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Show HN: A visual size comparison tool for tech gadgets

https://comparisontabl.es/size-comparison/
1•GuidoL•2h ago
I built this tool to visually compare the size of tech products - like smartphones, e-readers, handheld PCs, speakers, TV/monitor display sizes, and more. It's an interactive canvas on which you can place, drag, rotate, and duplicate items. You can also place reference items to get a better idea of the scale.

Except for smartphones, a good tool to do this just didn't seem to really exist. It occurred to me that I already had all of the dimension data and images on my comparison site (ComparisonTabl.es), so I figured I should just build the tool on top of that.

Getting it right was definitely more of a challenge than I thought it would be. One of the main headaches was figuring out how to deal with the fact that on most products the given dimensions are for the main body of the product, but product image might have buttons, straps, handles, etc sticking out from that.

I also had to pay for a rookie mistake I made earlier; using JPG's with white backgrounds for all of the roughly 900 products added to my site so far, that I had to replace with WebPs with transparent backgrounds.

After dealing with all of that (and more), it's finally at a state where I'm happy to share it. The part I'm happiest with is how customizable and shareable everything is. You can create a very specific comparison, get the layout just right, and then share the whole thing with a URL.

Next up, I'm hoping to tackle AR. I'm already playing around with auto-generating simple 3D models from the 2D images and dimensions I have. The goal is to let you place something like a TV or a speaker in your room to see how it actually fits. Apart from that, I'm always working on adding more products and product categories.

Anyway, I just launched and would love to hear your feedback! Whether that's on the UX, any bugs you might find, what you think of the AR idea, or any other potential functions you'd like to see!

Thanks!

Study reveals salps play outsize role in damping global warming (2023)

https://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/2023/salp_pump.php
1•bmau5•2m ago•0 comments

You do the best you can

https://ryanglover.net/blog/you-do-the-best-you-can
1•rglover•4m ago•0 comments

Meta Leaks Part 2: How to Kill a Social Movement

https://archive.org/details/meta_leaks_part_2
1•icw_nru•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: The Blog of Alexandria

https://the-blog-of-alexandria.ricciuti.app/about
1•pablopang•6m ago•0 comments

L1B3RT4S Liberation Prompts for LLMs

https://github.com/elder-plinius/L1B3RT4S
1•wjrb•7m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Constant Entropy Mixtape Vol.01

https://jsr.io/@imcotton/contropy/0.10.2/src/mix/vol01.ts
1•imcotton•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: My job search was a mess of spreadsheets, so I built an AI copilot

https://sagarty.com/
2•razf6•10m ago•2 comments

Mississippi may require age verification, Supreme Court says

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/politics/supreme-court-netchoice-mississippi-age-verification
1•wylie39•12m ago•3 comments

Show HN: Happy Coder – End-to-End Encrypted Mobile Client for Claude Code

https://github.com/slopus/happy
7•ex3ndr•13m ago•0 comments

Context with Lars Grammel (Vercel AI SDK, Interview) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNUSbZCYzq8
1•clemo_ra•13m ago•0 comments

Logistics advice for the independent map seller

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LTgFCOMtSCPB6JM_3VvxFH0BFsQyKhpWRNB1HUbbWrE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.x8w141n1huw0
1•speckx•15m ago•0 comments

Most creators will fail in the next 12 months

https://letters.thedankoe.com/p/most-creators-will-fail-in-the-next
2•jger15•15m ago•1 comments

Claude Code Output Styles

https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/output-styles
3•tzury•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: FirstUser – Exchange reviews for your product launches

https://firstuser.app
1•sgraphics8•17m ago•0 comments

AI's Serious Python Bias: Concerns of LLMs Preferring One Language

https://medium.com/techtofreedom/ais-serious-python-bias-concerns-of-llms-preferring-one-language-2382abb3cac2
2•thunderbong•20m ago•0 comments

Running Wayland Clients as Non-Root Users on Yocto

https://embeddeduse.com/2025/08/11/running-wayland-clients-as-non-root-users/
2•jandeboevrie•24m ago•0 comments

OpenWebRx Turn any SDR device into a Web-based Receiver

https://www.openwebrx.de/
1•lemonberry•24m ago•0 comments

Misunderstood "photophoresis" effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/misunderstood-photophoresis-effect-could-loft-metal-sheets-to-exosphere/
1•LorenDB•24m ago•0 comments

Safeguarded AI Meeting

https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/safeguarded_ai_meeting/
1•mathgenius•25m ago•0 comments

Anyone else noticing that enterprise support is just ChatGPT/copilot?

https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1mpcn6k/anyone_else_noticing_that_enterprise_support_is/
2•speckx•26m ago•0 comments

Italian unicorn Bending Spoons secures over €500M in debt

https://sifted.eu/articles/bending-spoons-500m-e-debt-raise
2•franch•27m ago•0 comments

Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam, spy chief says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/russian-hackers-control-norwegian-dam-norway
5•bookofjoe•27m ago•0 comments

Tensorflow.js Typosquatting Attack

https://safedep.io/malicious-npm-package-targeting-tensorflow-users/
1•infiniteregrets•28m ago•0 comments

Migrating from Monolith to Serverless

2•natholea•32m ago•0 comments

Scraping the Barrel: Attrition and Cannibalization

https://bigserge.substack.com/p/scraping-the-barrel-attrition-and
1•hackandthink•33m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Mapping the Network Behind "The Network State"

https://www.evai.ai/en/the-network-state
1•evai•34m ago•0 comments

Steve Wozniak: 'I am the happiest person ever' and 'I never sold out'

https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23765914&cid=65583466
20•MilnerRoute•34m ago•1 comments

Avalanche Energy hits key milestone on the road to a desktop fusion reactor

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/avalanche-energy-hits-key-milestone-on-the-road-to-a-desktop-fusion-reactor/
1•PaulHoule•37m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I made a habit-replacement app in 5 days with 0 coding experience

https://www.swaphabit.com
1•RaoufLamri•38m ago•0 comments

Equinix signs deals for nukes and fuel cells to power its AI bit barns

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/equinix_signs_deals_for_nukes/
1•rntn•39m ago•0 comments