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Show HN: Our weekend project - HN Showcase, browse "Show HN" posts

63 points by ssong 15y ago

http://www.hnshowcase.com Moses (nnythm) and I browse Hacker News daily. Show HN posts are some of our favorite parts of HN. We wanted to create a way to browse Show HN articles, even those that might not quite make it to the front page. We created http://www.hnshowcase.com last weekend to make discovering projects posted on HN easier. It searches all "Show HN" posts and generates a thumbnail view for each of them. You can sort by submission date, points, and number of comments, and navigate with left/right or j/k keys. We used the following technologies: HN Search API, Pyramid web framework, jQuery, url2png and thumbalizr for thumbnail generation, and dotCloud for hosting. Let us know what you think and how we can improve the user experience!

ssong 15y ago
Direct link: http://www.hnshowcase.com/ http://www.hnshowcase.com/
slater 15y ago
Nothing much to add except that it's a great idea, and really nice-looking implementation.
tobin 15y ago
Very slick! I like it a lot (: anything to improve HN is a + for me!
karlzt 15y ago
why is this better than searching "show hn" on hnsearch?
- ssong 15y ago
  hnsearch is certainly a great way to find the same information, and in fact we use it underneath to get our data. However, going through hnsearch requires a few steps and many casual readers might not bother to go there. Since most "Show HN" posts link to the project homepage, we hope that displaying a thumbnail of each page in a visual gallery can help views discover interesting content faster.
karmalizer 15y ago
Nice! Someone should make a website linking all the little improvements like this people have made to HN. EDIT: When I'm on page 2 ordered by date, then click on order by points, it takes me to page to ordered by points. It should take me to the start.
- lostbit 15y ago
  I guess you haven't been on http://www.hnsearch.com/apps http://www.hnsearch.com/apps. It has not everything but is a good summary.
scottkrager 15y ago
Very cool, and very Meta.
Udo 15y ago
Awesome, thank you guys!
jamesgagan 15y ago
Looks great! One suggestion, maybe have the links open in a new window. I know this annoys some people, but it makes it easier to get back to your site after looking at someone's project. I don't always remember to control click on the links.
andrethegiant 15y ago
Sweet, bookmarked. Thanks for sharing the services you used too, url2png looks awesome, can't wait to try it out
sebkomianos 15y ago
Just so you know, I just finished browsing all 82 pages. Thanks guys! :)
jvdmeij 15y ago
Cool! Would love to see endless scrolling in there though.
adam-_- 15y ago
I was tickled by the fact it included a link to itself, for endless browsing.. Nice work though!
hacker007 15y ago
Oh, wow..love the site! I frequently check out "Show HN" posts. I mostly view the feedback that was given. I like that you included a preview and link to the comments section. EDIT: I tried it out more. It would be nice to have a search option too.
euroclydon 15y ago
Definitely found some stuff to vote up. Interactive JavaScript PID Demo: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2810771 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2810771
JonLim 15y ago
Neat! Definitely bookmarked, I love Show HN posts the most!
pp33 15y ago
Nice!

63 points by ssong 15y ago

ssong 15y ago

Direct link: http://www.hnshowcase.com/ http://www.hnshowcase.com/

slater 15y ago

Nothing much to add except that it's a great idea, and really nice-looking implementation.

tobin 15y ago

Very slick! I like it a lot (: anything to improve HN is a + for me!

karlzt 15y ago

why is this better than searching "show hn" on hnsearch?

ssong 15y ago
hnsearch is certainly a great way to find the same information, and in fact we use it underneath to get our data. However, going through hnsearch requires a few steps and many casual readers might not bother to go there. Since most "Show HN" posts link to the project homepage, we hope that displaying a thumbnail of each page in a visual gallery can help views discover interesting content faster.

karmalizer 15y ago

Nice! Someone should make a website linking all the little improvements like this people have made to HN. EDIT: When I'm on page 2 ordered by date, then click on order by points, it takes me to page to ordered by points. It should take me to the start.

lostbit 15y ago
I guess you haven't been on http://www.hnsearch.com/apps http://www.hnsearch.com/apps. It has not everything but is a good summary.

scottkrager 15y ago

Very cool, and very Meta.

Udo 15y ago

Awesome, thank you guys!

jamesgagan 15y ago

Looks great! One suggestion, maybe have the links open in a new window. I know this annoys some people, but it makes it easier to get back to your site after looking at someone's project. I don't always remember to control click on the links.

andrethegiant 15y ago

Sweet, bookmarked. Thanks for sharing the services you used too, url2png looks awesome, can't wait to try it out

sebkomianos 15y ago

Just so you know, I just finished browsing all 82 pages. Thanks guys! :)

jvdmeij 15y ago

Cool! Would love to see endless scrolling in there though.

adam-_- 15y ago

I was tickled by the fact it included a link to itself, for endless browsing.. Nice work though!

hacker007 15y ago

Oh, wow..love the site! I frequently check out "Show HN" posts. I mostly view the feedback that was given. I like that you included a preview and link to the comments section. EDIT: I tried it out more. It would be nice to have a search option too.

euroclydon 15y ago

Definitely found some stuff to vote up. Interactive JavaScript PID Demo: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2810771 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2810771

JonLim 15y ago

Neat! Definitely bookmarked, I love Show HN posts the most!

pp33 15y ago

Nice!