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bensampson··on Show HN: Procedurally generated shirts from Wikipedia
Correct, Printful, it's a great platform :)
bensampson··on Show HN: Procedurally generated shirts from Wikipedia
The MediaWiki API, hosts a collection of over 5.7 million articles. Hope this helps!
bensampson··on Show HN: Procedurally generated shirts from Wikipedia
Thanks for your input, wingerlang! I completely agree, these kind of shirts do exist and there's definitely a market for them. But Wikishirts literally offers 5.7 million unique shirts, an unmatched degree of specialization that, I think, makes the shirt very personal.
bensampson··on Show HN: Procedurally generated shirts from Wikipedia
Hi everyone!

I built this site because I realised that there are a lot of people that don't fit the general interests and materialism thta fashion companies think their target customer values, and for good reason. Shirts for hackers, developers, and blockchain-enthusiasts won't sell too well.

But I think more specialisation/personalization results in higher personal satisfaction and happier customers.

Print-on-demand offers this but not everyone is a graphic designer.

So I noticed there's probably a big market(this included me) and made something that lets any one find a Wikipedia article and order a T-shirt that takes an extract from that article.

I'm no fashion guru or enthusiast, but when I wear something I want it to say something about me or initate conversation.

Tell me what you think! Just looking for some feedback :)

bensampson··on Show HN: Learn blockchain with a handbook full of interactive examples
Hey everyone,

I'm sure some of you have been down the Bitcoin or blockchain internet rabbit hole once or twice. I normally come out with questions or confusions.

I wrote, proofread, and coded the interactive examples for this short book in 7 days. This handbook is meant for anyone, and I hope helps some of you wrap your head around some of the things I struggled to understand.

Just looking for some feedback :-)

bensampson··on Show HN: Rewardist – Digital loyalty cards for coffee shops
Hey everyone! Excited to share Rewardist.io with you all :) For some context, I'm 15 y/o and I live in Melbourne, AU so there’s a bunch of cafes around here, and they'll always give me some kind of loyalty card.

I’ll almost invariably lose it the next day, they take up space in my wallet, there’s normally only one reward on there and sometimes I don’t even want it. Not to mention the hassle (and expense) for businesses to print and maintain their loyalty cards.

Rewardist offers digital loyalty cards, meaning customers use their smartphone to scan a QR code (on a tablet) get “stamps” and redeem rewards rather than be given a physical card that gets actually stamped. Flexible, hassle-free, simple, and profitable :)