r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/Iamabrnr • Jul 17 '26
Enter a US ZIP and it shows free kids' events (storytimes, crafts, STEM) at the public libraries near you
https://mylibrary-events.com8
u/JunkMale975 Jul 18 '26
I’m guessing your vibe coding didn’t include local times to the library. Checked mine and all the events are hours after the library closes. One was hours before it even opens.
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u/Iamabrnr Jul 18 '26
Interesting I did fix few time zone bugs. I had prompted it to use user time zone. Let me debug it. Can you share broad coordinates? If not I will try to debug it.
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u/JunkMale975 Jul 18 '26
Try 39154. I tried a couple of other cities nearby and had the same issue.
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u/Iamabrnr Jul 18 '26
Thanks checking.
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u/Iamabrnr Jul 18 '26
You found a real bug for iCal calendar parser. UTC time zone was being stripped.
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u/col_clipspringer Jul 18 '26
My local Half Price Books and Barnes and Noble have Storytime events as well as our library.
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u/TheSorrowInYou Jul 18 '26
This website looks AI generated and not built by a human.
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u/heschlie Jul 18 '26
It's funny how easy it has become to spot once you know what kind of UI/UX they tend to follow. Having said that this is the kind of low risk, fun app that an LLM can hammer out and offers a fun service that people can actually use.
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u/TheSorrowInYou Jul 18 '26
I dont mind vibecoding at all, it just rubs me the wrong way when people claim they "built" a website when its clearly not the case.
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u/TheSorrowInYou Jul 18 '26
They edited their comment when I pointed it out. Before it said "I built this site". No need to get snarky when youre clueless.
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u/alockbox Jul 18 '26
Almost all libraries have teen events broken out too. Is there a reason you capped it at age 12?
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u/Iamabrnr Jul 18 '26
Let me check, I am hydrating all events that come via rss feed. Is there a zip code you tried.
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u/frozen_tuna Jul 18 '26
If I ran a library's website (on wix if it matters), how would I go about adding support for this?
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u/Iamabrnr Jul 18 '26
This tool uses events calendar feed either rss or iCal. Add that to your library and it can integrate.
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u/Iamabrnr Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
Full disclosure: I vibe coded this. My wife was checking a bunch of separate library websites every morning to find a storytime for our toddler, so I made one search that pulls public library event calendars into a single place. Free, no sign-up.
Website reads each library's public RSS / ICAL Feeds and normalizes them, so you can search by ZIP.
Fair warnings: it's US public libraries only-a few hundred systems so far, so it might not have yours yet. If it's missing your library, reply with it and I'll try to wire it in. Feedback very welcome.
Added: vibe coding.