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GFuller··on Show HN: A simple Poker API to calculate the winning hand/s
This is actually a side-project of a side-project, so I wanted to have a go at building the algo myself for a bit of fun/learning. I’m using Ruby under the hood...
GFuller··on Show HN: ProductHunt (v0.1) but purely for crypto projects
Lately, I have been coming across a lot of really cool crypto projects that seem to get very little coverage in the ProductHunt community. They have a crypto topic but I think we are getting to a point where there is so much going on in the crypto space it might justify a daily list of it's own.
GFuller··on Show HN: Gains Supply – Discover the best new bodybuilding articles and products
No analysis yet. Just getting the ball rolling with feeds from selected blogs and youtube channels.

I'm hoping that, over time, the community will weed out the good articles from the bad.

GFuller··on Show HN: Gains Supply – Discover the best new bodybuilding articles and products
I created Gains Supply because I'm interested in bodybuilding and I'd genuinely like to start a community that features and discusses helpful articles and products in that niche. I Hope posting it here doesn't come across too spammy, just looking for early users.
GFuller··on Show HN: Extract a unique CSS selector for any element on any page
There should be a red 'Close' button in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. I'll add the option to use ESC as well.
GFuller··on Show HN: Extract a unique CSS selector for any element on any page
The purpose of this bookmarklet is to provide a streamlined method of getting the selector without having to go into the source or use chrome tools.

There is also the problem of using ids. For example in Flutter I may want to auto tweet out the top post in a list of posts on a blog. If the posts have individual ids, and the CSS selector includes them, every time Flutter tries to scrape new content it will get the same post. I want the unique selector for the page element. i.e. the first post in the list.

GFuller··on Show HN: Extract a unique CSS selector for any element on any page
I use Selector Gadget too and I was recommending users of Flutter use it to get selectors. However, I'm trying to make the process of getting a unique selector for any element so simple it won't put anyone off. This bookmarklet avoids the need to deselect things and once an element is selected it's just a case of CMD/CTRL + C.
GFuller··on Show HN: Extract a unique CSS selector for any element on any page
You're right. However, the purpose of this bookmarklet is to provide a streamlined method of getting the selector without having to go into the source. Using 'inspect element' is easy for me and you but for some people its enough to put them off trying to get the selector.
GFuller··on Ask HN: Have you converted to software engineering from another profession?
That's an interesting statement. Why do you think programming is easier than 'real' engineering?
GFuller··on Ask HN: Have you converted to software engineering from another profession?
That's cool. Unfortunately, I do have overheads, not kids, but enough to prevent me jumping straight out of work into a startup business.
GFuller··on Ask HN: Have you converted to software engineering from another profession?
Good for you! :)

Do you have any advice?

GFuller··on Ask HN: Have you converted to software engineering from another profession?
Thanks for your answer.

Out of interest, were you working in a manufacturing position when you wrote the software for your business or did you spot the opportunity from the outside?

GFuller··on Show HN: Recurring tweets for Dynamic Content
Hi all,

Flutter makes it possible to tweet out, on a recurring schedule, any dynamic content on the web. On a previous project, I wanted to automatically tweet out the oil price on a recurring schedule. Yes, I could have built a one-off solution for this but I thought it might be cool to make it a generic reusable tool. I think it has some potential as a type of growth hacking / social media automation tool but would like to see what everyone else thinks.

GFuller··on Keeping track of hypotheses, experiments and goals in startups
I've had the same problem. I tried using Basecamp, Trello cards, and spreadsheets, but none really helped organize my thoughts how I wanted. What I did want was somewhere I could define ideas, define tests / hypotheses, and collect feedback so that I could see all this information in one space.

I ended turning this problem into a side project (leanlab.io) which you could checkout ;). I also know that Javelin are doing something similar with experiments (experiments.javelin.com).

GFuller··on Ask HN: Did you start a company whilst employed?
I actually agree with everyone saying to be upfront with your employer. But in my own situation I don't think it is required. I work in the oil & gas industry as an engineer but build web apps on the side. My employers simply wouldn't see any real value to them in what I'm doing. Also my contract does not make any claims to ownership of things I build in my own time.
GFuller··on Ask HN: Did you start a company whilst employed?
Thanks, I was hoping for some personal stories.

I'm at a stage where I've worked for a significant amount of time on one project outside work that hasn't really been successful. I'm now working on a few things and trying to validate the ideas with customers before building them out properly.

GFuller··on Ask HN: Did you start a company whilst employed?
Thanks, this is along the lines of what I've been thinking. Although some have said to be upfront with your employer. My current employment is in an unrelated industry. I'm sure nothing good could come from letting my employers know that I'm working on something in my spare time. Especially when I can't be sure what I start will work.