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Although it does work!

Many thanks to ChatGPT for helping me create this in about 30 minutes, having never worked with PDF manipulation in JavaScript before.

This is/was a joke for April Fools Day, FWIW.

FYI, the coupon code "hackernews" is only for 90% off.

And this is why I am hesitant to install any and all Chrome extensions.

Well done!

HyperCard was ahead of its time, and I still don’t think we’ve seen a solution as approachable and flexible.

I plan to continue to offer it for free, as the costs are so minimal and I want to use this service myself anyway.

Eventually, I may offer very minimal text-based links to Amazon and other stores for relevant lightbulbs, batteries, etc. (when you click on a "thing" in your house), and those affiliate fees would be more than enough to cover my hosting costs. I want to be clear, those links would be something like "Find a replacement lightbulb on Amazon". That's it.

There is no intention of making this project a unicorn.

I don't have plans to release the source, but I do have plans to make the data easily downloadable.

Regardless of this app and speaking just as a spouse, I think it's important to feel like YOU accomplished something, regardless of whether anyone sees an official record saying that you did. Weekends fly by and I feel like I didn't tackle anything, but some sort of record (piece of paper, this website, etc.) can help remind me that, oh right, I did shovel the driveway five times and that's why I didn't get around to vacuuming the floors.

Not currently but that’s something I’d like to add!

I do start all users off with a “default” house, so that it’s a little easier to get started.

It’s Bootstrap.

Yeah, that could absolutely be said for basically any website or app idea. And I totally get it. But there's sometimes a nice feeling to officially see your accomplishments logged somewhere. I focused on the ease-of-use -- click on the room, click one of the things in the room (that it already knows about from past interactions), and then click what you did to that thing (again, knowing what you've done to it in the past). It was a fun challenge.

In terms of data portability, one of the next features I'm working on is letting everyone easily download all of their data -- as JSON, XLSX, and CSV. Then you can leave whenever you choose.

Good luck with your house hunt and if you start to use this, please don't hesitate to submit a few feature requests!

Thank you! Please post any additional feedback or ideas that you care to share.

One weekend, I had somehow successfully repaired my dishwasher (turns out it was just a bad fuse that cost $10 to replace), and three smoke detectors simultaneously needed batteries replaced. So at that point, I realized:

1) I wish I could record this very proud achievement of mine (regarding the dishwasher). And also make a note of where I got the fuse, how I fixed it, etc., in case it broke again. 2) I wish that I kept better track of when I replaced my smoke detector batteries, along with other routine household activities.

And so here we are! This idea expanded into -- what if I could log whenever I did tasks like this around the house/yard and also jot down details (model numbers, battery types, etc.) about appliances and other household objects so that I could quickly reference them whenever they're needed.

Give it a try and let me know your thoughts, positive or negative!

Any favorite video tutorials?

Sheepishly, I have not. Sounds like a good place to start! Thank you!

I work all day at a computer. I enjoy spending time away from the screen — I find it easier to absorb new information and harder to be distracted.

Bonus points: I'd like to be reading about a recent version of React, not a book that was published in 2018.

Thanks for the kind words! Let me know if there’s any product you want me to add!

Update: I made $6 yesterday because someone bought 1,200 bouncy balls.

For me, https://unitprice.org and https://okaycup.com — These track prices on Amazon for certain sets of products and finds the best price per unit, which isn’t always the largest quantity item. Revenue is all from affiliate links.

Edit: Oh, you said $500, not $5. Oops!

There was no other alternative. They had to be efficient. These were the only resources they had to work with.

Reading about the tricks that were used to make the most out of the limited resources is fascinating to me as well! We should not take our current hardware for granted!

I hope this write-up was a healthy and effective way to help you mourn these losses. (And then move on to the next big idea!) Kudos to you for experimenting like this.

Would you consider adding them to the Project Cemetery[0]? Then others could learn from them too!

[0] https://projectcemetery.com

Postgres.app is great. It just works. And toggling between versions is super helpful too.

My children are in those “N other people”. They are not yet able to be vaccinated. It is not their choice.

I think the return of introvert CEOs and other executives and leaders is coming. Remote work has turned down the “impact” (or presence) of the extroverted leader. The thoughtful and reflective qualities of introverts are well suited for leading others and making the big decisions.

Love the idea and your past (passed?) projects. My condolences.

I’ve built something similar, called Project Cemetery [0], with the hopes of giving all of us a place to pay our respects to the side projects that have passed. Sadly, it just wasn’t meant for this world either. Only projects of mine are listed, although I’d still gladly post submissions!

[0] https://projectcemetery.com

So how did he negotiate for the $125,000? I was expecting a play-by-play. Instead, this is largely advice for how to get vendors to lower their prices.

This reminds me of when I joined a company that used Dropbox for deployments. Install and configure Dropbox on each server, drop your updated files into Dropbox on your local computer, and boom — deployed. (Sometimes.)

Does this discourage attendees from reading/thinking about the topic ahead of time?

If you’re the presenter or organizer, you’ve put all of this energy into a document. You’ve thought about it for days or weeks or months. And now meeting day is here, people sit down and read your document, and immediately, there is a discussion. Those people who literally just finished reading about the idea 2 minutes ago now have thoughts and opinions on it.

This happens regardless of the existence of documents, of course. But I wonder if waiting until the meeting to read the document encourages this sort of immediate feedback from people new to a topic.