Show HN : Browse and copy hundreds of tiny ASCII creatures

#1

Post by sathish_2705 » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 1:21 AM UTC

A collection of quirky ASCII creatures you can copy in one click

Show HN : Browse and copy hundreds of tiny ASCII creatures
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Re: Show HN : Browse and copy hundreds of tiny ASCII creatures

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Post by mockingloris » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 1:58 AM UTC

Say, your link requires gmail auth and I don't even know if I like it or no.

Unsolicited advice:

  - Show a small subset (10 from the "...hundreds of tini ASCII creatures") for people to see. Then if user wants more, tell them to authenticate.

  - Gmail only? ...

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Re: Show HN : Browse and copy hundreds of tiny ASCII creatures

#3

Post by anigbrowl » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 2:16 AM UTC

> wants my email before showing me anything

> hijacks my browser's Back button

So far you're doing everything wrong

Re: Show HN : Browse and copy hundreds of tiny ASCII creatures

#4

Post by fuzzfactor » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 4:18 AM UTC

You can't actually fully "browse" unless there is no friction at all, especially not a sign-in.

This is a page with nothing useful whatsoever, only a sign-in, the kind of thing that signals to old or new web surfers that they are not welcome.

Seems to me if anybody could actually copy anything useful with one click it would be on a regular ordinary web page, not in a private repository.