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