Doge as a Service

#1

Post by cuticles » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 8:07 PM UTC

Doge as a Service
dogr.io

Re: Doge as a Service

#2

Post by dan-g » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 8:22 PM UTC

Whatever you do, don't copy and paste the image URL into say, IRC, for example.

Big mistake.

Re: Doge as a Service

#3

Post by lini » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 8:37 PM UTC

Perhaps you need to add some checks so different lines of text don't overlap on the image when their random positions are too close together.

Re: Doge as a Service

#4

Post by carbocation » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 8:40 PM UTC

Such sad

OMG no persistence!

Very copy/paste

(It provides the output as CData, so it doesn't give you a URL that you can then copy/paste to send to friends. You would have to save the image locally and then upload it somewhere first. Maybe plug this into imgur in the backend and redirect to an imgur URL if someone clicks on 'View'?)

Re: Doge as a Service

#5

Post by GuiA » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 8:50 PM UTC

Congrats on posting about something you did on HN! Here's some feedback:

- Like a lot of such generators, you make the mistake of picking random x,y coordinates and not checking for collisions, which can result in situations like that (http://i.imgur.com/M7LyPqD.png)

- generating a nicer URL, as other commenters have pointed out, would be nice

- just as a FYI, when products use the terminology "as a service", it's typically because the product can be used in a programmatic way (i.e. it exposes its functionality through an API). That would be a good next step for your project!

Re: Doge as a Service

#6

Post by codazzo » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 8:57 PM UTC

GuiA wrote: post #5

Congrats on posting about something you did on HN! Here's some feedback: - Like a lot of such generators, you make the mistake of picking random x,y coordinates and not checking for collisions, which can result in situations like that ( http://i.imgur.com/M7LyPqD.png ) - generating a nicer URL, as other commenters have pointed out, would be nice - just as a FYI, when products use the terminology "as a service", it's…

Hi, I'm the creator of dogr actually. I'm not sure who posted this to HN :) Thanks for the feedback! Doge-as-a-service is a just funny name. Not sure who would have a need for such a thing.

Re: Doge as a Service

#7

Post by codazzo » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 9:01 PM UTC

lini wrote: post #3

Perhaps you need to add some checks so different lines of text don't overlap on the image when their random positions are too close together.

Yup, that's definitely coming.

Re: Doge as a Service

#8

Post by codazzo » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 9:03 PM UTC

carbocation wrote: post #4

Such sad OMG no persistence! Very copy/paste (It provides the output as CData, so it doesn't give you a URL that you can then copy/paste to send to friends. You would have to save the image locally and then upload it somewhere first. Maybe plug this into imgur in the backend and redirect to an imgur URL if someone clicks on 'View'?)

Hi, thanks for the feedback. Upload to imgur is definitely coming!

Re: Doge as a Service

#9

Post by thebenedict » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 10:25 PM UTC

I don't know why I find doge so funny, but this is great. Unfortunately "very view" causes Chrome and Chrome Beta to crash on a Nexus 5/Android 4.4.2. I get the idea though.

What does the tech stack look like? Is it open source?

Re: Doge as a Service

#10

Post by codazzo » Sun, Dec 22, 2013, 10:33 PM UTC

thebenedict wrote: post #9

I don't know why I find doge so funny, but this is great. Unfortunately "very view" causes Chrome and Chrome Beta to crash on a Nexus 5/Android 4.4.2. I get the idea though. What does the tech stack look like? Is it open source?

Hi, thanks! It's a node app with some simple canvas rendering code. The rendering code is shared by the client and server. The text splitting is rather simple too but I had fun writing it. It's open-source of course! https://github.com/codazzo/dogr