<story><title>Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?</title><text>I&amp;#x27;m thinking of tiny projects along the lines of single-function tools like domainr. But also game-changing ebooks, newsletters, courses.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>mk4p</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;izuded.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;izuded.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;(i.e., &amp;quot;iz u ded?&amp;quot;)&lt;p&gt;I made this because I adopted a puppy and realized that, if I got hit by a bus on a Friday, he could be stuck in his crate for days before anyone realized. Morbid, but useful.&lt;p&gt;It texts you every X days and asks, &amp;quot;u ded?&amp;quot; -- if you don&amp;#x27;t click &amp;quot;naw&amp;quot; before X days pass, it&amp;#x27;ll notify your contacts.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a portfolio project to show what I&amp;#x27;ve learned in the realm of &amp;quot;serverless&amp;quot; architecture. Details about its construction here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@marclar&amp;#x2F;iz-u-ded-713594fd80e9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@marclar&amp;#x2F;iz-u-ded-713594fd80e9&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>blauditore</author><text>Google has a similar feature to give trusted people access to your data if you&amp;#x27;ve been inactive for a given amount of time (so probably dead): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;settings&amp;#x2F;account&amp;#x2F;inactive&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;settings&amp;#x2F;account&amp;#x2F;inactive&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?</title><text>I&amp;#x27;m thinking of tiny projects along the lines of single-function tools like domainr. But also game-changing ebooks, newsletters, courses.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>mk4p</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;izuded.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;izuded.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;(i.e., &amp;quot;iz u ded?&amp;quot;)&lt;p&gt;I made this because I adopted a puppy and realized that, if I got hit by a bus on a Friday, he could be stuck in his crate for days before anyone realized. Morbid, but useful.&lt;p&gt;It texts you every X days and asks, &amp;quot;u ded?&amp;quot; -- if you don&amp;#x27;t click &amp;quot;naw&amp;quot; before X days pass, it&amp;#x27;ll notify your contacts.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a portfolio project to show what I&amp;#x27;ve learned in the realm of &amp;quot;serverless&amp;quot; architecture. Details about its construction here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@marclar&amp;#x2F;iz-u-ded-713594fd80e9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@marclar&amp;#x2F;iz-u-ded-713594fd80e9&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wubbfindel</author><text>&amp;quot;im ded :( plz walk doggie&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Man, that&amp;#x27;s not how I would want to find out that a friend or family member has passed away.&lt;p&gt;:-|</text></comment>