SearchTheDeck
Productivity
pitch deck search
SHOW HN2023
219points
36comments
#251of 3,109 in 2023
Top 9%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
6 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful resource for pitch deck references and a fast search.
From 3 comments
Nice project for looking for pitchdeck references. Thanks for building and sharing it. I am curious about the tech behind it - are you doing OCR on images? The search is very…
lming on HNNice work! I added SearchTheDeck to my pitch deck repo of advice: https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson/pitch-deck/
jph on HNThank you for building and sharing this. Awesome resource!
moserch on HN
Objections
Slide images are low resolution and mangled by upscaling.
From 2 comments
I mentioned this in a separate comment: the source images of some of the slides have too low resolution for the upscaling algorithm to recognize/improve it - so it gets all…
ashiban on HNthe source images of some of the slides starts too low resolution for the upscaling algorithm to recognize/improve it - so it gets all mangled up
ashiban on HN
Search misses terms when OCR fails to read them.
From 2 comments
Not at all - the search is only as good as the OCR - I suspect tesseract has a harder time mapping IPFS because it's not a dictionary-like word. Try "congratulations" - What…
ashiban on HNThe search does not seem to be returning what your searching. Example search "IPFS" nothing comes up that mentions IPFS or related tech . I guess this is a fake it till you make…
Mortiffer on HN
Unclear where decks were sourced and whether redistribution is permitted.
From 2 comments
Other products in this space: OpenDeck (2020-Oct-11, 47 comments, 203pts)[0], PitchDeckHunt (2020-Mar-26, 3 comments, 6pts)[1], BillionDollarPitchDecks (2022-03-23, 17 comments,…
gnabgib on HNIs this a backhanded compliment? Highly unlikely OP got permission from 15,000 people to use their decks.
ZephyrBlu on HN
Slides don't link to source decks and the search box is laggy.
From 2 comments
Why aren't the slides linking to the decks? All it does is full-screen the image.
spankalee on HNAnd something very weird is going on with the search box. When I type in "sandbox" say, I'll only see "ax" or "sb" in the input. It's very laggy.
spankalee on HN
Requests
Link slides to their full decks.
From 2 comments
Why aren't the slides linking to the decks? All it does is full-screen the image.
spankalee on HNThis is awesome work! Is there a way to get the entire deck when you land on a slide through search?
DLA on HN
Paginate results and avoid full-resolution thumbnails.
From 2 comments
Let me make a suggestion, paginate and don't display full resolution that's scaled down to thumbnail size. I was able to scroll down and keep scrolling and then collected ~1,000…
_boffin_ on HNI am having trouble loading this, lots of very high resolution thumbnails.
asdsaddsadsaads on HN
Open-source the GUI.
From 1 comment
The slides are already tagged with the deck they're associated with - just gotta implement that feature. We'll likely open-source the GUI so folks can add features to it.
ashiban on HN
Questions
What OCR and search tech is used?
From 1 comment
Nice project for looking for pitchdeck references. Thanks for building and sharing it. I am curious about the tech behind it - are you doing OCR on images? The search is very…
lming on HN
Are the decks real and how were they obtained?
From 2 comments
Are these real? Some of these seems like something an AI would generate. thispitchdeckdoesnotexist or whatever. https://search-the-deck-images.s3.amazonaws.com/Heyday__37.png.webp
moralestapia on HNThis is cool, I was in a similar position when I was going to try to raise some money for a potential product (which I didn’t end up doing…). I was thinking about putting…
ohyoutravel on HN
Alternatives named
OpenDeck
From 1 comment
Other products in this space: OpenDeck (2020-Oct-11, 47 comments, 203pts)[0], PitchDeckHunt (2020-Mar-26, 3 comments, 6pts)[1], BillionDollarPitchDecks (2022-03-23, 17 comments,…
gnabgib on HN
PitchDeckHunt
From 1 comment
Other products in this space: OpenDeck (2020-Oct-11, 47 comments, 203pts)[0], PitchDeckHunt (2020-Mar-26, 3 comments, 6pts)[1], BillionDollarPitchDecks (2022-03-23, 17 comments,…
gnabgib on HN
BillionDollarPitchDecks
From 1 comment
Other products in this space: OpenDeck (2020-Oct-11, 47 comments, 203pts)[0], PitchDeckHunt (2020-Mar-26, 3 comments, 6pts)[1], BillionDollarPitchDecks (2022-03-23, 17 comments,…
gnabgib on HN