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by aizk 2y ago
https://x.com/rauchg/status/1886807959340245137
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by aizk 2y ago
Looking into it more, the random isn't exactly random https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#random
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by aizk 2y ago
The only caveat I feel is that the speed of the API is definitely not comparable to something more purpose built for this kind of scale, but overall I'm happy as it works well enough that I don't have to think about it too hard.
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by aizk 2y ago
As soon as I saw the tweet, I realized the opportunity was there waiting for me. And also, twitter's algorithm is REALLY good at pairing the right tweets to one another, so many people saw those two tweets side by side, which added to
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by aizk 2y ago
Right now it's 85% usage on mobile. Also, I don't really find the pixelated images to be that detracting on desktop (though, I'm a small macbook, ymmv on a giant 4k display). I haven't tested on a screen that large.
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by aizk 2y ago
Personally I see it as implying two things - Infinite scrolling - Heavily curated algorithms Although in this instance, it's just selecting from wikipedia randomly
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by aizk 2y ago
On one hand I am thinking about what a very basic algorithm would like (maybe even just categories I might do) and maybe how it would make people happy. On the other hand, I'm not sure exactly the details of wikipedia's api TOS. A
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by aizk 2y ago
Hi! I'm the dev here! I built this on a whim at after seeing someone ask for it on twitter. It was 12:30 at night but I couldn't pass down the opportunity to build it. The code is very simple, there's no backend at all actual
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by aizk 2y ago
I forgot google fiber existed, but more shocked that google hasn't cancelled it.
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by aizk 2y ago
one useful UV alias I use is uvsys='uv pip install --system' So I can just do uv {package} for a quick and dirty global install. I'm so used to pip install being global by default just making this shorthand makes things a bi
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by aizk 2y ago
Great website!
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by aizk 2y ago
Wow, I had no idea ghostty was this much of a big deal. Really cool!