Magnetissimo
Dev tools
torrent search engine
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
9 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Design: 5 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Elixir choice and clean design appreciated
From 2 comments
Looks really interesting, I love goal 1: no JavaScript - YES! Thank you! And elixir is a very exciting language, especially to an ops person where when I read elixir code it…
mrmondo on HNLooks like a useful tool, but I kinda wish this kind of programs had a CLI. It seems to be doing one main thing (searching), and it could be super useful to be able to pipe the…
yoavm on HN
Useful tool
From 1 comment
very useful tool
giridhar50 on HN
Objections
Crawler is not concurrent and crawls one URL at a time per site
From 2 comments
You should look for sitemaps. They are often listed in robots.txt. Will save you lots of time! These sites have sitemaps: http://torrentproject.se/robots.txt…
fenollp on HNHas anyone hosted this somewhere yet? I was hoping I could just run it locally but you have to crawl all those sites every time, and it's not concurrent...
kenning on HN
Image in repo suggests copyright infringement use
From 2 comments
When someone posts about a GPL violation, people are quick to decry it, and rightly so. But this repo demonstrates, right in the first image, this tool being used to violate…
brian-armstrong on HNHave a look at this repo for yourself if you don't believe me. The image demonstrates the tool being used for copyright violations. It's billing itself that way, no?
brian-armstrong on HN
Requests
Add a CLI for piping results to downloaders
From 1 comment
Looks like a useful tool, but I kinda wish this kind of programs had a CLI. It seems to be doing one main thing (searching), and it could be super useful to be able to pipe the…
yoavm on HN
Start downloads from the web UI or RSS feed support
From 1 comment
I might have to start an anonymous GitHub account so that I can contribute to this. It would be fantastic if there was a way to start a download directly from the web UI. Many…
luckystartup on HN
Docker-compose setup for easier deployment
From 1 comment
I'll be trying this out, it could work well with Cloud Torrent. I've largely moved away from Torrents tho and switched to using NZB's and apps that automatically download tv…
nikcub on HN
Questions
Is there a hosted version or a way to run it without crawling every time
From 1 comment
Has anyone hosted this somewhere yet? I was hoping I could just run it locally but you have to crawl all those sites every time, and it's not concurrent...
kenning on HN
Are there other programs that offer the same function
From 1 comment
Are there other programs that offer this same function?
dopkew on HN
Alternatives named
NZB tools such as Sonarr, CouchPotato and NZBHydra
From 1 comment
I'll be trying this out, it could work well with Cloud Torrent. I've largely moved away from Torrents tho and switched to using NZB's and apps that automatically download tv…
nikcub on HN
Cloud Torrent and ruTorrent
From 1 comment
I'll be trying this out, it could work well with Cloud Torrent. I've largely moved away from Torrents tho and switched to using NZB's and apps that automatically download tv…
nikcub on HN