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v33raon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

I write about web, JavaScript, React and technical how-to-s.

v33raon Ask HN: Notes, mind-maps, browser tabs all in one solution?

I am the developer of https://mindsaha.com/ that aims at combining mind maps, notes, bookmark saving and a simple task management as well. I currently do not support screenshots, drawings though.

If this is something you are curious about, do let me know, I'll be happy to provide you an early access to try it out.

v33raon Wordle-Solver – solves 99.7% of common five-letter English words

that would be `JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("gameState")).solution` ;)

v33raon Wordle-Solver – solves 99.7% of common five-letter English words

I have a web UI that does the exact same thing. https://veerasundar.com/wordle - you input Wordle results and it suggest words. It sourced the list of words from the Wordle itself.

v33raon Minify Your SVGs

v33raon Gitflow – Animated in React

Sure.. will add the command log

v33raon Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

Mine made with HTML + CSS. I made it sure that the whole page fits in a A4 Size so that I can easily export it as a PDF to be shared with recruiters. I also make sure to send the URL of my resume (https://veerasundar.com/resume/) along with the PDF. (bit outdated, though! :)

v33raon The 2018 Web Developer Roadmap

And it is also difficult to get started with a new project. You need to setup multitude of tools just to see a production worthy `Hello World` app.

v33raon The 2018 Web Developer Roadmap

Surprised that there's not a single mention of Accessibility as part of Front end developer road map.

v33raon Isro’s new GSLV Mk III rocket places GSAT-19 communication satellite in orbit

and the one that has potential to take an Indian to the moon.

v33raon Ask HN: Are plain resumes still relevant today?

It's the mark percentage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_India

v33raon Ask HN: Are plain resumes still relevant today?

I use a resume which I hand coded in HTML&css and while sending it to HR folks, I manually turn the HTML page into a PDF and usually include a reference to the online version too (http://veerasundar.com/resume)

v33raon Introduction to Higher Order Functions

Been using these for a long time but never realized that there's a technical term. Closure and callback functions are the terms that I know of about returning functions from and passing functions to other functions.

v33raon Amazon.com redesign

Screenshots or it didn't happen!

v33raon Show HN: Open source, JavaScript game

you're welcome.

v33raon Show HN: Open source, JavaScript game

I haven't cleaned up the code yet, it's not even linted. coming releases will fix this.

v33raon Show HN: Track changes in product price, get notifications by email

Cheap pass or cheap ass?

v33raon Ask HN: Idea Sunday

I made this: http://countrack.me - which is somewhat relevant to what you are asking.

v33raon 2048 ♥ ★

backbone port of 2048 game. Added one more level of complexity - now along with the numbers, at least one symbol also has to match for the tiles to merge.

Source: http://github.com/vraa/2048

v33raon Poll: Do you prefer front end or back end work?

My preference is like (Backend - Database) + Front End!

v33raon Google Treks

The camera machine can be seen very clearly in this video: http://youtu.be/cn7AFhVEI5o?t=43s

v33raon A Million Engineers in India Are Struggling to Find a Job

20 years back, there were only few (say, 10~20) educational institutions (IITs & Government colleges) around India that offered engineering degrees. So, getting into them were really hard and only few of the bright students could make it into these engineering colleges. And these institutions produced real engineers, who are all now in higher levels at several tech/Govt companies.

Now, there are at least 500 'Engineering' colleges in my state itself (Tamilnadu). Most of them were started by politicians just to make money. Providing quality education is not their objective, but to lure the not-so-bright students join Engineering after taking a huge money from him/her (they call it as 'Donation', but it is mandatory).

So, when these students complete Engineering degree from these so called 'engineering' colleges, they are getting a degree just for the namesake. They are not accumulating the knowledge like an IIT student. Obviously, they struggle to find a good job without proper knowledge.

It is very sad that everything (education, health, even basic necessities like water) has become a business in India. Money-making is the people's only motive and they forget ethics. :(

v33raon Poll: What Language would/do you use to build a web application

JavaScript.

And, why no JavaScript?

v33raon Show HN: While waiting for connecting flight, made this JS game

I had to show the result of the game to the player before starting the next game. so, added the retry button.

but I can add a count down timer (may be 3 seconds) after which the retry button will be auto-clicked.

v33raon Show HN: While waiting for connecting flight, made this JS game

while testing, I did see few bot wins.. but, yeah, the bot logic could be optimized.

v33raon Google Maps: “Treasure Map” mode

Here's Gangnam style: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=hong+kong&ll=37.504415,12...

v33raon Show HN: I made a chart of Google Reader alternatives with my new app

All I am seeing is a table (not a chart). Am I missing something?

v33raon Stack Overflow was down

If the long name is too hard to remember: http://isup.me/ e.g. http://isup.me/stackoverflow.com

v33raon Show HN: ppl - The Command Line Address Book

I don't get the 'decentralized' part.

Can I do a pull/push-like commands to a different repo from this app?

v33raon dōmo: Markup, style, and code in one language

CAPITAL LETTERS!? SERIOUSLY?