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Show HN: I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning app

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423 points sungam | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 10:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source

Coded using Gemini Pro 2.5 (free version) in about 2-3 hours.

Single file including all html/js/css, Vanilla JS, no backend, scores persisted with localStorage.

Deployed using ubuntu/apache2/python/flask on a £5 Digital Ocean server (but could have been hosted on a static hosting provider as it's just a single page with no backend).

Images / metadata stored in an AWS S3 bucket.

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y-curious ◴[07 Sep 25 13:28 UTC] No.45157986[source]▶
Half of these basal cell carcinomas look like picked pimples. Are there any sort of protocols for self screening for carcinomas a la self-testing ones testicles? I've never heard of anything other than the ABCDE for moles
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1. sungam ◴[07 Sep 25 13:37 UTC] No.45158042[source]▶
Look for any new skin lesion that is not resolving with time especially if persisting for a number of months. You can take photos of different body sites and repeat every couple of months and then put the two photos side by side on a computer screen to look for any difference. If unsure about the lesions that are present then worth getting a full skin check with a dermatologist as a baseline so that you then just need to look for new/changing lesions.

Photos of basal cell carcinoma (no affiliation): https://dermnetnz.org/topics/basal-cell-carcinoma