…you are GOLD!

A recurring thread on these snippets is modern tech giving a new lease-of-life to older tech. In this case, the old thing is less of a technology and more of a traditional store of value.

Our crypto-ticker was the first thing we made. It had a nice busy GitHub repository and a flattering number of copycat tickers popping up. We also had people requesting that we make a version for stocks. Stocks were never quite appealing enough for us to sit down and do the coding required to make a new version.

However, when some nice chap (hi Erik) asked if we could do a remix for precious metals, it was much more interesting. Something about the idea of a computer connected to the internet giving the price of ancient space-dust (fun fact: gold comes from space) made it instantly appealing. We rolled our sleeves up, and made this beauty (see below).

You can buy one in our shop. It lists the spot prices for Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium and Copper. It also will show some cryptocurrencies, just in case you’re going for that old-school/ new-school hedge.