Hummingbird
Consumer and social
anime tracking
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
6 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good-looking site
From 2 comments
The site looks good, I'm an AniDB.net user at the moment, but I could dig a UI that's a little more pleasing. I'm a bit confused about your anime titles though, why is Fullmetal…
tinco on HNGreat site! Been looking for something like this for a while. It would be great to be able to search by view all by Studio or Director / Writer. In fact you tag things like…
joshschreuder on HN
Useful for anime fans looking for something new
From 1 comment
Great site! Been looking for something like this for a while. It would be great to be able to search by view all by Studio or Director / Writer. In fact you tag things like…
joshschreuder on HN
Objections
Requires sign-in to browse content
From 1 comment
Once again, if I have to sign in to look at anything about your service, I will not look at it. Might be cool but I don't care. MyAnimeList doesn't require a login to look…
mhurron on HN
Password storage and HTTP login concerns
From 2 comments
Hummingbird already offers an API through Mashape, which is infinitely more thorough than any competitor's. Additionally, MAL has lots of minor bugs, and how can you trust a site…
PLejeck on HNYou register and login over HTTP. I would bet they just store it in plaintext. But does it really matter with the first piece of information, how they store your password?
jhenkens on HN
Requests
Search and browse by studio or director
From 1 comment
Great site! Been looking for something like this for a while. It would be great to be able to search by view all by Studio or Director / Writer. In fact you tag things like…
joshschreuder on HN
Recommendations based on personal taste
From 1 comment
The only thing missing in MyAnimeList are good suggestions, based on your tastes (something similar to Last.fm's recommendations).
a-nikolaev on HN
Manga support
From 1 comment
Why not also have manga on the site? I no longer watch anime, but manga is a huge thing for me.
Joona on HN
File hash or API integration for episodes
From 1 comment
What does this have over AniDB? I'm seeing MyAnimeList mentioned in the comments, but not AniDB? Do you guys have an API checking file hashes/fingerprints against episodes to add…
seguer on HN
Questions
Why target anime instead of all TV and movies
From 1 comment
Why target anime in particular instead of (for example) all TV and movies? Is it more about having a beachhead, or is it that there are important characteristics that make anime…
jey on HN
How the title language settings work
From 1 comment
The site looks good, I'm an AniDB.net user at the moment, but I could dig a UI that's a little more pleasing. I'm a bit confused about your anime titles though, why is Fullmetal…
tinco on HN
Alternatives named
MyAnimeList
From 2 comments
Once again, if I have to sign in to look at anything about your service, I will not look at it. Might be cool but I don't care. MyAnimeList doesn't require a login to look…
mhurron on HNWe started working on Hummingbird slightly over a year ago and have grown quite a bit since then. We have a total of 50,000 registered users and ~30% MAU. We decided to…
radq on HN
AniDB
From 1 comment
What does this have over AniDB? I'm seeing MyAnimeList mentioned in the comments, but not AniDB? Do you guys have an API checking file hashes/fingerprints against episodes to add…
seguer on HN
Taiga
From 1 comment
I've not used AniDB much, but I once half-finished an API wrapper for Node.js so I guess I'm about as qualified as we're gonna get. In my experience, AniDB is effectively…
PLejeck on HN