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Hey Peerlist 👋I'm Samriddha, a solo dev. I built Anime Tracker over a few weeks because existing trackers felt outdated. MAL is clunky, AniList lacks alerts, and none had a Chrome extension worth using.What <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="http://animetracker.lol">animetracker.lol</a> does:<ul><li>Smart recs: Analyzes your completed list and asks what mood you're in</li><li>Buddy system: Add friends and recommend anime to each other (like sharing reels) </li><li>Sequel alerts: Monthly notifications when shows you've finished get a sequel </li><li>Series folders: All Re:Zero seasons grouped automatically</li><li>Public profiles: Anime avatars, social links, shareable URLs (/u/username)</li><li>Chrome extension with airing notifications from any tab </li><li>AniList import in one click</li></ul>The interesting bits if you're into the build:<ul><li>Multi-provider fallback chain (AniList → Jikan → Kitsu) so the app keeps working when an API is down</li><li>JWT bridge between the extension and web app for shared auth</li><li>Recommendation engine without GenAI: Just taste analysis on completed watchlist</li><li>Mobile-first with bottom nav, scheduled Netlify functions for sequel notifications</li><li>104 tests, ~90% coverage, no shortcuts on the testing side</li></ul>Did you think that's it? No. There's more. This is free forever. Future monetization is cosmetic packs only and no features will be locked behind paywalls. If you want to support the project, you can grab a cosmetic pack. That way, you get a fun skin and I get some donations. Win-Win.PS: If you're an anime fan, join the Discord. First 100 members get a Founding Member badge that shows on their public profile. Discord: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="https://discord.gg/AtDUykhnG4">https://discord.gg/AtDUykhnG4</a>Feedback is welcome, especially on the recommendation engine. Try it: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="https://animetracker.lol">https://animetracker.lol</a>Chrome Extension: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/anime-tracker/biidimfpepakgljgokmoiljgakehbhod">https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/anime-tracker/biidimfpepakgljgokmoiljgakehbhod</a>

Anime Tracker

readme.docs is an innovative tool that transforms any GitHub repository's README file into a clean and browsable documentation site. This product requires no setup, making it incredibly easy to use for developers and teams looking to enhance their project's documentation accessibility. Key features include seamless integration with GitHub repositories, automatic generation of documentation sites, and a user-friendly interface that allows for easy navigation and browsing. Whether you're working on popular projects like facebook/react, expressjs/express, or sindresorhus/awesome, readme.docs provides a streamlined solution for presenting your project's information in a professional and organized manner. This tool is particularly valuable for developers who want to improve the presentation of their open-source projects without investing time in setting up complex documentation systems. By leveraging the power of GitHub, readme.docs ensures that your documentation is always up-to-date and easily accessible to contributors and users alike.

readme.docs

A simple video chatting application made using Node.js, React.js and socket.io. The source code is available on github at https://github.com/Samyc2002/Video-Calls

Video Calls

A simple app search tool built with rust for Windows system wide search from the CLI. This is an open source tool and I want to maintain it for a long time.

Wincast

A software + IoT project developed as part of Inter IIT Tech Meet 11.0 The Software part involves a smart routing feature (built using clustering followed by ant colony optimization) which was built into an API and two user interfaces (web and android) for tracking the same. The IoT part involved measuring the item dimensions and saving the same in the database for the algorithm to make clusters and route them efficiently. I was acting as the team lead and contributed primarily to the interfaces along with bits and pieces of the backend. We won a bronze in this one btw :)

Groww Simplee Demo App

Engineered an optimal route allocation system based on several factors like traffic conditions, weight capacity of delivery agents, number of orders, etc. enhancing delivery efficiency. Secured the Bronze place in the Inter IIT-Tech Meet owing to well-coordinated team efforts.

Intelligent Delivery System

A terminal application that let's you play the snakes and ladders game at the command line.

Snakes and Ladders

An AI agent that generates subtitles of an audio clip provided in any language. The subtitles can be generated for any language. For example, a video clip with Japanese audio can be used to generate subtitles in other languages like Hindi, English, Korean, etc.

Movie-Subtitle-Generator

A fully responsive coding website made using Node.js, React,js, Express.js and MongoDB. It has a soothing and minimal UI, an integrated IDE where you can code in many languages and a built-in interview system with code sharing between interviewer and interviewee. The source code is available on github at https://github.com/Samyc2002/Coders-Garage

Coders Garage

A REST API server made using Node.js, Express.js and MongoDB. The project isn't hosted yet. The source code is available on github at https://github.com/Samyc2002/conFusion