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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 | 2 comments | 07 Sep 25 10:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.472s | 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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dhruvbird ◴[07 Sep 25 15:49 UTC] No.45159241[source]▶
This is awesome! After about 50 attempts, I have a much better sense of what to look out for when I see something. I wish there were more such focused apps. for specific specific health related things.
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sungam ◴[07 Sep 25 15:53 UTC] No.45159292[source]▶
Thanks, I am pleased you found it useful. This is exactly how a dermatologist learns to recognise skin cancer - by making decisions and then getting feedback. I think anyone can improve dramatically with an hour or so of practice and then this skill is useful lifelong.
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1. dhruvbird ◴[07 Sep 25 16:50 UTC] No.45159822[source]▶
I wonder if most people get the same things wrong. I checked your other comments and noticed that there is no server side component. In case you add one, I would be really interested in knowing which ones are most confused, and in which direction.
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2. sungam ◴[07 Sep 25 19:15 UTC] No.45161275[source]▶
Yes I could add this quite easily - will do in the next version