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Fighting toilet paper hoarding with code

By Tuesday, March 17th, the coronavirus outbreak had been officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation for five days and Europe had replaced China as the epicenter of the outbreak.

I had to keep my mind off the negative news and stay positive by keeping busy with what I know best — coding. I sat down in the evening to build a simple web app that could help people in two ways: educate and provide a bit of fun.

So I built www.toiletpapercalculator.com - shared with my colleagues, friends and online community.

Within a week it was featured in several media outlets including Newsweek and made me really happy to see close to 100k unique visitors.

By all standards, it is a very modest success but has given me a lot of energy to work on stuff that can gain traction and provide value for the public.

on April 1, 2020
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    best strong flushing toilets are normally squat style, which admittedly takes some getting used to. However, comfort yourself in the knowledge that using a squat toilet means you don't touch anything and you don't have to cover the toilet seat with paper before you can sit down.

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    One-piece toilets are easier to clean, but they're also more expensive and can be harder to install than a two-piece unit. toilet seat

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    Looks so cool. Are these running on automate program? I want to try for my new project of best toilet.

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    This is really cool. I wanted to work with someone on an idea I have thought of in the virtual learning space. Please let me know if you would like to know more about it :).