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How HN took it
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Design: 2 for, 5 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Digital Garden Setup guide and tool liked
From 2 comments
I liked the Digital Garden Setup guide (needs login): https://learnawesome.org/digitalgardensetup
captn3m0 on HNThank You for pointing it out and thank you OP for building the tool. I have been playing around with it for last 10 mins and I love it. Looking forward to using it.
kobiguru on HN
Knowledge graph and programs part praised
From 1 comment
Great job with knowledge graphs. Specially love the programs part. Any plans on adding more programs to it? Can we build our own programs?
anistark on HN
Objections
Login required to see content, now fixed
From 2 comments
why do i need to login to simply see the syllabus? I'm not opposed to eventually signing up, but forcing me to before i'm sold on the platform seems premature.
meesterdude on HN> To see this syllabus, please log-in and revisit this page. Uhhh... no.
choward on HN
Error 500 crashes and theme bug
From 2 comments
Submitted contents are not editable and there is no way to change the title of the submitted content. And there is also no way to delete what you have submitted. From a UX point…
archibaldJ on HNso, i changed the default theme on settings, and now i keep getting an Error 500
ferCats99 on HN
Too many things at once; unclear product focus
From 1 comment
Submitted contents are not editable and there is no way to change the title of the submitted content. And there is also no way to delete what you have submitted. From a UX point…
archibaldJ on HN
Requests
Visible skill prerequisites and learning paths
From 2 comments
Frankly, I would love to see either of these ideas (skill dependencies, or spiral approach) implemented in code, in a way where I can look at the materials and see how I'm going…
kerkeslager on HNLooks pretty good, but when you call it a map it makes me think that it would make the connections between topics, i.e. show the sequence you need to follow to learn things, what…
jbotz on HN
Easier removal of search filters
From 1 comment
I used a suggested filter, but changed the topic to something else ("Tribology", randomly picked). There were no results, and I removed filter after filter, but still nothing…
blauditore on HN
Ability to edit or delete submissions
From 1 comment
Submitted contents are not editable and there is no way to change the title of the submitted content. And there is also no way to delete what you have submitted. From a UX point…
archibaldJ on HN
Questions
How are recommendations and matching algorithm built
From 1 comment
I'm curious as to how you're developing the matching algorithm or recommendation system between learning material and students? I'm trying to do the same but for socially…
akinhwan on HN
How will collection stay high quality without link rot
From 1 comment
Learnawesome has become my goto resource to find useful links. Thanks for building this! How do you plan to scale this collection while also ensuring quality and up-to-date…
marvindanig on HN
Alternatives named
Metacademy
From 1 comment
See also https://metacademy.org, one of the most inspiring knowledge package managers I've seen prototyped.
mekarpeles on HN
Khan Academy knowledge map
From 1 comment
I'm also really interested in this. Khan Academy used to have a wonderful one, for pretty much all of math up to about undergrad level, but it's gone, for no reason I could find…
falcor84 on HN
Underlay.org
From 1 comment
Check how underlay.org is trying to build a really granular graph of claims and assertions. Building something similar for skills is what LearnAwesome is interested in. I'm not…
mathnmusic on HN