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by pencildiver 3y ago
Thanks for sharing this! Definitely wasn't expecting this level of traffic so didn't account for some front-end loading experiences. Implementing these now. For 3, thinking to let the back button work the same as the "x"
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Great suggestions, looking into this right now. First time building something like this so definitely new to some of these tools. For scraping: Found that every Shopify store has a public JSON file that is available in the same route. The J
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by pencildiver 3y ago
OP here. Yup, haven't launched the holding company yet but idea is to have an LLC for all my software projects. Still a work-in-progress in both thinking and execution. Agora specifically came from a personal need and is obviously stil
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Enter key should work, but the loading speed is very slow right now. Fixing that right now :) You can reach out at support @ searchagora.com. Would love to talk!
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Absolutely. Working on a "ships to" filter and enhancing the 'price' filter. Also fixing the loading experience as we speak. Wasn't expecting this level of traffic so didn't account for slow server speed with t
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Super cool project (especially as a coffee lover myself)!
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Yes. There's a very basic price range filter right now. Working on adding a ships to, location, and a few others. Open to any ideas that would help in the shopping experience. There are 'reviews' now and made the decision to
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Thank you, that means a lot. It has definitely been a whirlwind of emotions since posting on HN but glad I did. It's definitely an MVP so going to work fast to improve it.
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Yeah absolutely. I hadn't heard of Shop until today but the value proposition is definitely similar. In the next week, I'll add other e-commerce platforms like BigCommerce, WooCommerce, support for custom built sites, etc. to real
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Great call! I am doing back-ups on Mongo and this is a good use-case for tracking changes. Also trying to figure out how to detect is a product is sold out or not being sold anymore.
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Really happy to hear this. I'll do my best to keep this around :)
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Bought an initial list of 2m stores for a few hundred dollars from a website called "Built With". Think they are used for building sales outreach lists. Then narrowed down the focus to stores to US only and between $100k - $1m in
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Definitely have not solved the problem yet! The search algorithm prioritizes the brand called "Red Wing Shoe" so still figuring out ways to show real 'red shoes'. Have been thinking about passing the images through a det
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Super cool product! I'm currently using a list of Shopify stores, so it's still limited (i.e. wanted to start with a relatively small list to focus on the search experience). I'll submit your URL to the crawler now. If you wa
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Scraper is built in Javascript and a Mongo database. Probably not the most scalable way to do it, but I found that all Shopify stores have a public JSON file available at [Base URL]/products.json. So found a list of stores, built a cra
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Show HN: I scraped 25M Shopify products to build a search engine(searchagora.com)
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by pencildiver 3y ago
Hi HN! I built Agora as a side-project leading up to the holiday season. I wanted to find an easier way to find Christmas gifts, without needing to go store-by-store. My wife asked me for a a pair of red shoes for Christmas. I quickly typed
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Agora: A search engine for Shopify products(searchagora.com)
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by pencildiver 6y ago
Really well executed idea. Great timing too.
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Safe Schools Initiative – An app attempting to prevent school shootings
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Ask HN: Do you trust low-code platforms?
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A collection of resources for underrepresented people in tech(diversifytech.co)
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App Development Horror Stories [pdf](cdn2.hubspot.net)
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A guide for how to talk to a developer(hatchapps.com)
31 points by pencildiver 8y ago|42 comments
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A study that shows the price variability of app development(hatchapps.com)
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by pencildiver 10y ago
Is this a feature that AeroFS customers will also get access to? Or is this meant to be a completely separate product line? Overall, this is amazing. Congratulations on the launch :)

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