Hacker News: DavCreator

Show HN: Nitter Redirector – Find a Working Instance Automatically

DavCreator — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:55:59 +0000

Just add an "x" to the beginning of `xcancel` to access https://xxcancel.com. It will automatically redirect you to a working Nitter instance, or let you choose one from a list.

No JS required.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49595289

Points: 2

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New comment by DavCreator in "Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice"

DavCreator — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:04:39 +0000

Glad you like xxcancel.com (I am the dev!). I just added xcancel.com back to the instances list. Can't wait to also add nitter.net back to it soon.

Do you have any suggestions for xxcancel.com?

New comment by DavCreator in "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns"

DavCreator — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:02:33 +0000

Thank you. Removed this instance as of now.

New comment by DavCreator in "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns"

DavCreator — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:43:31 +0000

oh, which instance gave you the pain? Will remove it from the load balancer..

Xxcancel.com – redirect to a working nitter instance

DavCreator — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:17:00 +0000

Just add one more "x" to xcancel.com => https://xxcancel.com :D

Will redirect you to a currently working nitter instance.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49575814

Points: 4

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New comment by DavCreator in "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns"

DavCreator — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:26:12 +0000

xxcancel.com (just add an x to xcancel.com) will redirect you to a working instance!

New comment by DavCreator in "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns"

DavCreator — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:04:46 +0000

we do a lil magic and just add another x to xcancel.com => https://xxcancel.com

points to a working nitter instance.

New comment by DavCreator in "Show HN: 1999date – Dating Like It's 1999"

DavCreator — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:42:16 +0000

It's about time I guess.

New comment by DavCreator in "Show HN: 1999date – Dating Like It's 1999"

DavCreator — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:41:59 +0000

Haha. Let's go.

Show HN: 1999date – Dating Like It's 1999

DavCreator — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:12:20 +0000

Hey HN,

Remember the dating section in newsletter ads?

No algorithms. No swipes. No signup.

Everyone is trying to put even more "AI" into their products. I tried to do the opposite with https://1999date.com .

Find interesting profiles in your city or submit your own profile to get found.

Would be really happy for suggestions and feedback! What would you add or improve?

See you,

David

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44966529

Points: 4

# Comments: 5

Show HN: Authenticate TikTok Users Without Login Kit (Via Profile Bio)

DavCreator — Mon, 12 May 2025 20:36:10 +0000

The official way to authenticate TikTok users in your app is through TikTok’s Login Kit [1]. But integrating it requires passing a manual review [2] - and many apps get rejected if they don’t meet TikTok’s criteria.

I recently discovered a simple alternative: you can verify ownership of a TikTok account without any official API.

---How it works---

TikTok publicly exposes basic profile data through their website. For example:

curl https://www.tiktok.com/@example (@example can be the username of any public TikTok profile)

This fetches the profile page (HTML), which includes up-to-date bio information. There no rate limits (even from VPNs or AWS IP range), and profile bio updates are reflected within < 30 seconds.

This makes it possible to verify that a user controls a given TikTok account by:

1. Generating a unique code e.g., a 4-emoji sequence from e.g. 100 different emojis (allowing over 100m combinations).

2. Asking the user to add this sequence to their TikTok bio.

3. Fetching their bio to check for the sequence => if included in bio => user is owner of the account.

---Proof of Concept: CrushTok---

To show this in action, I built CrushTok - a „dating app“ based on TikTok profiles.

(Pitch: CrushTok lets you create fun surveys for your TikTok Story, where your followers can secretly share if they have a crush on you. If two people admit a mutual crush, they’ll see a match!)

If you got TikTok installed on your mobile you can try CrushTok and the „bio verification“ out with the link in the bio here: https://www.tiktok.com/@crushtok90

[1] https://developers.tiktok.com/doc/login-kit-web/ [2] https://developers.tiktok.com/doc/getting-started-create-an-...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43967190

Points: 1

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New comment by DavCreator in "Show HN: Christmas Gift Idea Generator with GTP-3.5"

DavCreator — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:02:26 +0000

Feel free to add any comment. Feedback is really appreciated!

Show HN: Christmas Gift Idea Generator with GTP-3.5

DavCreator — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:39:43 +0000

In my spare time I built a GTP-3.5 powered gift idea generator.

Some ideas are quite good and I think this tool is very handy for people as uncreative as me when it comes to Christmas gift ideas :)

Additionally it also features a searchable database of different ideas that have already been generated.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38458210

Points: 2

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