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How HN took it
7 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Idea: 5 for, 7 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever use of GitHub issues and notifications with no infrastructure to run
From 3 comments
Using GitHub issues to power notifications in this way is absolutely inspired! You get single-sign-in for anyone with a GitHub account. You get both email AND push-based…
simonw on HNI think this is a much smarter way of building this than using a mailing list or RSS feed, both of which have non-trivial operational expenses associated with them. This…
simonw on HNHah, it's even clever-er than I thought: the entire implementation is 220 lines of Node.js https://github.com/vitalets/github-trending-repos/blob/master/index.js And everything…
simonw on HN
Good signal-to-noise for language-specific tracking
From 1 comment
I think its a nice idea, especially regarding signal to noise. I mean, for sure I could watch https://github.com/trending but in fact I don't care about a lot of languages which…
JepZ on HN
Objections
Existing options like RSS, mailing lists or GitHub's own features could do this
From 3 comments
Couldn't this be done a lot more simply with a mailing list or RSS feed? Using GitHub issues seems a bit convoluted, although I'm guessing it's probably because it's easier to…
trextrex on HNDoesn't GitHub provides exact this functionality by itself?
romanovcode on HNWhy is this needed when I can go on gihub.com and check trending repos? I see no point in this.
symbolepro on HN
Issue updates appeared stalled, though this was a display issue
From 2 comments
Seems kinda cool - works by updating a GH issue per language and you subscribe to updates on the issue. But seems that the issues have been locked and not updated since November…
ryanianian on HN> But seems that the issues have been locked and not updated since November without explanation as to why. GitHub shows issue creation date, not last update.
vitalets on HN
Requests
Make it 0-config as a general service for such use cases
From 1 comment
Couldn't this be done a lot more simply with a mailing list or RSS feed? Using GitHub issues seems a bit convoluted, although I'm guessing it's probably because it's easier to…
trextrex on HN
Questions
Why shadowsocks repo shows as removed
From 2 comments
I picked one Python repo at random to start and got an empty repo that says "Removed according to regulations": https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks According to google, it…
bobbyi_settv on HNSee master branch: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks/tree/master
jyr0s on HN
Alternatives named
github.com/trending
From 2 comments
https://github.com/trending does but if you look at his repo he says "None of alternatives can send notifications per programming language. That's why I've created this project."
rynop on HNI think its a nice idea, especially regarding signal to noise. I mean, for sure I could watch https://github.com/trending but in fact I don't care about a lot of languages which…
JepZ on HN
Changelog nightly
From 1 comment
I use changelog nightly for similar purpose. It shows you hottest and most starred repos within the day. http://nightly.changelog.com/2018/02/22/
mandliya on HN
github-trends.ryotarai.info
From 1 comment
You mean http://github-trends.ryotarai.info/?
tonysdg on HN
Yahoo Pipes
From 1 comment
It could have been simpler and just as free in Yahoo!Pipes. RIP.
danthejam on HN