alt Hacker NewsI've written a ton of throwaway toy applications for personal use.
The tip I can share is: publish them on GitHub.
You'll find out some of them are useful to a lot of people.
I have multiple toy repos with 20+ stars and one with 200+ stars.
Just put one screenshot and simple instructions to run on README.md, no need to write a manual.
As simple as `npm install && npm run start` is enough instruction for most.
The screenshot is important tho.
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bbkane • yesterday at 4:41 PM
I've been using vhs ( https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs ) to script gif creation- really showcases CLI workflows if you're demoing multiple commands.
Examples: https://github.com/bbkane
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padraigf • yesterday at 4:52 PM
Thanks, I'll try it. I have a few things knocking around.
This is also a great way to stand out among other candidates in the resume-review stage of a hiring process.
The number one question I have as a hiring manager is always "can this person actually write code". A GitHub profile with 2-3 projects with multiple commits to each one answers that question really well. I won't filter out people who don't have that - lots of great engineers have never published code before - but the people who do have that are much more likely to get picked for the phone screen.