WikiTok

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 actually, I believe because wikipedia's api is very permissive and you can just make the requests in the frontend. So you just simply request random articles, get some snippets, and the image attached!

I used Claude and cursor do 90% of the heavy lifting, so I am positive there's plenty of room for optimizations. But right now as it stands, it's quite fun to play with, even without anything very sophisticated.

Here is the source code. https://github.com/IsaacGemal/wikitok

Kudos for the anthropological experiment. Indeed makes you wonder what's there about the sliding that makes it so entertaining.

I suggest you add some sort of summary that flows, so to add certain level of animation. Some articles have actual sound and animations to them.

Great inspiration!

> Indeed makes you wonder what's there about the sliding that makes it so entertaining.

Check out "skinner box" - the fact that you may get something interesting or may not is more exciting than just getting something good. They're lootboxes of information/entertainment.