Show HN: I indexed 1.3m+ email newsletters

lloydatkinson wrote: post #4

The results are not very helpful. I searched for ".NET" and got mostly results about economics, climate and a "Music Help Desk" whatever that is. I searched for JavaScript and got results from newsletters I've never heard of that have less than 10 published issues. Googling for both things returns dozens of results for both search terms.

Looks like it's Substack and Linkedin. Still very useful, but I hope OP adds organic newsletters as well

Re: Show HN: I indexed 1.3m+ email newsletters

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Post by taubek » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 11:06 AM UTC

How big is your database? I mean in terms of GB.

Re: Show HN: I indexed 1.3m+ email newsletters

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Post by drpancake » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 11:07 AM UTC

lloydatkinson wrote: post #4

The results are not very helpful. I searched for ".NET" and got mostly results about economics, climate and a "Music Help Desk" whatever that is. I searched for JavaScript and got results from newsletters I've never heard of that have less than 10 published issues. Googling for both things returns dozens of results for both search terms.

Hey there. Yes the search isn't perfect yet for certain terms but I'm working on improving it.

Did you use the topic search for Javascript? I get quite a lot of relevant results. Note that we only show the top 6 for free users.

Re: Show HN: I indexed 1.3m+ email newsletters

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Post by drpancake » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 11:08 AM UTC

taubek wrote: post #6

How big is your database? I mean in terms of GB.

It's 54GB on disk.

Re: Show HN: I indexed 1.3m+ email newsletters

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Post by marginalia_nu » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 11:33 AM UTC

drpancake wrote: post #8

taubek wrote: post #6

How big is your database? I mean in terms of GB.

It's 54GB on disk.

If you don't mind me prying, what are you using to index them?

That seems like a lot of data to index, well, not a lot of data.

Re: Show HN: I indexed 1.3m+ email newsletters

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Post by zaplin » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 11:35 AM UTC

two comments.

Can I edit my newsletter entry? Secondly, it's SUPER expensive.

What you've built is very helpful because, as I'm sure you can see in your data, most newsletters have low digits subscribers and looking for inexpensive ways to grow. AKA cross-promotions.

So your product is an expensive gateway to try inexpensive techniques for growth.