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SHOW HN2014

16points
10comments
#1,388of 2,272 in 2014
Top 62%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.26.

Idea: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 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

  • Cool idea

    From 1 comment
  • Good idea for finding teammates for hackathons and meetups

    From 1 comment
    • Would be great if I can see some of GitHub contributions or languages user use to write code. There are too small info about a person to make decision to accept or decline. But…
      v_ignatyev on HN

Objections

  • Few matches and too little profile info to decide

    From 2 comments
    • I have spent like 10 minutes approving everyone (as I am really social and have no problem meeting people whatever their interest are). So far, no matches. Got bored, but will…
      fcanela on HN
    • Would be great if I can see some of GitHub contributions or languages user use to write code. There are too small info about a person to make decision to accept or decline. But…
      v_ignatyev on HN
  • Name is confusingly similar to gitter.im

    From 1 comment
    • I initially thought you guys were the ones who created gitter.im and you were just expanding its scope ... Might be worthwhile to reconsider the name.
      pookeh on HN
  • Bug: blank page after login

    From 1 comment
    • BUG: log in with github. see mostly empty profile of some random person. strip everything from the url except the domain in the address bar. hit enter. Page is now completely…
      masukomi on HN
  • Only men shown, a dating site feel

    From 1 comment
    • What is this, a developer dating site with only men?
      fiatjaf on HN

Requests

  • Show GitHub contributions and languages on profiles

    From 2 comments
    • Cool idea! Would be helpful to see their top languages as well.
      anonfunction on HN
    • Would be great if I can see some of GitHub contributions or languages user use to write code. There are too small info about a person to make decision to accept or decline. But…
      v_ignatyev on HN
  • Share the code for top-language detection

    From 2 comments
    • What's the tech stack look like? I have some node.js code laying around that finds users top languages based on GitHub's own API.
      anonfunction on HN
    • The backend is Rails (https://github.com/macropodhq/gitr-backend), and the frontend is React and Fluxxor (https://github.com/macropodhq/gitr-client). I'd love to take a look at…
      deoxxa on HN

Questions

  • What is the tech stack?

    From 1 comment
    • What's the tech stack look like? I have some node.js code laying around that finds users top languages based on GitHub's own API.
      anonfunction on HN

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