Deal Roundup
Web and SaaS
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SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
14 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 50 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Pricing: 8 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
Objections
List is dominated by Mac software and familiar names, with few new finds
From 2 comments
I expected more, nothing really interesting on that list. Just the usual suspects, the same old Mac software that's (1) always on sale or (2) bundled up every few months.
notjackma on HNIndeed. They should call it "Mac Friday" deals. Sqlite manager pro? Really? Someone would pay for that?
jqm on HN
Some listed deals are weak or misleading, such as a course with a regular-price anchor
From 2 comments
near the bottom of the the list is a course for sale: "How To Market Yourself as a Developer" it's regularly $599, but wait, now it's $299 but today it's on sale for $190! sounds…
blueside on HNhttps://pragprog.com/ has 50% off all books. I don't see that listed here.
jbinto on HN
Requests
Add Sublime Text and IntelliJ deals
From 2 comments
Where is Sublime and IntelliJ Idea???? They are the only ones that matter :D
cfontes on HNNo intellij deal :-(
estefan on HN
Allow excluding tags, not only including them
From 2 comments
Drat, I was hoping you were the creator. Being able to exclude tags (iOS apps for example) would make this very valuable.
james-skemp on HNI am :) I just added a filtering box where you can type something in. Excluding is just a tad too complicated a UI to make simple enough in a short time, so it's include-only for…
relix on HN
Questions
Which O'Reilly or technical books are worth buying?
From 2 comments
Any suggestions on O'Reilly books to get?
w1ntermute on HNNot to hijack the thread, but I just created this thread to discuss the book deals in particular: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8671630 Which technical books have you…
ludwigvan on HN
Alternatives named
Product Hunt Black Friday startup toolkit
From 1 comment
Several of the services here are pretty interesting (Slack, DigitalOcean, Algolia (they run HN's search)): http://www.producthunt.com/e/black-friday-startup-toolkit
tekacs on HN