Ben Hodgson
benhodgson.net
Ben Hodgson
@benhodgson.net
Software Engineer / Fintech

benhodgson.net
It was never the same after the Cock Tavern went. 7am fry up and a pint in a basement surrounded by market workers. An institution.
November 26, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Ha, thanks. It's surprisingly harder than it looks, I still haven't scored a full 100%!
November 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I did post this last night, then discovered Redis/Upstash doesn't do a good job of selecting a random key from 9000+ dog names.

Data is now just a JSON blob pulled at the edge by Netlify. Takes a second sometimes while caching kicks in, but mostly fine. Source here: github.com/benhodgson87...
GitHub - benhodgson87/pupular: Pupular is a fun game built using NYC's Open Data on licensed dogs, where you have to guess correctly how many dogs have the same name within one minute.
Pupular is a fun game built using NYC's Open Data on licensed dogs, where you have to guess correctly how many dogs have the same name within one minute. - benhodgson87/pupular
github.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Issue is it's important for public figures as well. Nothing stopping me registering domains like these and looking to anyone not familiar enough like I could be the real deal. Forward them to the official websites, seems legit.
November 15, 2024 at 1:21 PM