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SHOW HN2014
218points
75comments
#85of 2,272 in 2014
Top 4%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
17 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 18 critical, out of 50 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 7 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 10 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for discovering which tools companies use.
From 3 comments
This is great. I'll definitely show it to my students (undergrad Information Systems majors) who are trying to figure out what tools to learn.
joeclark77 on HNNice, I've been using http://www.slant.co for this sort of thing. Different stacks and commentary from folks on plusses and minuses. The rating system is nice but the question…
ChuckMcM on HNOh, neat. This will save me ~5 minutes of recon time if I ever need to do a pen-test for any of the companies that are submitted here. ;)
sarciszewski on HN
Verified stack pages address trust concerns.
From 2 comments
Ah I didn't notice that. Nice!
BinaryIdiot on HNThis is neat. One thing, would it be possible to show "verified" accounts? Meaning if someone puts up the stack that Twitter uses, how do I know for sure this isn't someone's…
BinaryIdiot on HN
Objections
Browser buttons fail with JavaScript-blocking or tracking extensions.
From 4 comments
I don't understand what is up with your site - this and the old LeanStack - but when I have Ghostery enabled I'm completely unable to click buttons. Mind taking a look at it maybe?
Jhsto on HNI also have this problem and I don't even use Ghostery. Just plain vanilla Firefox 32.0.3 on Windows 7 with Cookie Monster and AdBlock Plus. Went so far as to allow cookies…
coderjames on HN"Browsing" button on the main page doesn't work for. Firefox on OSX.
mateuszf on HNDoesn't work with HTTP Switchboard enabled on Chrome either. None of the links on the site do, which makes it a one-page site... ;)
porker on HN
Usage tracking raises privacy concerns.
From 2 comments
OK, guys, if you are watching me using your site then could you PLEASE announce that in a very big red block on the landing page or in a way that cookies are announced on many…
PRIVACYINVASION on HNSorry about that. We gather metrics on site usage so we can monitor how people are using the site. We're looking into a fix.
yonasb on HN
Data is sometimes inaccurate or incomplete.
From 3 comments
Very cool! Right this morning I was looking at who's using django+mysql. Can I ask you how accurate is the data and if/when it's "certified" from the source? From my morning…
ecesena on HNWhere are the Windows stack components? For example, I don't believe Stack Overflow runs solely on Redis for their data storage.
patja on HNhmmm... doesn't seem to detect cfml as being used. other than that, very nice!!! I scanned the cfwheels repo: https://github.com/cfwheels/cfwheels picked up almost everything…
rip747 on HN
Requests
Add a quick way to say 'I use this' for a technology.
From 1 comment
Interesting site. A valuable tool for startups and developers looking to expand their toolset. Please make a shortcut for "I use this", so we can add technologies without…
kruk on HN
Add an RSS feed.
From 1 comment
No RSS feed... really?
volker on HN
Show verified company accounts and stack details.
From 2 comments
This is neat. One thing, would it be possible to show "verified" accounts? Meaning if someone puts up the stack that Twitter uses, how do I know for sure this isn't someone's…
BinaryIdiot on HNThis is really cool, I've wanted to create something like this myself for some time. How did you go about initially curating enough data? On another note, it would be great to…
prydonius on HN
Questions
How does the site make money?
From 1 comment
First of all, thank you. It's great! I'm interested in the 'business' aspect of this site. How do you plan to make profit ? How can you make people come back to the site when the…
BenderV on HN
Why does it not list languages and frameworks for some stacks?
From 1 comment
This is great! I like being able to see so many different Utilities and DevOps tools being used. But it seems like many of the top stacks don't mention the application frameworks…
cpcarey on HN
Alternatives named
Leanstack.io, the earlier version of this site.
From 2 comments
To avoid some confusion, this was actually called leanstack.io, and it was launched back in 2013.
khaledh on HNLeanstack.io was extremely useful for discovering services. Needed best A/B testing tools? I used to go to Leanstack. I don't seem to find any reason to visit Stackshare. I don't…
Nowaker on HN
Slant.co for comparing stacks.
From 1 comment
Nice, I've been using http://www.slant.co for this sort of thing. Different stacks and commentary from folks on plusses and minuses. The rating system is nice but the question…
ChuckMcM on HN
Stackparts and packageindex.com.
From 2 comments
Joshu had the very interesting http://www.stackparts.com
swah on HNNice work yonas... here's my side project as well, doing something similar :) https://packageindex.com/#!/ All the best Yonas...
jimmyislive on HN