laktek

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   by laktek 9y ago

   Fixed it. Thanks a lot for helping me uncovering the bug and also paying for the service :)
2. 62.▲
   by laktek 9y ago

   Uhh, weird. I just sent you an email.
3. 63.▲
   by laktek 9y ago

   Stripe. I recently integrated their Payment Request Button https://stripe.com/docs/stripe-js/elements/payment-request-b...
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   by laktek 9y ago

   I built Screen.rip, which also supports PDF generation. https://screen.rip/#pdf Screen.rip gives you more control over the generated PDF beyond Puppeteer's options (like it can wait for certain elements to appear, inje
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   by laktek 9y ago

   Nice work! I also built something very similar called Page.REST (Show HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15189099 ) Page.REST supports extracting contents using CSS selectors. oEmbed and OpenGraph tags. Also, do
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   by laktek 9y ago

   What are the current best practices available for responsive emails? Also, how's the client support looks like for stuff like CSS3 media queries?
7. 67.▲
   by laktek 9y ago

   Yes https://screen.rip/#pdf
8. 68.▲
   by laktek 9y ago

   Can you share more details of your setup? (my contact details are on profile)
9. 69.▲
   by laktek 9y ago

   In Screen.rip, generated PDF is a real PDF, which you can select and annotate. Check https://screen.rip/#pdf
10. 70.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    I found a lot of use cases for web scraping is kinda ad-hoc and usually, occurs as part of another task (eg. a research project or enhancing a record). I ended up releasing a simple hosted API service called Page.REST ( https://pa
11. 71.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    I was tweaking the font-setup to support full unicode ranges. Maybe a result of it.
12. 72.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    I want that on all APIs but I don't think Bitcoin or Ethereum is suitable for such micro-payments. Waiting for something like lightning network to be adopted.
13. 73.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    Felt 365 days is ok in terms of security as well. For example, if you lose the token (aka dead project) and someone get hold of the key starts using it for abuse. This way we have at least an annual check of the keys.
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    by laktek 9y ago

    Thanks Peter (I'm big fan of Cooper Press). I actually tried to make the font rendering better. Installed few custom fonts and also tweaked few system options. I agree it might not be crisp as macOS. Wonder if hardcore Linux desktop en
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    by laktek 9y ago

    Thanks a lot David! Yeah, Screencasts seems like a natural progression to the API. Will explore.
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    by laktek 9y ago

    Thanks! Will try to add the Stripe's new Payment Request API buttons, so payments are carried out from the Apple / Google pay.
17. 77.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    This is what I want to have too! Machine payable web. Hopefully, something like Ethereum / Lightning network would make the micro-transactions viable in the future.
18. 78.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    Yeah, that'd something nice to build. To connect localhost to web, maybe Ngrok?
19. 79.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    I call this the coffee profitable :) First step to Ramen profitability.
20. 80.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    Yes absolutely! You just have to pay for an API token.
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    by laktek 9y ago

    I mean to evolve the product screenshots as you ship more features or make cosmetic changes to the app. I assume it's PITA to keep the screenshots consistent with the actual app UI.
22. 82.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    100s of millions over a time period? You can keep buying more tokens as you run out of request quotas.
23. 83.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    Yes, I blogged about it on the experience of releasing Page.REST https://www.laktek.com/what-i-learned-from-building-pagerest... (and people have purchased Screen.rip tokens in the last hour or so :))
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    by laktek 9y ago

    Thanks for the idea, was thinking of exploring screencasting possibility as a next step.
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    by laktek 9y ago

    It does! check emojipedia.com and popular non US sites like taobao.com. I did that heavy lifting ;)
26. 86.▲
    by laktek 9y ago

    And I'm interested to talk more about remote debugging use case. Feel free to drop me a DM on Twitter (@laktek) :)
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    by laktek 9y ago

    Thanks for the comment! So both Screen.rip and Page.REST are my way of validating the market. I don't expect these API services to be the end product (but rather the building blocks for bigger ideas). However, APIs do seem to arouse cu
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    by laktek 9y ago

    Yeah, based on Puppeteer and Headless Chrome. You can set it up on your own VPS. That would mean you are paying at least $5 a month plus your time to maintain it. I believe it's not worth the hassle, especially if it's for a non-p
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    by laktek 9y ago

    Also with screen.rip, you can run a custom JS before capturing the screenshot and also can wait for certain elements to appear (which is quite important today with client-side rendered sites) Disclaimer: I created screen.rip
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    Show HN: Screen.rip – API for capturing web screenshots(screen.rip)

    195 points by laktek 9y ago|120 comments