Read This Twice
Learning and science
book recommendations
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Design: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 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
Clean, polished design
From 2 comments
Great work. It looks absolutely polished and really well done. Can you describe the tech stack and how did you go about collecting images ? Also, did you fetch the titles via…
pawnednow on HNNice work, the design is very clean and fitting for a site about books. One comment: I was looking for a link on the header that would give me topics or categories, but couldn't…
atarian on HN
Performs well
From 1 comment
This looks great, but this feels way too skewed to people who are popular or in roles of power. Is it really valuable to know what Trump is reading? Emma Watson? Ashton Kutcher?…
Feolkin on HN
Objections
List skewed toward celebrities and people in power rather than well-read experts
From 1 comment
This looks great, but this feels way too skewed to people who are popular or in roles of power. Is it really valuable to know what Trump is reading? Emma Watson? Ashton Kutcher?…
Feolkin on HN
Claims about what specific people read are inaccurate (e.g. Trump)
From 2 comments
Trump never read most of the books you listed. Please fix that. Specially those written in '19 '20
scared2 on HNTo be honest, I loaded the page, saw "what books Trump reads" and gave up on the site right there.
user00012-ab on HN
Requests
Rename the Books link so categories are easier to find
From 1 comment
Nice work, the design is very clean and fitting for a site about books. One comment: I was looking for a link on the header that would give me topics or categories, but couldn't…
atarian on HN
Questions
What tech stack was used
From 2 comments
Great work. It looks absolutely polished and really well done. Can you describe the tech stack and how did you go about collecting images ? Also, did you fetch the titles via…
pawnednow on HNThis looks great, but this feels way too skewed to people who are popular or in roles of power. Is it really valuable to know what Trump is reading? Emma Watson? Ashton Kutcher?…
Feolkin on HN
How images and titles were collected, including from Amazon
From 1 comment
Great work. It looks absolutely polished and really well done. Can you describe the tech stack and how did you go about collecting images ? Also, did you fetch the titles via…
pawnednow on HN
Which books are referenced most
From 1 comment
Is there a way to see which books have been referenced most?
sam1r on HN