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Life & fun · June 23, 2022

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Nerd Crawler – monitoring original comic art sites so you don't have to

I've been a fan of comics since I watched the X-Men Animated Series in the 90s, and I fell in love with collecting original comic art when I got my first Jim Lee sketch in high school. But, after missing out on some original comic art pieces because I didn't know when they were added for sale on websites, I decided to take it upon myself to make an app that monitors original comic art sites and emails/texts you when new art drops. It's called Nerd Crawler and I'm building it myself so there might be some bugs but I'm hoping it helps comic art collectors. It works with over 40 original…

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Nerd Crawler monitors over 40 original comic art websites and alerts collectors via email or text when new pieces become available for sale. The tool tracks sites including major dealers like Albert Moy and individual artist stores, helping fans keep up with releases they might otherwise miss. Built by a solo developer, it offers a free trial for comic art collectors who want automated notifications across multiple platforms.

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I've been a fan of comics since I watched the X-Men Animated Series in the 90s, and I fell in love with collecting original comic art when I got my first Jim Lee sketch in high school. But, after missing out on some original comic art pieces because I didn't know when they were added for sale on websites, I decided to take it upon myself to make an app that monitors original comic art sites and emails/texts you when new art drops. It's called Nerd Crawler and I'm building it myself so there might be some bugs but I'm hoping it helps comic art collectors. It works with over 40 original comic art websites like Albert Moy (Jim Lee's art dealer), Cadence Comic Art, Artcoholics, a bunch of Big Cartel sites like Jim Cheung / Jason Fabok / Dustin Nguyen, Greg Capullo Art, Skottie Young, and more. It's free to try @ https://www.nerdcrawler.com/, and you can upgrade to a paid plan if you want text messages alerts or want to check sites every 10 minutes or 1 minute. From a technical standpoint, my tech stack is: - Ruby on Rails - Hosted on Heroku - Emails sent by Mailgun - Texts sent by Twilio - Images hosted on Cloudinary - Credit card charging handled by Stripe and the new, low-code Stripe Checkout The minimum viable product was built in about a week with minor bug fixes and new features added weekly. If you have any feedback, have art sites you wanted added, or questions, let me know!

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