Read This Twice

Learning and science

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SHOW HN2020

38points
14comments
#1,238of 3,028 in 2020
Top 41%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.

Design: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 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

  • Clean, polished design

    From 2 comments
    • Great work. It looks absolutely polished and really well done. Can you describe the tech stack and how did you go about collecting images ? Also, did you fetch the titles via…
      pawnednow on HN
    • Nice work, the design is very clean and fitting for a site about books. One comment: I was looking for a link on the header that would give me topics or categories, but couldn't…
      atarian on HN
  • Performs well

    From 1 comment
    • This looks great, but this feels way too skewed to people who are popular or in roles of power. Is it really valuable to know what Trump is reading? Emma Watson? Ashton Kutcher?…
      Feolkin on HN

Objections

  • List skewed toward celebrities and people in power rather than well-read experts

    From 1 comment
    • This looks great, but this feels way too skewed to people who are popular or in roles of power. Is it really valuable to know what Trump is reading? Emma Watson? Ashton Kutcher?…
      Feolkin on HN
  • Claims about what specific people read are inaccurate (e.g. Trump)

    From 2 comments
    • Trump never read most of the books you listed. Please fix that. Specially those written in '19 '20
      scared2 on HN
    • To be honest, I loaded the page, saw "what books Trump reads" and gave up on the site right there.
      user00012-ab on HN

Requests

  • Rename the Books link so categories are easier to find

    From 1 comment
    • Nice work, the design is very clean and fitting for a site about books. One comment: I was looking for a link on the header that would give me topics or categories, but couldn't…
      atarian on HN

Questions

  • What tech stack was used

    From 2 comments
    • Great work. It looks absolutely polished and really well done. Can you describe the tech stack and how did you go about collecting images ? Also, did you fetch the titles via…
      pawnednow on HN
    • This looks great, but this feels way too skewed to people who are popular or in roles of power. Is it really valuable to know what Trump is reading? Emma Watson? Ashton Kutcher?…
      Feolkin on HN
  • How images and titles were collected, including from Amazon

    From 1 comment
    • Great work. It looks absolutely polished and really well done. Can you describe the tech stack and how did you go about collecting images ? Also, did you fetch the titles via…
      pawnednow on HN
  • Which books are referenced most

    From 1 comment
    • Is there a way to see which books have been referenced most?
      sam1r on HN

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