ahanmal

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   by ahanmal 12y ago

   That's not a bad idea. I just priced it out and it comes to around $60 per month. Much cheaper, except now I need to pick up the cost of New Relic or an equivalent service.
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   by ahanmal 12y ago

   Yup. I am not that excited about the changes. I run a production web app on 2 dynos with 1 standard PostgreSQL DB and SSL, and my bill is over $100 per month. I am looking to moving over to DigitalOcean, where an equivalent setup starts at
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   by ahanmal 12y ago

   Thanks! No rate limiting - I've signed a contract with M-W allowing unlimited use for 1 year for $XXXX. You can check out the their API at http://dictionaryapi.com/ . I use https://github.com/gniquil&#x2
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   by ahanmal 12y ago

   Thanks! There is really no algorithm, all I do is take individual words from a document or the inputed text, and call Merriam Webster's API with it. In the future, I plan on expanding to include foreign languages.
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   by ahanmal 12y ago

   If the sheets are handed to a teacher, there is clear Vocabulist branding. The teacher should know that something's fishy. The main idea is for students to study. I'll probably change the front page text in the near future.
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   by ahanmal 12y ago

   Actually, as a High School Student, I feel that students waste a lot of time copying definitions from around the web. I would copy them into Quizlet, and then memorize them. Vocabulary is all about memorization, and unless you are hand typi
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   by ahanmal 12y ago

   Thanks for the complement! I'm actually a HS student, so I have limited time to work on it and market it. I'm trying to get it into the hands of students and teachers. I've been working with the Director of Ed Tech at my scho
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   by ahanmal 12y ago

   Just scaled up some more Heroku instances. It should be good to go.
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   Show HN: Vocabulist – Automatically Fill Out Vocabulary Sheets(vocabulist.com)

   10 points by ahanmal 12y ago|14 comments