lolei / countdown-generator

Create, save, and share countdowns/timers ⏳⏲️⏰

Countdown Generator ⏳⏲️⏰

This is a web application to create, save, and share countdowns/timers.

Use Case

Sometimes you may want to save a countdown to a specific date/time online, and view it at a later time, as well as share it with other people, even watching it at the same time at remote locations.
Countdown Generator makes this possible. After you create a countdown, you can copy the link on which the countdown can be viewed, and on which it is stored indefinitely.

Features

• Storage
• Sharing
• Mobile and desktop compatibility

Coming Soon™

• More features

Technology

This app is built with:

• Next.js
  • Utilizing dynamic page routes, data fetching, and API routes, i.e. backend and frontend
• node-json-db
  • Basically just a JSON file
• mantine.dev
  • UI components

Deployment

The production instance is deployed to my Kubernetes cluster at countdown.lolei.dev via a Tanka specification. Some parts of this specification will be moved to a central location in the future and only imported here.

Background

This app came into being when I wanted to share a countdown to a single timestamp. I specifically did not look up potential existing apps that offer this functionality since I figured this would be a nice holiday project to occupy some time.

countdown-generator's Issues

Feature ideas

• Notification/sound on/off when countdown completes (locally toggleable)
• Custom completion text/link that shows up only when it completes
• Option to hide countdown from public list
• Customizable time zone:
  • @R0flcopt3r >so I wanna enter 12:00 28/02/23 PST and have it show me when that is in norwegian time and the countdown
• Countdown deletion (only by the creator)

Naming countdowns

The ability to name a countdown and have it displayed on the countdown page as a title would be good.