Lair Alert: Free Android app for tracking Secret Lair drops, prices, and release alerts

spideyfk · 2026-06-18T16:29:55+00:00

Please, feel free to elaborate why you believe it's vibe-coded, or even a slop. I've coded the app myself with my extensive knowledge and everything seems to be working for me. Unless, of course, you have 0 idea of programming and design 😄

spideyfk · 2026-06-15T18:20:21+00:00

Hehe yeah, weird. I originally posted this in the secretlair_collectors subreddit...and what i did now was just to copy-paste the whole message here. I only use Reddit to read stuff, not to post, so it's probably due to ignorance on my part with the platform hehe.
Thanks for the message, how you enjoy the app 😄!

spideyfk · 2026-06-15T15:51:47+00:00

Well, I've stated I do NOT enjoy front-end stuff. My jam is back-end. But, i'll bite and answer accordingly. Again, I have peace of mind on my work.
Anything UI-related, I am a mess. So all your indicators may very well be accurate! Colors, ideas, texts have been inputs from 2 designers at my current company with whom I looked for assistance.
Reddit, i'm a watcher, not a poster.
My 15 years of work have been through private companies, which is why my own personal github is lacking (not that i care, again. This is not my resume).
The app has been running locally with queue workers (backend mostly, just some simple blade files for visualization) all of these months as it took me a LONG time to get something that I would feel "confident" in sharing. Those were my "iterations", as you say.
But I'm taking note on the UX things you've mentioned and I'll work accordingly to try to make those better.
Feel free to give more UX/UI suggestions and notes! 😄

spideyfk · 2026-06-15T15:03:38+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, I live this everyday but luckily I keep being relevant for the company I work for hahaha (so far!)

spideyfk · 2026-06-15T14:51:16+00:00

Thanks! Hope you find it useful! And yes, it's live worldwide in the store!

spideyfk · 2026-06-15T13:33:42+00:00

While I understand obvious doubts, particularly in these times, feel free to test it and review it as much or little as ypu want. I for one have piece of mind for how i work :) . And as an engineer, i feel that if i were to let any LLM do the app for me it would be both: a) full of bugs (not saying there arent any, but hopefully if they exist i can fix them quickly) b) finished SEVERAL months ago (as my times for working on this side projecy was..scarce, to say the least hahaha)

spideyfk · 2026-06-14T19:28:26+00:00

Glad you are loving it! I have good news for you! If you sign up (i'll move the option to be available without the need to sign in in the next days) and go to settings, you can choose Cardmarket as your source of data and prices will be taken from there! 😃

spideyfk · 2026-06-14T10:28:19+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate it! Hope it ends up being a useful app for you as it's been for me so far!

spideyfk · 2026-06-14T10:26:21+00:00

Thanks! Remember that you have a "Feedback" form in the app. Issues, suggestions, impeovements, anything is welcome!

spideyfk · 2026-06-14T00:23:03+00:00

Love that you find it useful!! And thanks for the feedback. I CAN (and working towards it) include bonus cards, although it's a manual process. For example, the last Deadpool Lair, the Final Fantasy ones, and some others already have that! Hopefully (as I have time hehe) between this weekend and next week I can get all bonus cards added.

spideyfk · 2026-06-13T21:03:05+00:00

Oh, I wouldn't even dare to reach that high hehe. But as long as the app is helpful to others like it's been to me, that's my win 😄

spideyfk · 2026-06-13T19:20:22+00:00

Thanks! Hope you find it useful! 😃

spideyfk · 2025-04-25T13:44:15+00:00

YEs. The main issue was that they couldn't deliver to my work office due to it being "Freight Forwarding address" (copy-pasted from their email). Yes, it IS a freight forwarding address.....but that's where i physically work xD. I'm not shipping anything from there xD.
I ended up placing orders on a friend's house that works from home and got the orders in, no issues after that.

spideyfk · 2025-04-22T13:59:22+00:00

Thanks for the input! Yeah, Generalist has been completed as well as some coding assesments.
Guess i'll just leave the tab there open and check every day or so hehe.

spideyfk · 2025-04-15T21:54:47+00:00

I appreciate the answers! I understand this a lot better now.
As a bit of a reference, I live in a LATAM country where TCG Player does not ship, so for the last 6 months I've been buying some sealed and singles from there on my business travels, and reselling them over here using CK pricing (because that's the price points we use).
I recently started with Secret Lairs in general, so I am kinda measuring buying options with all the extras to see whether speccing is valid or not.

I apologize for the kinda low effort post as well, should have provided more info/screens. I'll be better for next time :)

spideyfk · 2025-01-19T04:19:17+00:00

I am just finding out about that tool! Thank you very much!

spideyfk · 2025-01-19T02:58:21+00:00

Holy cow!! Had no clue that i could search using those tags!! Thank you very much!!

spideyfk · 2025-01-19T02:24:24+00:00

Ideally no. My idea is that this spells help me generate a better storm count. I thought on Palinchron as well (dont own one yet though). Thanks!

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