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Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

1901 points l2silver | 1 comments | 27 Apr 23 15:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.327s | source

Maybe you've created your own AR program for wearables that shows the definition of a word when you highlight it IRL, or you've built a personal calendar app for your family to display on a monitor in the kitchen. Whatever it is, I'd love to hear it.
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rozenmd ◴[28 Apr 23 06:02 UTC] No.35737973[source]▶
I originally built OnlineOrNot (https://onlineornot.com) to have a convenient way to convince my contracting clients that their hosting sucks.

They'd be like "Oh but I pay $5/mo for this wordpress host, it's fine?" and I'd send them a report saying their website was offline for say 10 hours that week, and to calculate how much being offline for 10 hours would cost them.

Eventually a client asked to be setup with their own account, so I took the time to go full-SaaS.

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shruggedatlas ◴[28 Apr 23 21:57 UTC] No.35747590[source]▶
How frequently does it ping the target site?
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1. rozenmd ◴[29 Apr 23 03:49 UTC] No.35749849[source]▶
It can do a check every 30 seconds, but users configure it as needed