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45 points by anonfunction 8y ago

gus_massa 8y ago
It looks too similar to the official page. I'm not sure if in this cases they send a friendly email or a nastygram, but I think you should make some small changes in the look and feel so it's clear that it's a different site. Also, does it only show the github links or it also shows the gitlab links?
- anonfunction 8y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, I guess I tried to copy the style exactly except using newer html / css than tables. I'm thinking maybe a chrome extension might be a better choice for this, especially since the API leaves a lot to be desired. It shows links for both github and gitlab links. Edit: I changed the logo and favicon from a Y to a C.
  - dang 8y ago
    It looks fine to me. You might make the top color different; then it would obviously be distinct. > the API leaves a lot to be desired Yes, it does. We're going to make a new API that gives you a simple JSON version of any HN URL. Would that address any of the concerns you encountered?
    - anonfunction 8y ago
      That would definitely be what I was hoping for. The main problems I had were: 1. The stories endpoints were limited to 200 or 500 results, not paginated. 2. I had to loop over and send a request to all the individual stories to check if the url was from github or gitlab. 3. There was not an endpoint for "show new" (/shownew) 4. It was unclear from the docs what is shown on the website homepage (beststories or topstories?)
      - dang 8y ago
        Ok, that's a good confirmation that it's the right approach. Sorry I don't have a timeline for you but we'll get there.
      - captn3m0 8y ago
        You might wanna take a look at https://github.com/cheeaun/node-hnapi https://github.com/cheeaun/node-hnapi for an alternative API
    - jon_richards 8y ago
      >We're going to make a new API that gives you a simple JSON version of any HN URL. Oh, that would be amazing. I wanted to do an analysis of top level, second level, etc comments, but I looked at the API and thought better of it.
anonfunction 8y ago
Hey HN! I've had this domain forever so finally decided to make a website for it. I use the HN API to get the stories and then filter out any none code stories. Next up I will add a filter for programming language so you can easily see all the latest projects in your preferred language. The server is written in Golang and I used nginx with Let's Encrypt for a free SSL certificate.
- abhishekjha 8y ago
  Wait, you can get a free SSL certificate? I thought it was always a paid service.
  - anonfunction 8y ago
    Totally free and took less then 10 minutes! Specifically I used https://certbot.eff.org https://certbot.eff.org with nginx.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    Yes! https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/
  - masukomi 8y ago
    Let's Encrypt is all about giving people free SSL certs and basically any hosting provider worth its salt has started offering them for free to their customers: https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/
joeframbach 8y ago
Fyi, your links at the bottom don't work. <a href="https://github.com/montanaflynn/codehn" onclick="trackOutboundLink(this); return false;">(source code)</a> Either the tracking thing or the `return false` is causing the click to not actually click. Let's be real: everyone on this site is blocking your tracking whatchamajig.
- anonfunction 8y ago
  What browser are you using? I'm using Chrome and they work fine. It's just google analytics event tracking, and I can assure it's not blocked by everyone on HN.
  - joeframbach 8y ago
    Are you blocking trackers with something like ublock?
    - anonfunction 8y ago
      No I am not. I was interested in if people would click the bottom links and I have got quite a few events so far. I wonder if there is a way I could detect if google analytics is blocked and just fire the window location change. Edit: I added a check to make sure google analytics is not blocked, it should work for you now. Thanks for letting me know.
      - deleted 8y ago
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      - joeframbach 8y ago
        Links to github already get tracking for free from github. Check out https://github.com/montanaflynn/codehn/graphs/traffic https://github.com/montanaflynn/codehn/graphs/traffic. It'll look like this: https://i.imgur.com/NQOjGbO.png https://i.imgur.com/NQOjGbO.png (example from one of my projects)
michaelmior 8y ago
Perhaps this is just because of the current stories, but what's the difference between this and https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com ?
- anonfunction 8y ago
  That is pretty much what I hoped to create. I just didn't know about that, I wish I had because I've wanted this functionality for years. One difference is that ?site=github.com seems to only work on the /from page so the results are not broken into top / new / best / show pages. I'm also planning to add a filter so you can only see projects for your language of choice.
  - michaelmior 8y ago
    Cool! Wasn't knocking your project, just trying to understand. A language filter would be nice :)
krapp 8y ago
This is nice, but it would be better (and more useful than a plain HN search) if it included project data through the Github API, like stars, license, languages, etc.
- anonfunction 8y ago
  I was planning to add a filter by language which I get from GitHub API but I like the idea of adding other metadata as well. Thanks for the suggestion.

45 points by anonfunction 8y ago

It looks too similar to the official page. I'm not sure if in this cases they send a friendly email or a nastygram, but I think you should make some small changes in the look and feel so it's clear that it's a different site. Also, does it only show the github links or it also shows the gitlab links?

anonfunction 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback, I guess I tried to copy the style exactly except using newer html / css than tables. I'm thinking maybe a chrome extension might be a better choice for this, especially since the API leaves a lot to be desired. It shows links for both github and gitlab links. Edit: I changed the logo and favicon from a Y to a C.
- dang 8y ago
  It looks fine to me. You might make the top color different; then it would obviously be distinct. > the API leaves a lot to be desired Yes, it does. We're going to make a new API that gives you a simple JSON version of any HN URL. Would that address any of the concerns you encountered?
  - anonfunction 8y ago
    That would definitely be what I was hoping for. The main problems I had were: 1. The stories endpoints were limited to 200 or 500 results, not paginated. 2. I had to loop over and send a request to all the individual stories to check if the url was from github or gitlab. 3. There was not an endpoint for "show new" (/shownew) 4. It was unclear from the docs what is shown on the website homepage (beststories or topstories?)
    - dang 8y ago
      Ok, that's a good confirmation that it's the right approach. Sorry I don't have a timeline for you but we'll get there.
    - captn3m0 8y ago
      You might wanna take a look at https://github.com/cheeaun/node-hnapi https://github.com/cheeaun/node-hnapi for an alternative API
  - jon_richards 8y ago
    >We're going to make a new API that gives you a simple JSON version of any HN URL. Oh, that would be amazing. I wanted to do an analysis of top level, second level, etc comments, but I looked at the API and thought better of it.

anonfunction 8y ago

Hey HN! I've had this domain forever so finally decided to make a website for it. I use the HN API to get the stories and then filter out any none code stories. Next up I will add a filter for programming language so you can easily see all the latest projects in your preferred language. The server is written in Golang and I used nginx with Let's Encrypt for a free SSL certificate.

abhishekjha 8y ago
Wait, you can get a free SSL certificate? I thought it was always a paid service.
- anonfunction 8y ago
  Totally free and took less then 10 minutes! Specifically I used https://certbot.eff.org https://certbot.eff.org with nginx.
- icebraining 8y ago
  Yes! https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/
- masukomi 8y ago
  Let's Encrypt is all about giving people free SSL certs and basically any hosting provider worth its salt has started offering them for free to their customers: https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/

joeframbach 8y ago

Fyi, your links at the bottom don't work. <a href="https://github.com/montanaflynn/codehn" onclick="trackOutboundLink(this); return false;">(source code)</a> Either the tracking thing or the `return false` is causing the click to not actually click. Let's be real: everyone on this site is blocking your tracking whatchamajig.

anonfunction 8y ago
What browser are you using? I'm using Chrome and they work fine. It's just google analytics event tracking, and I can assure it's not blocked by everyone on HN.
- joeframbach 8y ago
  Are you blocking trackers with something like ublock?
  - anonfunction 8y ago
    No I am not. I was interested in if people would click the bottom links and I have got quite a few events so far. I wonder if there is a way I could detect if google analytics is blocked and just fire the window location change. Edit: I added a check to make sure google analytics is not blocked, it should work for you now. Thanks for letting me know.
    - deleted 8y ago
      [deleted]
    - joeframbach 8y ago
      Links to github already get tracking for free from github. Check out https://github.com/montanaflynn/codehn/graphs/traffic https://github.com/montanaflynn/codehn/graphs/traffic. It'll look like this: https://i.imgur.com/NQOjGbO.png https://i.imgur.com/NQOjGbO.png (example from one of my projects)

michaelmior 8y ago

Perhaps this is just because of the current stories, but what's the difference between this and https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com ?

anonfunction 8y ago
That is pretty much what I hoped to create. I just didn't know about that, I wish I had because I've wanted this functionality for years. One difference is that ?site=github.com seems to only work on the /from page so the results are not broken into top / new / best / show pages. I'm also planning to add a filter so you can only see projects for your language of choice.
- michaelmior 8y ago
  Cool! Wasn't knocking your project, just trying to understand. A language filter would be nice :)

krapp 8y ago

This is nice, but it would be better (and more useful than a plain HN search) if it included project data through the Github API, like stars, license, languages, etc.

anonfunction 8y ago
I was planning to add a filter by language which I get from GitHub API but I like the idea of adding other metadata as well. Thanks for the suggestion.