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Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

#11

Post by swyx »

wdencker wrote: post #2

Creator here, happy to answer any questions. Trove is a project I’ve been working on for about 3 months now. The initial idea was borne out of a frustration my cofounder and I had while researching startup ideas. We would often come across excellent resources that related to one of the ideas we were investigating, but we found there was no great way to organize these resources, annotate them with our own thoughts, an…

i'm someone who keeps a ton of github knowledge bases:

- https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy/

- https://github.com/sw-yx/launch-cheatsheet/

- https://react-typescript-cheatsheet.netlify.app/

i should be your ideal user.

i was very excited at the idea, but tried out the product and its clearly not there yet. but keep going.

specifics:

- i was looking for search scoped to my trove

- collaborative editing, if it exists, is not obvious

this is what i was looking for and i stopped once i didnt see them exist.

good luck!

Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

#12

Post by wdencker »

dzdt wrote: post #8
wdencker wrote: post #2

Creator here, happy to answer any questions. Trove is a project I’ve been working on for about 3 months now. The initial idea was borne out of a frustration my cofounder and I had while researching startup ideas. We would often come across excellent resources that related to one of the ideas we were investigating, but we found there was no great way to organize these resources, annotate them with our own thoughts, an…

It looks like it lets you organize and comment on URL's? Is it of any use if you have content that isn't already on the web and isn't neatly tagged by URL? E.g. your own photos.

Not yet, though this is a direction we've been thinking about. We know a fully-fledged "knowledge base" may not only consist of annotated URLs — it may also contain the author's own thoughts / content (whether that be text, audio, images, or video).

Ultimately, we think there's a need for a multimedia publishing platform that's more lightweight than something like Substack or Medium—everyone has great knowledge to share, but few want to start their own newsletter.

Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

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Post by wdencker »

swyx wrote: post #11
wdencker wrote: post #2

Creator here, happy to answer any questions. Trove is a project I’ve been working on for about 3 months now. The initial idea was borne out of a frustration my cofounder and I had while researching startup ideas. We would often come across excellent resources that related to one of the ideas we were investigating, but we found there was no great way to organize these resources, annotate them with our own thoughts, an…

i'm someone who keeps a ton of github knowledge bases: - https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy/ - https://github.com/sw-yx/launch-cheatsheet/ - https://react-typescript-cheatsheet.netlify.app/ i should be your ideal user. i was very excited at the idea, but tried out the product and its clearly not there yet. but keep going. specifics: - i was looking for search scoped to my trove - collaborative editing, if it exists,…

Thanks for trying it out, and for this candid feedback! You're right, the product is still a ways off from becoming a true "GitHub for knowledge" — things like "forking" a trove, live collaborative editing, and more powerful search are some of the missing elements.

We'll keep working!

Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

#14

Post by wdencker »

julianfkelly wrote: post #9

I enjoyed putting thought into curating Troves that weren't just visual references. Would love to see more expression tools for collections beyond just adding annotation.

Great to hear! I would love to hear what you think these new expression tools might be. Just spitballing here, perhaps you could record audio on a block instead of writing? Or are you thinking even more outside the box than that?

Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

#16

Post by wdencker »

zanderchase wrote: post #10

Awesome product! I really connect with the social & knowledge sharing aspect of the platform that enables a more meaningful way of navigating the web. Are there any plans for expansion into user generated content to expand on the knowledge hub vision?

Thanks for trying it out!

In some sense, we believe we are already a platform oriented around user-generated content—the act of curating and annotating something is itself a medium of expression. But yes, ultimately we would like to allow users to create blocks that are not just URLs (e.g. free-form text, images, audio, and video).

For now, our focus is on nailing the use case of sharing and curating great resources, since we believe they are the critical component of any great knowledge base.

Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

#17

Post by basch »

wdencker wrote: post #2

Creator here, happy to answer any questions. Trove is a project I’ve been working on for about 3 months now. The initial idea was borne out of a frustration my cofounder and I had while researching startup ideas. We would often come across excellent resources that related to one of the ideas we were investigating, but we found there was no great way to organize these resources, annotate them with our own thoughts, an…

Are you familiar with https://kit.co/ (a service Patreon acquired and later dealt)?

There's also https://satchel.com/ in the B2B SaSS space.

Does anyone think there is a market for a wikipedia/wirecutter/consumerreports-like building tool, for communities to build recommendations by consensus?

Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

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Post by bckr »

swyx wrote: post #11
wdencker wrote: post #2

Creator here, happy to answer any questions. Trove is a project I’ve been working on for about 3 months now. The initial idea was borne out of a frustration my cofounder and I had while researching startup ideas. We would often come across excellent resources that related to one of the ideas we were investigating, but we found there was no great way to organize these resources, annotate them with our own thoughts, an…

i'm someone who keeps a ton of github knowledge bases: - https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy/ - https://github.com/sw-yx/launch-cheatsheet/ - https://react-typescript-cheatsheet.netlify.app/ i should be your ideal user. i was very excited at the idea, but tried out the product and its clearly not there yet. but keep going. specifics: - i was looking for search scoped to my trove - collaborative editing, if it exists,…

That launch cheatsheet link is going in my "Entrepreneurship Journal" Google Doc ;D

Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

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Post by wdencker »

basch wrote: post #17
wdencker wrote: post #2

Creator here, happy to answer any questions. Trove is a project I’ve been working on for about 3 months now. The initial idea was borne out of a frustration my cofounder and I had while researching startup ideas. We would often come across excellent resources that related to one of the ideas we were investigating, but we found there was no great way to organize these resources, annotate them with our own thoughts, an…

Are you familiar with https://kit.co/ (a service Patreon acquired and later dealt)? There's also https://satchel.com/ in the B2B SaSS space. Does anyone think there is a market for a wikipedia/wirecutter/consumerreports-like building tool, for communities to build recommendations by consensus?

I am familiar with both — as far as I can tell they're both great products in their own right, very focused on their particular niche (Kit for products, Satchel for B2B SaaS).

You can use Trove to create similar things; for instance I have a trove on my recommended WFH setup [1].

Long term, we believe a general-purpose tool may have the most potential. The ability to search for any recommendation, and get back a result that's been vetted (i.e. "starred") by my network would be game changing, IMO. Obviously, we've got a long way to go before we can reach that level of utility.

[1] https://trove.to/wes/trove/the-ultimate-wfh-setup

Re: Show HN: Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic

#20

Post by janjones »

swyx wrote: post #11
wdencker wrote: post #2

Creator here, happy to answer any questions. Trove is a project I’ve been working on for about 3 months now. The initial idea was borne out of a frustration my cofounder and I had while researching startup ideas. We would often come across excellent resources that related to one of the ideas we were investigating, but we found there was no great way to organize these resources, annotate them with our own thoughts, an…

i'm someone who keeps a ton of github knowledge bases: - https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy/ - https://github.com/sw-yx/launch-cheatsheet/ - https://react-typescript-cheatsheet.netlify.app/ i should be your ideal user. i was very excited at the idea, but tried out the product and its clearly not there yet. but keep going. specifics: - i was looking for search scoped to my trove - collaborative editing, if it exists,…

I recently created a web application for curating one big shared public knowledge base.[1] Its contribution system is conceptually based on GitHub's pull requests and StackOverflow reputation.

It's focused on tips for learning resources, so it seems ideal for your cheat sheets. Currently, creating lists of SDKs, tools, etc. is not very well supported, but we are working on it. And I already use it for these things, see for example my list of Flutter libraries.[2]

I guess it's also kind-of similar to Trove, but it is more focused on creating one curated catalog of knowledge rather than personal recommendation lists (although that is also possible now via personal study profiles, e.g., [3]).

[1] https://knowledgepicker.com

[2] https://knowledgepicker.com/t/177/flutter

[3] https://knowledgepicker.com/u/jjones

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