Insanely Useful Websites
Productivity
curated website collection
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
4 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 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
Some listed sites are genuinely useful
From 3 comments
I found some of these genuinely interesting and useful, so thanks. Overall I don't see a reason to come back to the website and not interested in the newsletter format.…
axg11 on HNSuper Agent works great! What a difference it makes.
willmacdonald on HNAnd I'm grateful that they did. Among all the sites listed on that page, this is the one I use the most.
Srikanth on HN
Objections
Design looks like SEO blogspam or busy and over-polished
From 2 comments
Neat, thanks for sharing. My main feedback is that it subjectively looks and feels very much like the SEO blogspam you get at the top of every google search these days. It's hard…
na85 on HNI'm not the OP, but I thought the design was OK. One thing I'd suggest removing however is the Product Hunt logo/widget. It's meaningless for people that may find your site via…
rchaud on HN
Hard to navigate; no categories or filtering
From 1 comment
Looks valuable, some of them might come in handy. But it's unstructured now and hard to navigate. It would be great to add categories and filtering. So users will be able to…
mattlauko on HN
Some linked sites are broken or flagged as security risks
From 2 comments
https://audiobites.io/ is giving security risk in FF.
nickthegreek on HNThe website appears to have been shut down, definitely should remove.
jesterman on HN
Few of the listed sites seem useful to some readers
From 1 comment
It's always interesting to get pulled out of one's own bubble, because I fail to find any of these websites useful? (other than mynoise, which I already knew)
hobo_mark on HN
Requests
Add categories, tags and filtering
From 2 comments
Looks valuable, some of them might come in handy. But it's unstructured now and hard to navigate. It would be great to add categories and filtering. So users will be able to…
mattlauko on HNAdd tags! Add as much as information as you can to be honest. I want to read before I want to click, specially if the link is going to redirect me to a new website different than…
ahmed_ds on HN
Redesign the site and fix layout shift
From 2 comments
One thing that bothered me is that the images are sort of popping in and causing the layout to shift as you scroll down. If you set a dimensions on the img-tags, it will at least…
marginalia_nu on HNThanks dude! I've been feeling weird about the design since I launched it, definitely needs a redesign. I've mostly been focused on the newsletter side of things and ignored the…
jayra on HN
Remove the Product Hunt widget
From 1 comment
I'm not the OP, but I thought the design was OK. One thing I'd suggest removing however is the Product Hunt logo/widget. It's meaningless for people that may find your site via…
rchaud on HN
Questions
Is there a free online version of neural image upscaling
From 1 comment
Does anyone know a free, online version of neural enhance?
sydthrowaway on HN
Alternatives named
netted.net newsletter
From 1 comment
I use remove.bg, tempmail, and down for everyone or me somewhat regularly and used to love using bug me not (like 10 years ago). This reminds me of netted.net. They also focus…
eappleby on HN
time.is and whattimeisit
From 1 comment
https://time.is/ Wow, someone actually built it.... https://www.joelonsoftware.com/whattimeisit/
throwawayboise on HN
Personal link site tentacle.rupy.se
From 1 comment
I made a link site 20 years ago: http://tentacle.rupy.se I still use it to this day. My memory is not what it used to be. Now I just need a dead link reporter tool for it.
bullen on HN