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I’m (slowly) working on an old-school manually-curated index of websites that I think have that “soul” of the old web. Many aren’t old, and lots are even using

I’m (slowly) working on an old-school manually-curated index of websites that I think have that “soul” of the old web. Many aren’t old, and lots are even using the latest in web technologies, but the common theme is “someone put time and effort into hand crafting this website for no other reason than because they were passionate about it”. I really do think there’s a gap in the modern web for discovering stuff like this. Google only wants to show you what social networks and major entities have for your query, and SEO spam buries everything else.

berkes 6y ago
In the wake of the last "app stores are monopolies"-outrage (which happens at least yearly), I was thinking about a monopoly-less-appstore ecosystem. In a place where everyone can start an app-store, people will need to carve out their niche. People could then start hand-curated appstores. For a niche. Put together with care and effort. A little like-f-droid, but much more common and therefore covering a lot more niches. A "christian appstore", "socialist appstore", "appstore for old phones" and so on. Kindof like the old "manually-created" indexes, but for modern times, in which phones are the primary gateway to the internet.
muzani 6y ago
lol, I have to agree with SEO spam. I tried looking for a good pasta sauce recipe lately. I remembered something recommended by Pocket, which was amazing (Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking), but it didn't even show up in the first few Google search pages for pasta. None of the results were even a variation of the superior recipes. The top search result has 9 (!) ads, mentions the book, but butchers everything that makes the recipe good. It shows rave reviews and a rating of 4.8. It probably is better than what everyone's mom taught them, and better compared to a generic tin can sauce. But I think the old school algorithm of "best selling cookbook" does better. Try looking for other heavily SEO-ed things and it's even more hopeless: weight loss, business advice, games.
- QuesnayJr 6y ago
  For recipes, I've had good luck with looking on yummly.
- arjonagelhout 6y ago
  I recently came across the following website in a HN thread complaining about bloat in recipe websites, I haven’t tried it out yet but it’s an interesting premise: https://plainoldrecipe.com/ https://plainoldrecipe.com/

berkes 6y ago

In the wake of the last "app stores are monopolies"-outrage (which happens at least yearly), I was thinking about a monopoly-less-appstore ecosystem. In a place where everyone can start an app-store, people will need to carve out their niche. People could then start hand-curated appstores. For a niche. Put together with care and effort. A little like-f-droid, but much more common and therefore covering a lot more niches. A "christian appstore", "socialist appstore", "appstore for old phones" and so on. Kindof like the old "manually-created" indexes, but for modern times, in which phones are the primary gateway to the internet.

muzani 6y ago

lol, I have to agree with SEO spam. I tried looking for a good pasta sauce recipe lately. I remembered something recommended by Pocket, which was amazing (Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking), but it didn't even show up in the first few Google search pages for pasta. None of the results were even a variation of the superior recipes. The top search result has 9 (!) ads, mentions the book, but butchers everything that makes the recipe good. It shows rave reviews and a rating of 4.8. It probably is better than what everyone's mom taught them, and better compared to a generic tin can sauce. But I think the old school algorithm of "best selling cookbook" does better. Try looking for other heavily SEO-ed things and it's even more hopeless: weight loss, business advice, games.

QuesnayJr 6y ago
For recipes, I've had good luck with looking on yummly.
arjonagelhout 6y ago
I recently came across the following website in a HN thread complaining about bloat in recipe websites, I haven’t tried it out yet but it’s an interesting premise: https://plainoldrecipe.com/ https://plainoldrecipe.com/