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Re:Git scraping: track changes over time by scraping to a Git repository
on Saturday October 10, 2020 @07:05AM (#24738107)
Nice, I didn't know that "Git scraping" was actually a term, but I used this technique to build an API which allows fetching HMRC exchange rates in JSON format.
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HMRC Exchange Rates JSON API for Customs and Vat
I'm currently working on a tax-related app and needed HMRC's official exchange rates. As they're only offering XML downloads, I decided to create a small API which provides the data in JSON format.I am just posting it here because I found the setup worth sharing as it's just a couple of static JSON files on a GitHub repository which updates itself every night through CircleCI.Hope this is of...
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Re:Developer Survey Results
on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @06:09AM (#16574887)
Another #FunFact: Perl ranked number 5 in "What Languages Are Associated with the Highest Salaries Worldwide?"
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/#most-loved-d...
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Re:PopcornNotify – Send simple emails and text messages from one API
on Saturday February 10, 2018 @09:24AM (#16347381)
Really like the simplicity of the project, well executed ! Good luck with it and I hope that you will resist any feature requests which will turn the product into another Mailgun/ Twilio etc.
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Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
on Sunday December 31, 2017 @02:30PM (#16042291)
- left my old job like every year or so
- commenced an MSc course focussing on AI and Machine Learning
- according to GitHub I've created 624 commits and 35 new repositories in 2017
- built Botlang (https://botlang.org/), a scripting language for conversational chatbots
- have begun blogging about this and that (https://www.matchilling.com/blog/)
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Re:Introduction to logic programming with Prolog
on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:06AM (#15851060)
Thanks for the hint, I've updated the URL to point to the new version.