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Life & fun · October 12, 2020

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I built Allocator from an old spreadsheet to teach myself React

I built Allocator from an old spreadsheet to teach myself React launched on October 12, 2020 with 7 votes, #1,271 of 4,018 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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