I made a website even my tech un-savvy parents can use to find a laptop
Whenever my parents need a new laptop, they ask me for a recommendation because they’re not very tech savvy. Last time around, I had a realization that I’m fairly algorithmic with my recommendations: I gather information about their preferences and functional needs and then match those to options I can find online. This website (https://easylaptopfinder.com) attempts to provide a simple UI to intake information about what someone needs and apply the results to a matching algorithm against a list of products. I think it’s cool because sites like Amazon have tons of options but very…
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Easy Laptop Finder is a website that helps people find suitable laptops by asking about their needs and preferences, then matching them to available options. It's designed for non-technical users who find shopping on large sites like Amazon overwhelming. Rather than requiring knowledge of technical specifications like GPU types or RAM requirements, the site uses a simple interface to gather information and apply a matching algorithm to recommend appropriate models.
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Whenever my parents need a new laptop, they ask me for a recommendation because they’re not very tech savvy. Last time around, I had a realization that I’m fairly algorithmic with my recommendations: I gather information about their preferences and functional needs and then match those to options I can find online. This website (https://easylaptopfinder.com) attempts to provide a simple UI to intake information about what someone needs and apply the results to a matching algorithm against a list of products. I think it’s cool because sites like Amazon have tons of options but very little in the way of an intuitive UI for people who don’t know what the heck a dedicated vs integrated GPU is or how much RAM they need to do their jobs. Technically, this is just a single page app on static hosting. The product details come form a JSON file that I periodically refresh using the Amazon Product Advertising API (inspired by the diskprices site that was recently posted online!). I am definitely still working out the kinks in a few different ways: handling different OS needs, improving the way I discover products and update prices/out-of-stock, figuring out weighting and sorting better, and other UI considerations (I’m definitely not a designer). Anyway, I would appreciate any thoughts you have on the site!
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