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143points
36comments
#310of 2,195 in 2019
Top 15%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.

Performance: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea, awesome list

    From 2 comments
  • Lists split into topics is a nice touch

    From 1 comment
    • If I'm honest, I prefer the crowd-sourced wisdom of everyone on HN [1], rather than a few individual's preferences. I do like the way you've put each person's list into topics…
      durzagott on HN

Objections

  • Scroll hijacking makes the site janky

    From 3 comments
    • Does this website hijack scrolling? It really feels like it does. If it does, please reconsider; this shouldn't still be happening in web development.
      Nicksil on HN
    • very janky scrolling - chrome on windows
      purple_ducks on HN
    • It's doing something very weird in Safari with my MacBook trackpad. Inertial scrolling as expected, but it feels as though everything is happening on a delay. I'm not inherently…
      Wowfunhappy on HN
  • Too much whitespace

    From 1 comment
    • I thought it was going to be a collection of their posts on HN. This is also good. Cosmetic feedback: Too much whitespace.
      carapace on HN
  • Prefers crowd-sourced aggregated lists

    From 1 comment
    • If I'm honest, I prefer the crowd-sourced wisdom of everyone on HN [1], rather than a few individual's preferences. I do like the way you've put each person's list into topics…
      durzagott on HN

Requests

  • Categorise and tag lists by topic

    From 1 comment
    • If I'm honest, I prefer the crowd-sourced wisdom of everyone on HN [1], rather than a few individual's preferences. I do like the way you've put each person's list into topics…
      durzagott on HN
  • Link sources for each recommendation

    From 1 comment
    • If I'm honest, I prefer the crowd-sourced wisdom of everyone on HN [1], rather than a few individual's preferences. I do like the way you've put each person's list into topics…
      durzagott on HN
  • Clarify whether numbered lists are ordered

    From 1 comment
    • If I'm honest, I prefer the crowd-sourced wisdom of everyone on HN [1], rather than a few individual's preferences. I do like the way you've put each person's list into topics…
      durzagott on HN

Questions

  • How was the list built?

    From 1 comment
  • Why not a static site?

    From 1 comment
    • Manually? Interesting. Out of curiosity, why not just make it a static, no-js webpage then?
      komali2 on HN

Alternatives named

  • Hacker News Books (hackernewsbooks.com)

    From 1 comment
    • If I'm honest, I prefer the crowd-sourced wisdom of everyone on HN [1], rather than a few individual's preferences. I do like the way you've put each person's list into topics…
      durzagott on HN

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