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Hacker News "Show HN" Screenshot Gallery

This project automatically captures screenshots of "Show HN" products posted on Hacker News and displays them in a gallery format.

Features

Automatically fetches new "Show HN" posts from Hacker News
Takes screenshots of the linked websites
Displays screenshots in a gallery with titles and links
Stores post data and metadata in SQLite database

Project Structure

/backend/ - Server-side code
- index.ts - Main HTTP API handler
- cron.ts - Scheduled job to fetch new posts
- /database/ - Database related code
/frontend/ - Client-side code
- index.html - Main HTML template
- index.js - Frontend JavaScript
- style.css - CSS styles
/shared/ - Shared code between frontend and backend

How It Works

A cron job periodically fetches new "Show HN" posts from the Hacker News API
For each post, it captures a screenshot of the linked website
Post data and screenshot URLs are stored in a SQLite database
The web interface displays these screenshots in a gallery format