johnnyodonnell

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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   I will check that out! We are always looking at add new courses
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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   That's true, it doesn't match location at the moment, but we may add something like that in the future if that's what people want. Hopefully as more people sign up, our algorithm will be able to make better study buddy sugges
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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   Very good question. I would recommend doing both I suppose. On Stacks, we match you up with buddies based on all of the courses you are interested in rather than just one. So our algorithm may recommend that you match up with someone who is
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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   I'll take a look at this and see what we can do. If you email me at admin@stacks.courses, I can make sure we reach out to you when/if we add fast.ai
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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   The gray overlay is supposed to highlight the search bar. It's supposed to make everything on the site gray except for the search bar. Is that not the case for you? Is the search bar also graying out? If so, that's a bug I need to
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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   Thanks Aaron! I enjoyed speaking with you as well. Nice seeing you in the comments!
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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   You don't have to share your actual last name. Pseudonyms are fine. I didn't think about the case where someone doesn't have a last name. I might need to do something about that.
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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   That's a good idea. I was planning on sending this out to r/learnprogramming on Monday. I'll have to make sure this makes it to r/cscareerquestions as well
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   by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

   Ahh yes, very true :) A lot of good points. Thank you for the feedback!
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    I think this is a good idea. I've thought about doing something like this for books as well. I haven't yet thought about doing this for programming languages or frameworks, but maybe I should.
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    I like that copy as well. Having class sizes is a great idea. I'll have to look into adding that.
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    I like that. I think I may have to use that.
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    Thank you!
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    Thank you!
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    That might be true. I think it might be bordering out of scope for the "Find Study Buddies" feature, but I've thought about potentially adding a Q&A feature to the site in the future, which might be more in scope with the
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    Our algorithm starts working as soon as you enable the "Find Study Buddies" feature. Also, it starts working anytime you add a new course. At the moment, it takes about 10 seconds to complete. So if you haven't gotten any sug
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    Are they on Coursera or edX? Or are they on they're own platform? --- Ahh! Looks like are hosted own their own sites. I will take a look at adding these. If you want, you can email me (admin@stacks.courses) a way to contact you and I c
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    Thanks for checking us out!
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    Cool! I hope both approaches work out!
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    Haha that's cool. I had a friend help design my landing page. He mentioned that he used a generic graphic to make that bookshelf. It's cool to see it elsewhere in the wild
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    I will take a look at this. Thanks for the heads up!
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    We're always looking for suggestions for new courses to add! I will take a look at this and see what we can do! If you want, you can email me a way to contact to you at admin@stacks.courses and I can give you an update when we add this
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    That helps a lot. This is something that I haven't been keeping in mind. Great suggestions for what to do with the landing page and also some of the best advice for framing how I should think about how a user will see that first page.
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    This is something I can add. Our catalog currently consists of all courses from Coursera, edX, Udacity, Udemy, and The Great Courses! Maybe I should also fix that wording as well.
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    I hope this can be a valuable a resource as well! Thanks for giving this a look!
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    I have not heard of this concept, but I think that's a great model for learning! Our algorithm favors matches for people that are both currently taking a course - so you are correct in that the "Equal" is the most important c
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    This is something I can work on. Screenshots are something I could easily add. Would it help if I put some screenshots on the home page? Guest access would be a bit hard, but definitely doable as well.
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    This is one of the primary reasons I built this! I hope you like it!
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    Show HN: Find a Study Buddy for your MOOC(stacks.courses)

    217 points by johnnyodonnell 8y ago|64 comments
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    by johnnyodonnell 8y ago

    Thanks for the response!