Build a name-and-face quiz site from a spreadsheet
Scott Wu had Devin build and deploy a mobile-friendly React quiz from a TSV of speaker names and photos, plus a QR-code site to share it.
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- What they did
- That morning, Scott Wu gave Devin a TSV of World's Fair speaker names and photos and described the game: two random faces, one name, pick the match. Devin planned, created a React app, read the TSV, and deployed a first version after some minutes. Wu then gave plain-English feedback: hide the labels until an answer, restyle the Play Again button, add a streak counter. Devin also built the QR-code site.
- How it went
- The final site worked, with a streak counter that resets on a wrong answer, covering roughly 170 speakers. The first version showed names under the photos, which gave away the answer, because Wu hadn't specified that precisely.
- Worth knowing
- Expect a few feedback rounds. The first deploy was close but not right, and the talk calls it a toy example.
Try it yourself with Devin
Build a mobile-friendly quiz web app from my spreadsheet at [file or link] with columns for [name column] and [photo column]. Show a photo, offer multiple-choice name options, track the score, and let people retry. Deploy it, then make a simple page with a QR code linking to the quiz. Show me the live link and wait for my approval before publishing it publicly.
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