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Oh boy, great question. Over the last couple of months, I've been writing apps for a single user: me. Here's what all I've built so far: 1. A custom twitter cl
by paraschopra 8y ago
Oh boy, great question. Over the last couple of months, I've been writing apps for a single user: me. Here's what all I've built so far:
1. A custom twitter client
I feel like tweeting whenever I get an insight so I post a tweet several times a day. But I whenever I used to tweet, I'd get pulled into an endless stream of notifications and timeline. So I wrote myself a client that does only one thing: posting of tweets. It has no timeline, no notification. In case you want to use it, it's hosted on https://tweetaway.herokuapp.com/ https://tweetaway.herokuapp.com/
2. Site-specific search (along with Google)
I find great content on HN, so I built myself a stupidly simple website which opens up Google.com and site:ycombinator.com +keyword whenever I search. Using it, I've come across so many interesting threads that I would have never discovered. E.g. when I searched for entropy, I came across this gem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14709896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14709896
You can access it at https://dualsearch.glitch.me/ https://dualsearch.glitch.me/ (you'll require a Chrome addon to modify Cross-origin headers because Google doesn't open in Iframe)
3. I miss my cat at work, so I built a Chrome plugin that shows an icon of her + a funny one-liner https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/orbit-the-cat/fjnielflhjkmmdldlmhlomnlhkpheeid?hl=en-US&authuser=1 https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/orbit-the-cat/fjni...
4. Last weekend, I wrote a twitter bot that retweets my old tweets that got many retweets (to resurface them in US timezone, because at that time I'm asleep)
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoFor searching HN, also (using searx.me): `ddg !hn topic here`
- gitgud 8y agoThis might be another good option for you! https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com