Not sure it deserves a second chance but since we are already here:
https://datum.alwaysdata.net
"Quora" meets "Our World In Data" meets "hypothes.is" .
Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
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Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#382I wrote a blog post about using job post data to predict startup fundraises: https://www.coolstartupjobs.com/blog/predicting-startup-fund... . You can predict a decent chunk (~25%) of fundraises with this approach! That was originally for a job board, but job boards are very saturated. I've pivoted to a data newsletter for startup investors to identify companies that are fundraising before you read about them on tech…
Clever pivot! I was recently thinking it would be useful to track job posts that have been open for a long time. This could be a sign that the company is struggling to make a hire. As a freelance developer, that suggests they may be open to a cold call offer for a contract until they can fill the role. The hiring manager may be more receptive since the seat has been vacant for a while, and they can end the contract when the role is finally filled.
Is that something you can build on top of your dataset?
Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#383A instant tech job search engine powered by Algolia, https://jsniffer.com/ It's been an on/off side project last 2 years. Expected people to come with strong criticism on it, since it is far from done and the way that I capture metadata is not great yet. Instead I received no comments, which I think it was worse haha.
Don't see a way to filter by tags. For example JavaScript only jobs.
Thanks for your feedback! I've added an option to filter by tags now.
Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#384Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would be cool if it can scan your receipts and itemize them.
I would love that as well. I was thinking even adding an attachment photo/scan of a receipt could be valuable as a first step.
Yeah because you can always OCR later. Also make it a paid option so you can cook into Azure Cognitive Service or something similar.
One thing I always wanted to have is automatic consolidation of receipts with credit and debit. Then with the itemization be able to list the weight/size so you can track shrink flation. I found it too hard to do this. My bank surprisingly had this feature but got rid of it.
Now I just set a savings rate and withdraw it. All the apps seem to have high friction. Also shared budgets are another challenge.
Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#385https://flipcoords.com/ The web tool will switch the position of latitude and longitude in text. It's a common issue in GIS industry as there's no agreement which order is the correct one (and tools/software want one or the other). The initial Show HN dicussion derailed into which order is the correct one, second-guessing why the tool could be any useful to anybody and it went downhill (well, flagged) from there.
Oh man, I wish I had seen this three years ago.
Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#386I made (admittedly, the 200th) uptime monitoring service - https://onlineornot.com I've been running the business for almost two years now (and it's now more of a status page that also monitors uptime), and it's still steadily growing!
You do post it in every one of these threads :). I respect your persistence!!
Launching is merely the beginning :)
Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#387It didn't flop, but awhile back I created https://findkismet.com to help introduce HN users to each other. We sure could use an influx of new users! It's free and has cost me more to run than it has ever made in revenue.
Was there a revenue model though? It seems like it's just free?
There’s a space for a small text-based ad in the introduction emails people get. I sold a few for small amounts, but lately I’ve used the space to ask people to donate to UNICEF.
Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#388I made (admittedly, the 200th) uptime monitoring service - https://onlineornot.com I've been running the business for almost two years now (and it's now more of a status page that also monitors uptime), and it's still steadily growing!
Interesting. How's the MRR if you don't mind sharing?
I don't share MRR anymore, but growing :)
Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#389Nothing flopped, it just never reached breakout success the way I wanted. Most things I managed to get into the top 5 of the front page of HN over the span of 8 years, whether it was a project, blog posts or products but that's just a moment in time, a few hours even, it's not success. I wish my projects had reached the point that I could have carried on working on them. The latest M3O.com, was a serverless API gatew…
Very interesting!
Re: Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
#390https://github.com/dhuan/mock
Language-agnostic API mocking and testing utility