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Web App Hunt – A hand-curated list of useful web apps

136 points by vasanthv 10y ago

tdk 10y ago
Cool, but most users won't know what CSS3 or hybrid applications are. Maybe just put "should work with all modern browsers".
fiatjaf 10y ago
I thought I wouldn't like it, but the selection of web apps is very interesting.
bharani_m 10y ago
Great site and nicely curated list. But I think there is a problem with redirecting www to non-www. I submitted an app [1] using the the Google forms that you have, after submission it takes me to www.webapphunt.co and Heroku says that no such app exists. You might want to check your DNS records. [1] https://www.emailthis.me https://www.emailthis.me
- vasanthv 10y ago
  Thank you for reporting. Fixed it.
meagher 10y ago
Very nice! Personally, I dislike the phrase hand-curated.
- garysieling 10y ago
  Can you elaborate? I've been describing https://www.findlectures.com https://www.findlectures.com similarly to people, and I've had a lot of positive feedback. There is some frustration from the impersonality of the poorer implemented AI recommenders.
  - IceyEC 10y ago
    what's added by describing it as hand-curated over curated?
    - Nadya 10y ago
      Algorithms can "curate" things nowadays, but often do so poorly. "Hand" implies a person is doing the curation and not an algorithm. I could see people preferring a person over an algorithm. A "curated feed" doesn't imply a human is curating the feed anymore.
- intrasight 10y ago
  Agreed. Curation is done with the mind not the hand. And since there's no other way to do it, you can drop the mind and just say curated.
- tarcyanm 10y ago
  I am as tired of hearing "curated" as I am of "artisanal". Both are effectively becoming meaningless and set my pretentiousness detector on high alert.
  - jerrycruncher 10y ago
    Agreed. 'Curated' is currently being over-used to the point of parody. Any list of things made by a person is a curation. One could easily describe a grocery list as a 'a thoughtfully curated selection of produce and pantry goods.'
joekrill 10y ago
This looks cool, thanks. Also want to thank you for not opening your links in an external window! I'm really getting sick of that trend.
mxuribe 10y ago
I like this; very nice.
v4n4d1s 10y ago
The folks over at /r/selfhosted made a similar list of (mostly) web applications you can selhost: https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted
vgb2k11 10y ago
The most useful app on this hand-curated list has got to be "how many people in space right now". I mean, who knew it would be 6 ! /s /thread.
averageweather 10y ago
Nice. I think my http://www.averageweather.io http://www.averageweather.io web app fits in well here, but I guess I will wait and see if it gets approved. Quick and to the point, useful web apps.
- ihattendorf 10y ago
  Looks nice, but I'm getting a 500 response. http://www.averageweather.io/averages/Aracaju%20-%20State%20of%20Sergipe/Brazil/02/22/03/01/ http://www.averageweather.io/averages/Aracaju%20-%20State%20...
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  - averageweather 10y ago
    Ugh. Handled. Thanks
adambedford 10y ago
Nice! I submitted my app, JobTrack (https://jobtrack.io https://jobtrack.io). Let's see if it gets approved to be listed!
jim_d 10y ago
This is a great list, thanks for putting this together. As a small feature request it would be great if I could see more of the apps at once, I think infinite scroll or just more apps per page would be nice.
vasanthv 10y ago
Moving the list to twitter to cut down costs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634626

136 points by vasanthv 10y ago

tdk 10y ago

Cool, but most users won't know what CSS3 or hybrid applications are. Maybe just put "should work with all modern browsers".

fiatjaf 10y ago

I thought I wouldn't like it, but the selection of web apps is very interesting.

bharani_m 10y ago

Great site and nicely curated list. But I think there is a problem with redirecting www to non-www. I submitted an app [1] using the the Google forms that you have, after submission it takes me to www.webapphunt.co and Heroku says that no such app exists. You might want to check your DNS records. [1] https://www.emailthis.me https://www.emailthis.me

vasanthv 10y ago
Thank you for reporting. Fixed it.

meagher 10y ago

Very nice! Personally, I dislike the phrase hand-curated.

garysieling 10y ago
Can you elaborate? I've been describing https://www.findlectures.com https://www.findlectures.com similarly to people, and I've had a lot of positive feedback. There is some frustration from the impersonality of the poorer implemented AI recommenders.
- IceyEC 10y ago
  what's added by describing it as hand-curated over curated?
  - Nadya 10y ago
    Algorithms can "curate" things nowadays, but often do so poorly. "Hand" implies a person is doing the curation and not an algorithm. I could see people preferring a person over an algorithm. A "curated feed" doesn't imply a human is curating the feed anymore.
intrasight 10y ago
Agreed. Curation is done with the mind not the hand. And since there's no other way to do it, you can drop the mind and just say curated.
tarcyanm 10y ago
I am as tired of hearing "curated" as I am of "artisanal". Both are effectively becoming meaningless and set my pretentiousness detector on high alert.
- jerrycruncher 10y ago
  Agreed. 'Curated' is currently being over-used to the point of parody. Any list of things made by a person is a curation. One could easily describe a grocery list as a 'a thoughtfully curated selection of produce and pantry goods.'

joekrill 10y ago

This looks cool, thanks. Also want to thank you for not opening your links in an external window! I'm really getting sick of that trend.

mxuribe 10y ago

I like this; very nice.

v4n4d1s 10y ago

The folks over at /r/selfhosted made a similar list of (mostly) web applications you can selhost: https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted

vgb2k11 10y ago

The most useful app on this hand-curated list has got to be "how many people in space right now". I mean, who knew it would be 6 ! /s /thread.

averageweather 10y ago

Nice. I think my http://www.averageweather.io http://www.averageweather.io web app fits in well here, but I guess I will wait and see if it gets approved. Quick and to the point, useful web apps.

ihattendorf 10y ago
Looks nice, but I'm getting a 500 response. http://www.averageweather.io/averages/Aracaju%20-%20State%20of%20Sergipe/Brazil/02/22/03/01/ http://www.averageweather.io/averages/Aracaju%20-%20State%20...
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- averageweather 10y ago
  Ugh. Handled. Thanks

adambedford 10y ago

Nice! I submitted my app, JobTrack (https://jobtrack.io https://jobtrack.io). Let's see if it gets approved to be listed!

jim_d 10y ago

This is a great list, thanks for putting this together. As a small feature request it would be great if I could see more of the apps at once, I think infinite scroll or just more apps per page would be nice.

vasanthv 10y ago

Moving the list to twitter to cut down costs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634626