★★★ TONIGHT!!! TONIGHT!!! TONIGHT!!! ★★★ ALL SEVEN PROJECTS ON ONE CARD ★★★ NO REFUNDS ★★★ RINGSIDE COMMENTARY BY Kongo ★★★ PYROTECHNICS BY NOBODY QUALIFIED ★★★ THE BROKEN ONES FIGHT TOO ★★★

Kongo, the webmaster gorilla, in wraparound shades, roaring and beating his chest

Kongomax

Homemade web apps and assorted nonsense, hosted with love and duct tape.TO THE MAX!!!

★ EST. 1998 ★ 100% SELF-HOSTED ★ 0% CHILL ★

LIVE!!! FROM UNDER THE DESK!!! THE Kongomax ARENA PRESENTS

PROJECTS!!!

THE FULL FIGHT CARD

SUNDAY!SUNDAY!SUNDAY!

ALL SEVEN — COUNT 'EM — SEVEN!!! HAND-BUILT WEB APPS. ONE CARD. NO UNDERCARD LEFT BEHIND. EVEN THE ONES ON FIRE.

FEATURED HEADLINERS FIRST, THEN NEWEST FIRST ★ ADMISSION: FREE ★ GORILLAS: FREE

  1. BOUT #1 OF 7★ MAIN EVENT ★

    Cookbook

    A web app for keeping and browsing recipes, hosted right here on Kongomax.

    CONDITION
    LIVE!!!RUNNING HOT. READY TO RUMBLE.
    DEBUT
    WEIGHT CLASS
    food / web app
    HORSEPOWER
    900 HP

    ★ TALE OF THE TAPE ★

    The Cookbook is the first real, live project on the site: a recipe app running at cookbook.kongomax.com. More about it soon.

    GET TICKETS: Cookbook » (opens in a new tab)★ HEADLINER ★

  2. BOUT #2 OF 7CO-MAIN EVENT!!

    Pixel Pantry

    A recipe box that only accepts recipes you can fit on an index card.

    CONDITION
    LIVE!!!RUNNING HOT. READY TO RUMBLE.
    DEBUT
    WEIGHT CLASS
    food / web app
    HORSEPOWER
    900 HP

    ★ TALE OF THE TAPE ★

    I kept losing recipes in forty browser tabs, so I built a tiny recipe box. Every recipe has to fit on a virtual index card. If it doesn’t fit, the recipe is too complicated and you should make toast instead.

    GET TICKETS: Pixel Pantry »★ HEADLINER ★

  3. BOUT #3 OF 7FEATURE BOUT

    Bus Oracle

    Tells you when the next bus is coming, with the confidence of a fortune teller.

    CONDITION
    PRACTICE LAPSBETA. STILL ON PRACTICE LAPS.
    DEBUT
    WEIGHT CLASS
    transit / web app / api
    HORSEPOWER
    612 HP

    ★ TALE OF THE TAPE ★

    Pulls the city’s live transit feed and predicts arrivals. It is right most of the time. When it is wrong, it is wrong with total conviction, which is honestly the most authentic bus experience available.

    GET TICKETS: Bus Oracle »★ HEADLINER ★

  4. BOUT #4 OF 7FEATURE BOUT

    Dice Goblin

    A dice roller for tabletop nights that remembers every bad roll you've made.

    CONDITION
    LIVE!!!RUNNING HOT. READY TO RUMBLE.
    DEBUT
    WEIGHT CLASS
    games / web app
    HORSEPOWER
    900 HP

    ★ TALE OF THE TAPE ★

    Rolls any dice you can type (3d6+2, 1d20 with advantage, 100d100 if you are a monster). Keeps a history so everyone at the table can see who has been cursed. Recently Dice Goblin learned to sulk.

    GET TICKETS: Dice Goblin »★ HEADLINER ★

  5. BOUT #5 OF 7FEATURE BOUT

    Tide Timer

    High tide, low tide, and a countdown to the best time for rock pooling.

    CONDITION
    UNDER CONSTRUCTIONIN THE GARAGE. BOLTS EVERYWHERE.
    DEBUT
    WEIGHT CLASS
    outdoors / web app
    HORSEPOWER
    306 HP

    ★ TALE OF THE TAPE ★

    A tide chart for one specific beach I like. Currently it knows the tides for exactly one week of the year, which I am told is not enough weeks.

    GET TICKETS: Tide Timer »

  6. BOUT #6 OF 7FEATURE BOUT

    Plant Nanny

    Nags you to water your plants before they file a complaint.

    CONDITION
    PRACTICE LAPSBETA. STILL ON PRACTICE LAPS.
    DEBUT
    WEIGHT CLASS
    home / reminders / web app
    HORSEPOWER
    612 HP

    ★ TALE OF THE TAPE ★

    Each plant gets a schedule and a little mood meter. Miss a watering and the mood drops. My ficus is currently rated “disappointed but hopeful”.

    GET TICKETS: Plant Nanny »

THAT'S THE WHOLE CARD!!!

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