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johnwheeler
flask-ask
Python2016–2018
johnwheeler / flask-ask

flask-ask

Alexa Skills Kit for Python

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What it is

Alexa Skills Kit for Python

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

Hi Everybody! For the last month I've been working on a Flask extension called Flask-Ask I want to plug. The "Ask" part stands for the "Alexa Skills Kit", which is the service…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 7:02:26 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month25 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2016-05-20 18:32:38 UTC to 2018-06-29 19:41:49 UTC.

02462016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsMay 20162016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 2 submissions, 3 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 20172017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJun 2018

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
May 20162016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Jun 20162016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC707
Jul 20162016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Aug 20162016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 20162016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Oct 20162016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 20162016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Dec 20162016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC523
Jan 20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Feb 20172017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20172017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Apr 20172017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20172017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20172017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20172017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20172017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20172017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20172017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20172017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20172017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20182018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20182018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20182018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20182018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20182018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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brettlangdon·Mar 13, 2017
Hello, I am the creator of https://icanhazdadjoke.com/. As the product is closing in on it's 1000th Slack installation, I figured it is about time I start to tell the world more about it. This project was a silly weekend idea that I had that slowly has grown organically into over 900 Slack installs (with about 300-400 Slack interactions per day), and over 50 Alexa installations (with around 10 interactions per day) without any marketing. For those interested, the tech stack is: * Python/Flask (http://flask.pocoo.org/) * Flask-Ask (https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-ask) * Elasticsearch (https://www.elastic.co/) * AWS S3 (https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) * Caddy web server (https://caddyserver.com/) * Cloudflare (https://www.cloudflare.com/) I am happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the product.
In Show HN: icanhazdadjoke – dad joke api with slack/alexa integrations
johnwheeler·Mar 8, 2017
I'm 38 with three kids: 2 year old twins and a 5 year old. During that time, I've done a lot on my own, and I feel I've had more than enough time to accomplish more. I've taught myself Swift and Cocoa: https://github.com/johnwheeler/CocoaProgramming released open source frameworks: https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-ask https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-live-starter and have had plenty of time to pursue interesting side projects: https://oldgeekjobs.com https://alexatutorial.com I also spend plenty of meaningful time with my kids reading them books, going to the park, playing with toys, and day dreaming. Stop watching T.V., playing video games, and making BS excuses for being distracted from life. It's not a tradeoff--you don't have to choose one over the other. _No one_ is so busy they don't have a few hours of down time a week. It'
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s how you choose to spend it. Incidentally for myself, with kids, a full workload, and pursuit of projects that interest me, I still find myself with too much time to know what to do with and squander a good portion of it. The best thing you can do for your kids is teach by example. If you spend all your free time with them and grow up bitter that you didn't accomplish what you wish you would have, you're creating a shitty template for them mold themselves against. Let them watch you reading books, building things, crashing and burning, and chasing your dreams instead.
In Ask HN: Developers with kids, how do you skill up?

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