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Apples to Apples - Compare any country, state, or city on indicators — instant

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Ever tried to compare Japan with Germany? Or California with Texas? Or Shanghai with New York? You'd need to open dozens of tabs, cross-reference multiple databases, and still end up with inconsistent data from different years. Apples-to-Apples solves this. Pick any two regions, get an instant side-by-side comparison on 30 indicators. Done.

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Hey Product Hunt! šŸ‘‹ I'm the maker of Apples-to-Apples, and I have a confession: I don't have a CS degree. A year ago I couldn't write code. Today I have 5 live products — all built solo using AI tools (Claude + Cursor). I built Apples-to-Apples because I was tired of people arguing online about which country is "better" without looking at any actual data. So I pulled data from IMF, UN, UNDP, and World Bank and built a tool where anyone can compare regions instantly. Some things that surprised me while building this: → Japan's longest-living prefecture isn't Okinawa — it's Shiga → Mississippi's GDP per capita is higher than the UK's → Some Chinese cities score higher on HDI than several EU countries The whole site is 728KB, hosted free on GitHub Pages, with zero backend. It's also fully open source. I'd love your feedback: - What regions would you compare? - What indicators are missing that you'd want to see? - Any data sources I should add? This is product 3 of 5 that I've shipped solo. I'm building in public and sharing everything I learn. Try it: https://wuray216-ctrl.github.io/... Source: https://github.com/wuray216-ctrl... Thanks for checking it out! šŸ™