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Show HN: Curabase – Curate a list of links for yourself, your team, or the world

51 points by sheraz 10y ago

sheraz 10y ago
Funny to see another bookmarking service pop up at the same time. (Must be something in the ether). This is an MVP I made to scratch my own itch. There is an explainer video I made for /r/startups on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FV3j9ptU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FV3j9ptU4 As always, feedback is welcome. Thx
- zimmund 10y ago
  Are you planning to open source it?
  - sheraz 10y ago
    Not at this time. I would like to find product-market fit to grow it into a lifestyle SaaS business (or more).
- davidp670 10y ago
  What's the other bookmarking service?
  - sheraz 10y ago
    These guys, called Larder: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11617981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11617981
DanielStraight 10y ago
I've been looking for a product like this (or thinking about building one). Some feedback: Signup process is tedious. I have to create an account to even see how it works. I have to pick a username AND give an email address. I have to validate email address with multiple clicks (click link then click button on loaded page). Then I have to reenter everything to sign in. First view of the system says to click and drag links to reorder them. Clicking and dragging links does nothing until you enter edit mode. I almost gave up assuming the thing didn't work at all before I discovered this. No "Save" button in edit mode. Just close edit mode... but this doesn't allow NOT saving, which is somewhat unexpected since it's a separate mode. Visiting a new page seems to automatically put you in edit mode, which persists when visiting other pages. Honestly, I'm not sure at this point why I would ever not want to be in edit mode. I suggest getting rid of modes and providing an undo to roll back any accidental changes. Number of groups shown across width should be dynamic based on window size not fixed.
- sheraz 10y ago
  Great feedback. Thank you. I've been thinking about creating an anonymous user, and then "nag" user to complete signup later.
- bborud 10y ago
  Yeah, I saw the signup page and left immediately.
  - sheraz 10y ago
    bummer :-/ Looks like I'll be prioritizing this in the next release(s)
    - enraged_camel 10y ago
      Eh, don't worry about it too much. People who leave upon seeing sign up pages are probably not your ideal users anyway. No need to optimize the product for them.
- kinj28 10y ago
  try teamgum.com disclaimer - I am marketing head at company who spun it off as a side project
- NicoJuicy 10y ago
  What do you think about http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/ http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/ (= username: demo & password: 123456 ) ( self plug)
joelx 10y ago
Very interesting tool! Suggestion: can you scrape gmail to find commonly used links and allow people to optionally add those?
- sheraz 10y ago
  Thanks! Interesting idea about the email. (One of my pilot groups has already asked to do the same with their Slack channels)
parley 10y ago
Looks nice! One question though: I didn't see any mention of an API (or other means of exporting data). Is there or will there be an open API? I tend to never lock my data up any more, having been burnt too many times. Of course, this might not matter to most people.
- sheraz 10y ago
  This is certainly on the roadmap. I'm thinking that an export button from your profile page would be easiest.
tomdepplito 10y ago
You're loading JQuery asynchronously on the password reset page, and this can cause a race condition where '$' is not defined before you start using it in this page's JS. You may want to check for this on your other pages.
kafkaesq 10y ago
As others have said, the mandatory signup is a huge bummer. I would be nice if people had the option of making their lists public (and searchable), so we could just jump in and get an idea of what the service looks like. And the search form would be on the splash page for the site, also (when not signed in), just like Twitter: "Find out what others are into."
- sheraz 10y ago
  That's a good idea. I should maybe link to some public lists from the landing page. Thanks!
chowes 10y ago
Would be a great Chrome extension to replace my home screen - any chance of that happening?
- lytol 10y ago
  Have you seen Papaly? https://papaly.com/ https://papaly.com/
  - sheraz 10y ago
    Indeed I have -- they have a really, really good looking product. In fact, here is a list of all the bookmarking / list services and such here: https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e94eb https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e9... (I'm working on pretty URLS)
- sheraz 10y ago
  I do! I was saving it for a later post here to HN, but since you asked.... enjoy :-) This simple extension will replace your new tabs screen. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/curabase-replace-chromes/ifgckhldabjlhpogafialmkihebjfmpd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/curabase-replace-c...
mothepro 10y ago
In the hacker news Android app browser your page looks fine but the tests has no line height. Proof: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cdn5agc7plbr8g3/Screenshot_2016-05-04-18-38-31.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/cdn5agc7plbr8g3/Screenshot_2016-05...
meeper16 10y ago
What a delicious idea!
- davidp670 10y ago
  Hehe, delicious is such a disaster
  - sheraz 10y ago
    Looks like they went back to del.icio.us Are they selling the domain name?
3am_hackernews 10y ago
How different is this from pinboard.in - why should I migrate to this?
- sheraz 10y ago
  I think they have different use cases. pinboard.in is based around tags and does not let you layout your links in any particular order. It is mostly a tool for "saving" whereas curabase is more about curation / lists and returning to that content faster.
5960312 10y ago
Would love a "Sign up with Twitter/Facebook/Github" option.
- sheraz 10y ago
  This will arrive in future versions. Strangely, not many have asked for it.
NicoJuicy 10y ago
I'm doing something similar, consider it as hackernews with tags ( and child tags), if there is any interest you can add your email to the beta waiting list here: http://goo.gl/forms/gXjdU9he2r http://goo.gl/forms/gXjdU9he2r And a non finished version for a client can be found here http://tagly.azurewebsites.net http://tagly.azurewebsites.net (= username: demo & password: 123456 ) - the user submitted content is in Dutch :) Example: http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/Home/ByTag?Name=paul-graham http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/Home/ByTag?Name=paul-graham It's great as document management system. Eg. Computer company : trending anti-virus measures Accountancy : trending kmo tax changes Software firm : organize relevant learning resources for beginners ( eg. React tutorials ) and a tag : internal, which links to gitlab, Jenkins, your wiki, client remote credentials, company contacts, PBX install software,...
nicostouch 10y ago
For those who love the idea and wish to keep more control over the data and have access to an API, I've put together a tutorial on how to make your own Curabase in roughly 10 minutes using Airtable. http://www.web3tutorials.com/2016/05/05/make-curabase-in-airtable-in-10-mins/ http://www.web3tutorials.com/2016/05/05/make-curabase-in-air...
conception 10y ago
So far, really like the idea. 1) Would be nice to be able to move groups between Pages. 2) I noticed you shared a list. Would be nice to be able to copy your page into a new one in my account.
- conception 10y ago
  3) Also it's a bit weird that shared lists aren't formatted like they are for the owner.
  - sheraz 10y ago
    There may be a reasons for that. 1) If the shared users are read-only then they will not see groups with no links. That will affect the relative ordering of things with those missing groups. If that is not the case, would you mind posting up a screenshot?
owenfar 10y ago
Great idea, yesterday I also had mine here but for some strange reason it disappeared - you can check it out here: Organise your bookmarks and collaborate with others! https://www.yourbuttons.com https://www.yourbuttons.com
- sheraz 10y ago
  Thanks! I think you are linked in my curated list of links of bookmark managers here: https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e94eb https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e9...
  - owenfar 10y ago
    I like how you organised the sections, similar idea, different approach :) Wish you luck with this!
d08ble 10y ago
LiveComment is open-source tool for bookmarks. Just see demo: bookmarks_managers.sh is generated from interested links of this topic in 5 minutes. http://acpul.org/pool http://acpul.org/pool

51 points by sheraz 10y ago

Funny to see another bookmarking service pop up at the same time. (Must be something in the ether). This is an MVP I made to scratch my own itch. There is an explainer video I made for /r/startups on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FV3j9ptU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FV3j9ptU4 As always, feedback is welcome. Thx

zimmund 10y ago
Are you planning to open source it?
- sheraz 10y ago
  Not at this time. I would like to find product-market fit to grow it into a lifestyle SaaS business (or more).
davidp670 10y ago
What's the other bookmarking service?
- sheraz 10y ago
  These guys, called Larder: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11617981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11617981

DanielStraight 10y ago

I've been looking for a product like this (or thinking about building one). Some feedback: Signup process is tedious. I have to create an account to even see how it works. I have to pick a username AND give an email address. I have to validate email address with multiple clicks (click link then click button on loaded page). Then I have to reenter everything to sign in. First view of the system says to click and drag links to reorder them. Clicking and dragging links does nothing until you enter edit mode. I almost gave up assuming the thing didn't work at all before I discovered this. No "Save" button in edit mode. Just close edit mode... but this doesn't allow NOT saving, which is somewhat unexpected since it's a separate mode. Visiting a new page seems to automatically put you in edit mode, which persists when visiting other pages. Honestly, I'm not sure at this point why I would ever not want to be in edit mode. I suggest getting rid of modes and providing an undo to roll back any accidental changes. Number of groups shown across width should be dynamic based on window size not fixed.

sheraz 10y ago
Great feedback. Thank you. I've been thinking about creating an anonymous user, and then "nag" user to complete signup later.
bborud 10y ago
Yeah, I saw the signup page and left immediately.
- sheraz 10y ago
  bummer :-/ Looks like I'll be prioritizing this in the next release(s)
  - enraged_camel 10y ago
    Eh, don't worry about it too much. People who leave upon seeing sign up pages are probably not your ideal users anyway. No need to optimize the product for them.
kinj28 10y ago
try teamgum.com disclaimer - I am marketing head at company who spun it off as a side project
NicoJuicy 10y ago
What do you think about http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/ http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/ (= username: demo & password: 123456 ) ( self plug)

joelx 10y ago

Very interesting tool! Suggestion: can you scrape gmail to find commonly used links and allow people to optionally add those?

sheraz 10y ago
Thanks! Interesting idea about the email. (One of my pilot groups has already asked to do the same with their Slack channels)

parley 10y ago

Looks nice! One question though: I didn't see any mention of an API (or other means of exporting data). Is there or will there be an open API? I tend to never lock my data up any more, having been burnt too many times. Of course, this might not matter to most people.

sheraz 10y ago
This is certainly on the roadmap. I'm thinking that an export button from your profile page would be easiest.

tomdepplito 10y ago

You're loading JQuery asynchronously on the password reset page, and this can cause a race condition where '$' is not defined before you start using it in this page's JS. You may want to check for this on your other pages.

kafkaesq 10y ago

As others have said, the mandatory signup is a huge bummer. I would be nice if people had the option of making their lists public (and searchable), so we could just jump in and get an idea of what the service looks like. And the search form would be on the splash page for the site, also (when not signed in), just like Twitter: "Find out what others are into."

sheraz 10y ago
That's a good idea. I should maybe link to some public lists from the landing page. Thanks!

chowes 10y ago

Would be a great Chrome extension to replace my home screen - any chance of that happening?

lytol 10y ago
Have you seen Papaly? https://papaly.com/ https://papaly.com/
- sheraz 10y ago
  Indeed I have -- they have a really, really good looking product. In fact, here is a list of all the bookmarking / list services and such here: https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e94eb https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e9... (I'm working on pretty URLS)
sheraz 10y ago
I do! I was saving it for a later post here to HN, but since you asked.... enjoy :-) This simple extension will replace your new tabs screen. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/curabase-replace-chromes/ifgckhldabjlhpogafialmkihebjfmpd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/curabase-replace-c...

mothepro 10y ago

In the hacker news Android app browser your page looks fine but the tests has no line height. Proof: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cdn5agc7plbr8g3/Screenshot_2016-05-04-18-38-31.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/cdn5agc7plbr8g3/Screenshot_2016-05...

meeper16 10y ago

What a delicious idea!

davidp670 10y ago
Hehe, delicious is such a disaster
- sheraz 10y ago
  Looks like they went back to del.icio.us Are they selling the domain name?

3am_hackernews 10y ago

How different is this from pinboard.in - why should I migrate to this?

sheraz 10y ago
I think they have different use cases. pinboard.in is based around tags and does not let you layout your links in any particular order. It is mostly a tool for "saving" whereas curabase is more about curation / lists and returning to that content faster.

5960312 10y ago

Would love a "Sign up with Twitter/Facebook/Github" option.

sheraz 10y ago
This will arrive in future versions. Strangely, not many have asked for it.

NicoJuicy 10y ago

I'm doing something similar, consider it as hackernews with tags ( and child tags), if there is any interest you can add your email to the beta waiting list here: http://goo.gl/forms/gXjdU9he2r http://goo.gl/forms/gXjdU9he2r And a non finished version for a client can be found here http://tagly.azurewebsites.net http://tagly.azurewebsites.net (= username: demo & password: 123456 ) - the user submitted content is in Dutch :) Example: http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/Home/ByTag?Name=paul-graham http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/Home/ByTag?Name=paul-graham It's great as document management system. Eg. Computer company : trending anti-virus measures Accountancy : trending kmo tax changes Software firm : organize relevant learning resources for beginners ( eg. React tutorials ) and a tag : internal, which links to gitlab, Jenkins, your wiki, client remote credentials, company contacts, PBX install software,...

nicostouch 10y ago

For those who love the idea and wish to keep more control over the data and have access to an API, I've put together a tutorial on how to make your own Curabase in roughly 10 minutes using Airtable. http://www.web3tutorials.com/2016/05/05/make-curabase-in-airtable-in-10-mins/ http://www.web3tutorials.com/2016/05/05/make-curabase-in-air...

conception 10y ago

So far, really like the idea. 1) Would be nice to be able to move groups between Pages. 2) I noticed you shared a list. Would be nice to be able to copy your page into a new one in my account.

conception 10y ago
3) Also it's a bit weird that shared lists aren't formatted like they are for the owner.
- sheraz 10y ago
  There may be a reasons for that. 1) If the shared users are read-only then they will not see groups with no links. That will affect the relative ordering of things with those missing groups. If that is not the case, would you mind posting up a screenshot?

owenfar 10y ago

Great idea, yesterday I also had mine here but for some strange reason it disappeared - you can check it out here: Organise your bookmarks and collaborate with others! https://www.yourbuttons.com https://www.yourbuttons.com

sheraz 10y ago
Thanks! I think you are linked in my curated list of links of bookmark managers here: https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e94eb https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e9...
- owenfar 10y ago
  I like how you organised the sections, similar idea, different approach :) Wish you luck with this!

d08ble 10y ago

LiveComment is open-source tool for bookmarks. Just see demo: bookmarks_managers.sh is generated from interested links of this topic in 5 minutes. http://acpul.org/pool http://acpul.org/pool