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solus_factor wrote: post #4

brensudol wrote: post #2

web app code on github: https://github.com/brendansudol/smartful

How do you plan to fill the database? Is it just one big database and you will cycle it or you plan to add to it every day?

I've seeded it with 4 months of data (stored statically in json files for simplicity for now), and have a script to add data for additional days, but the plan is to migrate over to a db (curious to try supabase) so that users can save / like individual entries.

Re: Show HN: Smartful – learn something every day

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Post by swanson » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 8:53 PM UTC

This is neat. You might consider making a twitter / instagram bot version. I like the Word of the Daily and would be nice to mix that into my twitter feed vs getting an email or viewing the page.

Re: Show HN: Smartful – learn something every day

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Post by solus_factor » Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 10:06 PM UTC

brensudol wrote: post #5

solus_factor wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you plan to fill the database? Is it just one big database and you will cycle it or you plan to add to it every day?

I've seeded it with 4 months of data (stored statically in json files for simplicity for now), and have a script to add data for additional days, but the plan is to migrate over to a db (curious to try supabase) so that users can save / like individual entries.

SQLite might be a good choice for a project like this.

So all your sources for all categories are automated? My main worry was if you have to hunt for content manually - that might not be sustainable.

This would also be great for Telegram. You could easily forward daily content into a channel. Or even create a bot that allows people to subscribe only to some categories.

Re: Show HN: Smartful – learn something every day

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Post by BOOSTERHIDROGEN » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 4:07 AM UTC

Nice themes, any static site themes ?