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Show HN: Guy Needs Gift – Side Project

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Re: Show HN: Guy Needs Gift – Side Project

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Post by gknoy »

Very nice! I looked at them from several perspectives, and saw some neat things. I like that you have curated commentary on each item, and included (I think) referrer links to Amazon. I was pleasantly surprised to be asked if I wanted to be reminded about something -- not sure what triggered that, but it was cool. I'm going to try using this for my amazon wishlist-creation. ;)

It looks very nice. Would you be willing to write about the tech stack you used for this?

Re: Show HN: Guy Needs Gift – Side Project

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Post by easymode »

gknoy wrote: post #2

Very nice! I looked at them from several perspectives, and saw some neat things. I like that you have curated commentary on each item, and included (I think) referrer links to Amazon. I was pleasantly surprised to be asked if I wanted to be reminded about something -- not sure what triggered that, but it was cool. I'm going to try using this for my amazon wishlist-creation. ;) It looks very nice. Would you be willing…

Thanks for the kind words :). I am very happy to see that the care I put into the site is being noticed.

I used MEAN Stack to build this: Express / Node / Mongo / Angular.

I knew Express, Node and Mongo from before, I started this project in order to see what Angular was all about.

While learning a new technology, I always think about what to build while learning.

My wife had said that it's always hard for her to pick gift for guys. So I decided to build this for poeple like her, to make the process a little simpler.

The subscription modal comes up only once (for now) after you succesfuly paginate 3 times, (View about 60 items).

Thanks again!

Re: Show HN: Guy Needs Gift – Side Project

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Post by easymode »

meddlepal wrote: post #4

Need one for ladies... I never know what the heck to get my mother or cousins. Also would be nice if the price query could be custom-tuned, for example, $25.00.

If this is worth the time investment, I would be happy to make a sister site :)

Thanks for the suggestion. Until now, I just went with my hunch the whole way. Now that it's launched, I can make some iterations based on actually learning from users.

Re: Show HN: Guy Needs Gift – Side Project

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Post by Jemaclus »

It'd also be cool if the ages actually meant something. I noticed that 90% of the items are the same, whether I picked "son", "father", or "grandfather." Do you really think my grandfather would want a nerf gun? :)

I am glad that this list isn't just your standard alcohol, knives, and golf equipment list that heavily dominates men's gift lists.

Re: Show HN: Guy Needs Gift – Side Project

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Post by r0m4n0 »

First off, awesome site. I read the background on why you created this so take this with a grain of salt :)

Using new routes for each relationship selection would be cool so that I can press the back button to return to the awesome landing page (I did see you had a return button but it took me a bit too long to see it).

Cool idea regardless! I spend way too much time browsing thinkgeek around the holidays for each member of the family.

Re: Show HN: Guy Needs Gift – Side Project

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Post by kilimchoi »

easymode wrote: post #5
meddlepal wrote: post #4

Need one for ladies... I never know what the heck to get my mother or cousins. Also would be nice if the price query could be custom-tuned, for example, $25.00.

If this is worth the time investment, I would be happy to make a sister site :) Thanks for the suggestion. Until now, I just went with my hunch the whole way. Now that it's launched, I can make some iterations based on actually learning from users.

yes please. please make one for the ladies.
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