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There's also https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome What's causing the rise of these curated lists? Some things I've b

by jotto 8y ago

There's also https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome What's causing the rise of these curated lists? Some things I've been pondering: * quality decline of Google search results * less people using bookmark aggregators (del.icio.us) * the trend towards feeds or transient info (fb/twitter/reddit)

amrrs 8y ago
Or a good archive that could be referred later. that could be an easy option with delicious but these aggregation helps in very quick reference of something that's required. Also browser and device independent. Strange it might seem, I'm managing a personal list https://github.com/amrrs/Interesting_Links https://github.com/amrrs/Interesting_Links which helps me to read later and share it with someone in future.
DaftDank 8y ago
Personally, what I like about it is that it steers me in different directions of learning. When a list like this is curated by the right person, it can help you weed through a lot of low-value content sites, with similar information.
peruvian 8y ago
> What's causing the rise of these curated lists? People with good intentions that want a repo with a high star count. Getting over 500 stars on these readme-only/awesome/"curated" list is very easy. The problem is that curating these lists isn't easy work - people will throw 50+ PRs at you adding their random project. Most maintainers blindly accept them and then the list becomes useless. Sindre (original awesome list author) is one of the few who actually curates their lists.
- trimstray 8y ago
  I do it only for stars... really man? Creating and maintaining such a list is not a simple thing. It's not awesome or other shit in the name. This is a collection of my short notes, one-liners, useful links, tools and more. I added it to gh, to share with others and get other interesting things. Not for stars! The amount of them is obviously nice but not crucial.
  - bleh123 8y ago
    To be fair, i find this very useful. One of the issues i've run into time and again while trying to consolidate a big chunk of my "Understanding" of a field such as CS over to someone who's got questions like "Where do i start? Where do i go from there?" has always been putting into context the wide array of topics out there and the many different rabbit holes you may end up going down based on what you're interested in. Great societies enable education frameworks that allow for total n00bs to be hit with an ocean of knowledge and walk out smarter, i really appreciate the people in this day and age taking their precious time out to consolidate lists like these. Thank you!
- dqpb 8y ago
  What is the value of GitHub stars?
  - jplayer01 8y ago
    You're worth more as a person with more stars. They're like upvotes, basically.
    - pizzazzaro 8y ago
      >worth more as a person LOL! Social Capital gone insanely, nakedly wrong? Or just a Freudian-style slip?
      - jplayer01 8y ago
        It's meant tongue-in-cheek, not seriously.
noonespecial 8y ago
The quality decline is real: I'm searching for one line of text. Every click gets me 100 meg of browser-choking script that leaves me bashing at the close tab button just to get the session back.
djhworld 8y ago
> * quality decline of Google search results I don't think that's necessarily true, Google is really good at answering questions, it's not so good at "give me a good set of recommended resources on this topic" which requires human input.

by jotto 8y ago

amrrs 8y ago

Or a good archive that could be referred later. that could be an easy option with delicious but these aggregation helps in very quick reference of something that's required. Also browser and device independent. Strange it might seem, I'm managing a personal list https://github.com/amrrs/Interesting_Links https://github.com/amrrs/Interesting_Links which helps me to read later and share it with someone in future.

DaftDank 8y ago

Personally, what I like about it is that it steers me in different directions of learning. When a list like this is curated by the right person, it can help you weed through a lot of low-value content sites, with similar information.

peruvian 8y ago

> What's causing the rise of these curated lists? People with good intentions that want a repo with a high star count. Getting over 500 stars on these readme-only/awesome/"curated" list is very easy. The problem is that curating these lists isn't easy work - people will throw 50+ PRs at you adding their random project. Most maintainers blindly accept them and then the list becomes useless. Sindre (original awesome list author) is one of the few who actually curates their lists.

trimstray 8y ago
I do it only for stars... really man? Creating and maintaining such a list is not a simple thing. It's not awesome or other shit in the name. This is a collection of my short notes, one-liners, useful links, tools and more. I added it to gh, to share with others and get other interesting things. Not for stars! The amount of them is obviously nice but not crucial.
- bleh123 8y ago
  To be fair, i find this very useful. One of the issues i've run into time and again while trying to consolidate a big chunk of my "Understanding" of a field such as CS over to someone who's got questions like "Where do i start? Where do i go from there?" has always been putting into context the wide array of topics out there and the many different rabbit holes you may end up going down based on what you're interested in. Great societies enable education frameworks that allow for total n00bs to be hit with an ocean of knowledge and walk out smarter, i really appreciate the people in this day and age taking their precious time out to consolidate lists like these. Thank you!
dqpb 8y ago
What is the value of GitHub stars?
- jplayer01 8y ago
  You're worth more as a person with more stars. They're like upvotes, basically.
  - pizzazzaro 8y ago
    >worth more as a person LOL! Social Capital gone insanely, nakedly wrong? Or just a Freudian-style slip?
    - jplayer01 8y ago
      It's meant tongue-in-cheek, not seriously.

noonespecial 8y ago

The quality decline is real: I'm searching for one line of text. Every click gets me 100 meg of browser-choking script that leaves me bashing at the close tab button just to get the session back.

djhworld 8y ago

> * quality decline of Google search results I don't think that's necessarily true, Google is really good at answering questions, it's not so good at "give me a good set of recommended resources on this topic" which requires human input.