Wishminer
Productivity
idea discovery
SHOW HN2018
164points
59comments
#238of 2,155 in 2018
Top 12%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 4 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Idea: 5 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good MVP with clean, focused design
From 2 comments
Super cool weekend project! This is a great example of an MVP. The design and functionality are all attractive, intuitive and consistent, but you kept the scope very narrow and…
jamestimmins on HNSeems very good for a weekend -- for an year, even. How do you do it?
fiatjaf on HN
Fun to scroll through the wishes
From 2 comments
Wishminer is a lot of fun, partly because some of the suggestions are so crazy. I enjoy scrolling through them.
solarkraft on HNWeird but saw at least 3 tweets validating my existing app, likely to be frequency illusion. Was definitely addicted in moving down to see more. Im sharing this with my friend…
forkLding on HN
Objections
Hard to filter spam and low-quality wishes
From 3 comments
Decent idea, but super hard to filter spam it seems. Best of luck!
bob_theslob646 on HNThis simply parses social media for people saying they want things. It isn't really a list of app requests, nor are all the sources serious.
codingdave on HNFirst three or so pages, four different versions of Tinder-but-for-finding-friends.
aptwebapps on HN
Many wishes are not real app requests
From 2 comments
This simply parses social media for people saying they want things. It isn't really a list of app requests, nor are all the sources serious.
codingdave on HNAnd as always with this idea, people have no idea how IT and app development works. I also want an app that does my dishes but that’s not how it works..
akuji1993 on HN
Requests
Cluster similar ideas
From 2 comments
Two ideas: 1) clustering similar ideas, for example when I looked at it there were multiple about finding friends. Related, you could build an reddit-style ranking instead of a…
ecesena on HN1) could probably be achieved reasonably by filtering out keywords from the sources and simplify them ("app find friend" or "app sell item") and generate tags based on that.
zaarn on HN
Add a description or about section
From 1 comment
Good work! This could prove to be useful for both the wishers and wish-granters. It looks great, but I had a couple of issues on my first impression: 1. Not much info at the top…
gitgud on HN
Filter by source
From 1 comment
Good work! This could prove to be useful for both the wishers and wish-granters. It looks great, but I had a couple of issues on my first impression: 1. Not much info at the top…
gitgud on HN
Reddit-style ranking
From 1 comment
Two ideas: 1) clustering similar ideas, for example when I looked at it there were multiple about finding friends. Related, you could build an reddit-style ranking instead of a…
ecesena on HN
Questions
How was the regex filtering done
From 1 comment
I am curious to know how you did this filtering with regex. Can you share an example or any tutorial for reference?
worldexplorer on HN
How it was built with Firebase and Python
From 1 comment
Hey, I'm thinking about doing something similar with baseball JSON apis of all things. Would you mind sharing your firebase/python implementation details with me? Thanks!
2data222 on HN
Alternatives named
Answer The Public
From 1 comment
Re: finding other syntax, have you seen https://answerthepublic.com ? That site lets you type in some key words and then it finds what questions people are searching for on…
andai on HN
Srprs.me
From 1 comment
Maybe you are talking about Srprs.me[0]? They are only available in a few countries within Europe, and they only let you travel to to other countries in Europe but it is exactly…
WildGreenLeave on HN