Muler
Learning and science
drug information search
SHOW HN2021
88points
39comments
#589of 2,533 in 2021
Top 24%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Design: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful resource and well-executed, comprehensive work
From 3 comments
As a fellow medical student this looks very useful, thanks. If you want an idea for a future project, I conceived a little while ago of a browser extension enabling hover-over…
CiceroCiceronis on HNVery impressive, comprehensive work. Seemingly accurate results for belladonna and xenon :)
fourtrees on HNBased on the About page, and the information provided by the page, I'm obviously not the target audience for this page, but it was interesting information nonetheless. Could…
valbaca on HN
Responsive and fast interface
From 1 comment
Nice, very responsive. I am on mobile and: when I click on synonyms I lose the products button. Also when I click on products a better formatting of the list, had a hard time on…
antman on HN
Objections
Fuzzy matching returns wrong drugs (insulin to inulin, cipro to benzyl alcohol, heroin to diamorphine)
From 3 comments
There seems to be some fuzzy matching logic gone awry. I searched for "insulin" and it brought me to "inulin" which are very different things.
treis on HNFor sure, searched cipro and it pulled up Benzyl alcohol lol......
avgDev on HNI do not know anything about drugs, but I searched for "heroin", and was brought to the "Diamorphine" page, which seems a bit different. Regarding your request on unit tests : do…
louis___ on HN
Slow loading and site outages under traffic
From 2 comments
Based on the About page, and the information provided by the page, I'm obviously not the target audience for this page, but it was interesting information nonetheless. Could…
valbaca on HNThe system is not working. You should always double check before posting on HN that your system is working and/or can handle moderate levels of interaction. EDIT: seems to be up…
Donckele on HN
Unrendered markdown asterisks and poor section formatting
From 3 comments
Is the markdown in the descriptions supposed to say unrendered? I'm seeing quite a phrases with ** around them, which would normally indicate bold text.
contravariant on HNCongratulations on a very nice hobby project, and reaching the front page of Hacker News! A few questions though: - is the indentation of section headings, such as "Indication",…
usrme on HNVery nice. As others have said, the sections that start with headings inside double asterisks ("*") should be set off somehow. I would suggest a paragraph break, with the heading…
dn3500 on HN
Mobile layout issues with synonyms and products tabs
From 1 comment
Nice, very responsive. I am on mobile and: when I click on synonyms I lose the products button. Also when I click on products a better formatting of the list, had a hard time on…
antman on HN
Requests
Show a message when a result is a synonym of the search query
From 1 comment
Suggestion: If the search result is a synonym of the search query, display a message at the top saying so. As a layperson, I searched for "aspirin" and got a result for…
daviddaviddavid on HN
Add typeahead or autocomplete to search
From 2 comments
Looks great - only thing that immedaitely felt missing (although probably due to not being a member of the target audience) is a typeahead for the search :)
mrmattyboy on HNNah, typeahead would be hugely helpful given how difficult many drugs are to spell. I'm looking at you, acetaminophen (aka paracetamol aka Tylenol)
andreareina on HN
Better spacing and subheadings in drug text
From 3 comments
As a fellow medical student this looks very useful, thanks. If you want an idea for a future project, I conceived a little while ago of a browser extension enabling hover-over…
CiceroCiceronis on HNNice, looks good! I would suggest increasing leading in the paragraphs when you view a specific drug, they're a bit close together and make reading difficult.
chilldsgn on HNCongratulations on a very nice hobby project, and reaching the front page of Hacker News! A few questions though: - is the indentation of section headings, such as "Indication",…
usrme on HN
Hover-over drug info browser extension idea
From 1 comment
As a fellow medical student this looks very useful, thanks. If you want an idea for a future project, I conceived a little while ago of a browser extension enabling hover-over…
CiceroCiceronis on HN
Questions
Are there other drug information database providers besides DrugBank
From 1 comment
Other than DrugBank, are there any other providers of drug information databases?
jakearmitage on HN
Feedback on unit testing and refactoring
From 2 comments
Hi HN, Muler is a Flask app that allows users to search for pharmacological information by entering generic or proprietary drug names. External libraries used include Flask,…
pizzicato on HNI do not know anything about drugs, but I searched for "heroin", and was brought to the "Diamorphine" page, which seems a bit different. Regarding your request on unit tests : do…
louis___ on HN
Alternatives named
NHS Medicines A-Z
From 1 comment
Medicines A-Z (from the NHS in the UK) https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/ This is aimed at the general public. An API is also available:…
open-source-ux on HN
medicines.org.uk EMC
From 1 comment
There's also https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc for for summaries of product characteristics but I'm not sure if there's an API or dataset.
pizzicato on HN