I’ve been trying a few packages, such as ZXing, some have worked better than others. I can get it to scan a barcode, but it doesn’t work reliably yet. I have a few more issues to iron out, but it will be possible

That’s what my tool is working towards! It uses OpenFoodFacts data. Right now you can manually type in the UPC codes to search

https://lemmy.ca/post/38474037

https://isitcanadian.cynber.dev/product-search

Could you share which link? They seem to be working for me.

I was having DNS issues when setting it up, which could be related

https://madeinca.ca/

This is great! I might remove the blog section and focus on the search functionality, since there are a lot of these compilations/guides already.

It’s the first thing I want to improve. I didn’t have time to explore how to do that last night, but I’m planning to.

If someone else has experience there, I’d appreciate the help!

I’m also planning to set up a community on this instance project, if there is enough interest for it. I didn’t make the commuinity yet because I haven’t settled on a name. I mentioned those plans here:

https://isitcanadian.cynber.dev/community

Please share any ideas for what to call the tool / project!

Thank you for putting all this together!

Potential conflict of interest: I help with !instance_assistant@lemmy.ca

Having a separate list for extensions would work nicely, although I think it fits to have the extensions listed here. There are few actual browser extensions for Lemmy/Kbin/Mastodon. There are a lot of scripts, and we were working on incorporating the better scripts into the extension for the same reasons you mentioned above. Scripts are harder to manage and review

My thoughts on the questions.

1. “last stable version” sounds like a good way to sort it, for readers. It might become cumbersome for you to manage unless you can automate it somehow.
2. I’m leaning towards flagging or removing out of date apps because of potential security issues. Could you contact devs after a few months to ask if it is being maintained?
3. A big list of every app would be interesting for data. It isn’t helpful for users, so I agree with keeping them off
4. I have a donation link. I don’t think it should be included in guides or lists either
5. I like the formatting, as a reader. Consider if it becomes too cumbersome for you and your team to manage. I’d rather have a list that stays up to date and doesn’t cause headaches for the maintainer

What’s a good place to get/hold domains these days?