Lava Lamps as a Service

Lava Lamps as a Service

RNG powered by lava lamps

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Enhance your security with truly unpredictable random number generation. Generate unique ids, hashes, API secrets, and more using a CSPRNG powered by an array of chaotic lava lamps.
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Sam Crombie
Web Action SDK
Maker
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Introducing Lava Lamps as a Service—because your random numbers deserve to be groovy. Tired of crypto.randomUUID() or whatever cryptographic mumbo-jumbo your device uses? Need random numbers that are extremely safe + 1? I’ve set up an array of real lava lamps, pointed a camera at them, and built an API that turns their unpredictable, wavy chaos into pure entropy. Inspired by Cloudflare’s LavaRand (which I bike past on my way to work), this is random number generation for developers who like their code with a side of 70s flair.
AnnaHo
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@samuel_crombie Lava Lamps as a Service is a fun and creative approach to generating random numbers, combining nostalgia with modern technology!
Nancy Le
Wow, a random number generator powered by lava lamps is just what I needed! Your invention is both entertaining and useful
Huzaifa Shoukat
Huge congrats to the team on today's launch! I love the quirky twist on security - who wouldn't trust their secrets to mesmerizing lava lamps? Seriously though, how do you ensure the lava lamp array's 'chaos' is consistently, well, chaotic enough to maintain top-notch randomness across a large volume of requests?
Sam Crombie
Web Action SDK
Maker
@ihuzaifashoukat Good question! The system spaces out "sampling" the video feed so some minimum amount of change has occurred that is sufficiently different. Plus some other internal sources of randomness combined with the lava lamps makes it unique for each request
Alexander Danilowicz
dude, this is so cool
Cameron
Traklo Productivity Tracker
Tom Scott did a great coverage of this, love the idea of turning it into a service, well done on the launch!
Anton Popkov
Great idea !
Nicholas Anderson
Combining chaotic lava lamps with CSPRNG tech is such a unique approach to creating truly unpredictable randomness. @samuel_crombie Well done.