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A curated list of open source applications built with Node.js
- murukesh_s 10y agoGreat to see node.js getting some attention. Wondering why there are no similar lists already in place?
- philtar 10y agoAre you serious or just kidding?
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoI almost did a coffee spit when I read their comment. Fortunately I was able to contain it.
- TickleSteve 10y ago...you missed the: </sarcasm>
- octref 10y agoI'm baffled. A random list that links to a few most-starred node app got 50+ upvotes in 2 hours on HN and is currently No.1. First commit 3 days ago. I fail to see how it's awesome. Anyone enlighten me?
- frou_dh 10y ago"curated list" is a major meme. I think the word curated makes people feel fancy. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=curated%20list&sort=byPopularity https://hn.algolia.com/?query=curated%20list&sort=byPopulari...
- sgdesign 10y agoI was wondering that too. Either someone figured out how to game the HN algorithm, or the term "curated list" really does have some magic clickbait properties…
- throwawayReply 10y ago66 days old account, only submission. And only comments are links back to github.
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- bloomca 10y agoThat's basically how the whole javascript community works. There are tons of lists with random links (usually most-starred, yeah), which doesn't make a lot of sense, but they have tons of stars and attention. Do they help people? Yeah, some of them definitely. Are they awesome and must have to get familiar with? Barely. From my short experience working with other communities is very different, they are much more pragmatic and sceptical (worked with Go and Elixir a little bit).
- egeozcan 10y agoThere are many lists like that for everything I can think of, not just for Javascript. https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome
- kowdermeister 10y agoI think it's just people who use the upvote button as a "save for later" functionality. Also, if it's on the front page it might get the boost to make it really useful.
- kylecordes 10y agoIt feels like this and the numerous other "awesome" lists which claim to be curated, are curated in only the most trivial sense: perhaps someone looked to see if each new entry in some plausible way is in the right general category of thing, i.e. is not a random unrelated link. For example, this one looks like a list of open source applications that could be found or were submitted so far for inclusion. I don't see any evidence on this one or any other of any genuine curation, which would be characterized by saying "no" to some of the possible candidates. Unfortunately the words awesome and curation have so little meaning among lists of programming-related things, that it would probably be a waste of time for someone to actually do that, and would possibly generate hard feelings from whatever projects end up in the "no" pile. "No" is hard.
- DrJokepu 10y agoI always wonder what gives authors of these curated lists the authority to be curators? Are they like, experts in the specific domain? What is the curation process? It's difficult to take them seriously unless these questions are answered.
- jbaviat 10y agoActually we needed such a list and we asked people about it, with close to zero answers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12786982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12786982 After looking arround for a while, we decided to make what we found public.
- aaron695 10y agoI assume it's <sarcasm></sarcasm> due to lack of projects, sarcasm either by the creator or the non Node.js community.
- perryh2 10y agoHere is a more comprehensive list: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs
- myf01d 10y agoNode.js is the biggest meme in the history of webdev and maybe in the history of the software industry.
- Wintamute 10y agoIt pays well for a meme.
- wellandclear 10y agopyramid schemes, prostitution, drug trafficking are all things that pay well if you're smart enough to get away with it
- indexerror 10y agoWould you like to explain?
- botverse 10y agoI think Node.js and Javascript have democratised development like any other tool to date. Along with web technologies. Node.js is not usable for systems architecture, Javascript is not a systems language, not a scientific/maths tool, etc. But it is excellent for highly available architectures or for application development.
- kitd 10y agoNode is ok, so is express. Even javascript is not bad really. Makes getting something up a running pretty simple. npm OTOH needs to die a quick and very public death.
- jomamaxx 10y agoThis is not true. It's far more used than you think. I just had to use some of Nuance's new voice recognition technology - the entire thing except for the voice libraries are in Node. I think it's a trend, not a fad. It's not magic, and there are drawbacks ... but Node isn't going anywhere, it's here for a while. JS is a natural fit for the web and with Typescript now it's made advances.
- Pigo 10y agoI've never seen that Open MCT project before. I wonder how similar this is the applications they actually have in place presently.
- xyzzy4 10y agoSomeone now please make a list of applications built with PHP and Ruby on Rails.
- 0xmohit 10y agoFWIW, GitHub/GitLab might serve as good examples for RoR.
- paulddraper 10y agoAlso Java and C.
- dehef 10y agoNode.js deserves its buzz. I worked in very serious business in java and since I have switch to node and js clients, things are so weirdly easy and powerfull. Keep upvote, the world need to know!!