aqrashik | 8 months ago | on: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
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aqrashik | 8 months ago | on: Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
I'm working on an app[0] that makes hosting temporary PDF forms simple, without needing an account or payment. You simply add input fields over any static PDF and publish it to get a link which you can send to other people who may need to fill the form.
The form stays online for 30 days. To keep the forms online for longer, I will be offering paid plans.
aqrashik | 5 years ago | on: Applebot
If you have an Apple Developer subscription, you should be able to use Apple Maps using Mapkit on any website - https://developer.apple.com/maps/web/
aqrashik | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Child growth tracker to replace pen and paper charts
I'm a father to two little boys and tracking their growth is typically done on paper charts such as https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/who/GrChrt_Boys_24LW_1... which are not very usable on screens and require you to draw lines with pen on the paper for accurate tracking.
So I made a digital version instead with React and D3.
The charts are limited to those for children under two years of age since growth charts for older children differ based on nationality.
aqrashik | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Online family tree maker built with React
Thanks. Trees that are too big do get hard to manage currently and it is something I have been unable to decide on a solution for.
I was thinking of allowing users themselves to expand or compress ancestors and descendants ( which would mean even more clicks :( ) to focus on the part of the tree they were currently working on.
aqrashik | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Online family tree maker built with React
No reason in particular, but I don't have a Facebook account so integration with Facebook would have required me to sign up first to test the integration.
I don't mind creating an account on Facebook if required, but I am trying to avoid it if possible.
aqrashik | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Online family tree maker built with React
Thanks, that makes sense. I'll see how I can make it more intuitive
aqrashik | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Online family tree maker built with React
It's just svg circles animated with css so no libraries were required. I've tried to keep external libraries to a minimum
aqrashik | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Online family tree maker built with React
Thanks, I've tried to make onboarding easier by showing the popup tooltips, but I guess it needs more work
aqrashik | 10 years ago | on: “Huge” number of Mac apps vulnerable to hijacking, and a fix is elusive
But aren't you still using the certificate to validate the receipt to find out which in-app purchases have been made?
If so, wouldn't you have to validate receipts against a new certificate once the old one expires?
aqrashik | 10 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
Do you have a link? I was just about to get started on a project and getting a $2 Arduino would be great for tinkering
aqrashik | 11 years ago | on: PathFinding.js
That's really good. Is it open source? I couldn't find any licensing info
aqrashik | 11 years ago | on: fork() can fail
Lions' Commentary on UNIX' 6th Edition
aqrashik | 12 years ago | on: Brainfuck beware: JavaScript is after you (2012)
This method could also be used to evade XSS filters.
For e.g. I believe encoding code using something similar is the only way to solve this challenge - http://escape.alf.nu/9/
aqrashik | 12 years ago | on: Correlation between exchange rates and election in India
He is not suggesting that the Rupee is devalued due to money being brought back.
Rather he is suggesting that the currency is being manipulated using other means so that money which is brought back from abroad gets a much more favorable rate when converted into rupees.
Not sure whether I agree with this though
aqrashik | 12 years ago | on: Japan: Living in an Internet Cafe
Given that there are people who can't afford a place to live coupled with the deflationary crisis, could someone explain to me what would be the issues, if the Japanese government simply starts giving out a minimum amount of money each month (as has been proposed for poorer countries where people actually face starvation).
On the face of it, this solves two problems in one go, the poor have a basic guaranteed income; and printing and distributing money solves the deflationary spiral and pushes the currency towards inflation.
aqrashik | 12 years ago | on: Pirated Apps in the App Store
Would checking the value of
[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleIdentifier]
with a hardcoded value help?
It would be a bit more code, but just a few lines of verification code when the application launches and the app can refuse to start up if the value doesn't match.
Someone dedicated would still be able to crack it, but it would at least require some effort on the part of the fraudster
aqrashik | 12 years ago | on: Opera breached, has code cert stolen, possibly spreads malware
A government (or government sponsored entity) probably wouldn't be so brazen to start using the stolen certificate to distribute malware on Opera's site.
I would imagine that keeping this a secret would be worth a lot more to the right people.
aqrashik | 13 years ago | on: “Printcrime” by Cory Doctorow
If you prefer listening to it rather than reading, printcrime was in an Escape Pod Flash piece a few years back...
aqrashik | 13 years ago | on: Analyzing mbostock's queue.js
Paul Irish's "10 Things I Learned From the jQuery Source" is also a really good analysis of the jQuery Source, particularly for people still getting started with Javascript.
It's available at http://paulirish.com/2010/10-things-i-learned-from-the-jquer... and should be interesting to people who liked this link
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The frontend uses React, with Firebase handling most of the backend stuff.