Faker.js – generate fake data in the browser and Node
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HN comment orderThis reminds me of an old project of mine[0], this generates Arabic names. [0] https://github.com/RaedsLab/Tunisian_Name_Generator
This is cool. I'm gently disturbed that it generates valid email addresses. You pick a random name, follow it with an @, then add a random word, and then add a TLD. Obviously you're not responsible for how people use the tool. Best practice would be to use the domain example.com
There's also an implementation in Factor: http://re-factor.blogspot.com/2010/05/creating-fake-data.htm...
Reposting my comment from the other thread which for unexplained reasons has been flagged and killed. -- No more free work from Marak - Pay Me or Fork This https://web.archive.org/web/20201226190222/https://github.co... Discussion from the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25032105 Also a discussion about his blog on the subject (which appears to be down): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27252066
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
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| 2010-05-16 | Faker.js - generate massive amounts of fake data in Node.js and the browser | marak | 37 | 9 |
| 2013-03-15 | Faker.js - generate massive amounts of fake data in the browser and Node.jsFirst breakout | daGrevis | 107 | 22 |
| 2013-04-01 | Faker.js - Generate massive amounts of fake data in the browser and node.js | pacomerh | 2 | 0 |
| 2014-02-02 | Faker.js: Generate fake data in Node.js and the browser | anonfunction | 3 | 0 |
| 2015-12-29 | Faker.js – generate fake data in the browser and NodeBest thread | tilt | 138 | 28 |
| 2020-12-30 | Generate massive amounts of realistic fake data in Node.js and the browser | gsempe | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-03-09 | Faker.js – generate massive amounts of fake data | evo_9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-01-05 | Faker.js Has Been DeletedLatest 20+ point return | ColinEberhardt | 32 | 9 |
| 2022-01-05 | Popular JavaScript package “Faker” replaced with message about Aaron Schwartz | reidjs | 18 | 3 |
| 2022-01-06 | Faker.js erased from GitHub with desc “What happened with Aaron Swartz?” | janesconference | 2 | 0 |