Inspiration
I've always enjoyed blogs like The Art of Manliness and books on manhood. When I heard about this contest, I thought I could make a simple alexa skill that would read off some manly life hacks that I had learned
What it does
When you ask Alexa to open Manly Life Hacks, it reads one off from a huge list that I compiled. It could be about anything, from food to dress to survival. It could even be about ninjas.
How I built it
I used the AWS Lambda service to run the code upon request. It fetches its info from a private api built on Laravel.
Challenges I ran into
It was challenging trying to learn how all the AWS resources fit together, plus having never built an Alexa skill before was new.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I like it's simplicity and the nice aesthetic touches I added, especially to the Echo Show interface.
What I learned
I learned a lot about how AWS works and a few interesting things about Node.js
What's next for Manly Life Hacks
I'm mostly going to add more content. Finding content for this skill was super fun!
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