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up71.me (uptime) - An experimental project using React, TypeScript, UX, AWS, and SEO

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I recently created a learning project up71.me which is uptime in LEET encoded speak.  It is a purposefully basic SLA calculation utility with a focus on quality web design.  In large enterprises creating and managing a public site soup to nuts is not possible.  While an SLA calculator is a bit small and trivial it does offer a good simple use case to tinker with. Screenshot of website Why did I pick an SLA calculator for my pet project?  The motivation came out of annoyance.  The top-ranking Google results for SLA calculators/uptime are minimally functional and lack the polish, usability, and performance that can be easily created with a modern set of development tools.  Many things could be improved upon looking at existing SLA pages: faster load time, mobile-optimized, cursor defaults to input element, examples, description, accessibility, multi-lingual, client-side only processing.  Beyond this, I had never tried to beat out an existing set of websites by improving search