I ran into was that I underbought decking boards and now the local Home Depot has been out for the past few weeks. I want to get the same boards so they match so I'm hesitant to shop elsewhere right now. Talked to some folks and it's apparently not any maj…

I would guess you could put in a special order and then you'd just have to wait for the next time they get a shipment.

Replying a bit late, but the items I need are not available for ordering to a store for pickup. I only have the option to order future delivery to my home for (what appears to be $79 on the website but I haven't dug into that option because I'm not interested). I'll just wait for them to restock.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

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I made a CLI to simplify navigating through directories on the terminal. When I started it I did not know about cdd but in the end it did a lot more than that. I use it everyday and would love it if anyone could give a review. I would love it if I am not the only one using it.

https://github.com/nsr-py/Teleporter

I know this a basic project but I also finally started learning web development in this lockdown and target to come back here to talk about a better project than this. Till then, Peace.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

#549
I improved a small game I have created a few years ago https://www.freememorygame.com . added a few features and it became very popular during quarantine time for kids and pre-school to play online with their tutors and teachers. It is a memory and matching card game you can build and create using your own uploaded photos.

Re: Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

#550
Great idea!

The lockdown was actually a very productive period for me and I've managed to launch a project that I've postponed for a long time:

https://www.fonts.do - the largest database of premium fonts, with more than 137,000 items

PS: I've submitted Fonts.do to your directory and I hope it'll be featured :) Thx!

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