This is a side-project that was motivated by learning. As a software engineer in the medical device space by day, this project was an opportunity to develop a web app (first time doing this solo), learn a relatively new technology (rails), and scratch my own itch.
The problem I was having that this site attempts to solve is that of a long-time NBA fan, who used to have a lot more time to dive into scores, read game-recaps, peruse boxscores and watch video highlights. As I found my free time dwindling while my appetite for information remained the same, I longed for a solution that would give me more information 'at a glance' than your typical ESPN scores page.
It's plainly obvious I'm not a designer, nor experienced web developer, but I'm proud of having followed through and launching something. I've been spending an hour here and there on the site, with long breaks in between (for example, when your scraping source decides to change their schema, sigh) for over 2 years now. Show HN was always a goal of mine and I'm glad I've made it.
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The problem I was having that this site attempts to solve is that of a long-time NBA fan, who used to have a lot more time to dive into scores, read game-recaps, peruse boxscores and watch video highlights. As I found my free time dwindling while my appetite for information remained the same, I longed for a solution that would give me more information 'at a glance' than your typical ESPN scores page.
It's plainly obvious I'm not a designer, nor experienced web developer, but I'm proud of having followed through and launching something. I've been spending an hour here and there on the site, with long breaks in between (for example, when your scraping source decides to change their schema, sigh) for over 2 years now. Show HN was always a goal of mine and I'm glad I've made it.
Games at-a-glance: http://recappd.com
Sample detailed box-score: http://recappd.com/games/2015/1/21/OKC-WAS
Feel free to click around. Player names, teams, and badge descriptions (hover, then click on help-text) all lead to other pages.