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Re: Show HN: LaptopHits.com – see what laptops people are talking about online

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Post by sean_patel »

yarou wrote: post #101
plankton_sb wrote: post #2

Hi all, I want to find a job as a RoR developer, but as I have ~10 years coding gap in my CV (I played poker, ran poker forum and did other poker related things) I decided to start some real life projects to build my GitHub portfolio. LaptopHits.com is the first one. Idea came to me when two of my friends wanted to buy new laptops and asked me,'the computer guy', for some recommendations. I'm not laptop expert, so I…

I really like its simplicity. I'm thinking of buying the first laptop on the list, so you can consider me your first conversion. Are you using Amazon affiliate links? I'd hate for you to miss out on potential revenue, as you're offering a decent service.

Yes. All the links have OP's affiliate tag => ?tag=laptophits-20

Re: Show HN: LaptopHits.com – see what laptops people are talking about online

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Post by sean_patel »

Dwolb wrote: post #94
plankton_sb wrote: post #2

Hi all, I want to find a job as a RoR developer, but as I have ~10 years coding gap in my CV (I played poker, ran poker forum and did other poker related things) I decided to start some real life projects to build my GitHub portfolio. LaptopHits.com is the first one. Idea came to me when two of my friends wanted to buy new laptops and asked me,'the computer guy', for some recommendations. I'm not laptop expert, so I…

I believe there's a ton of uncovered value in parsing Reddit threads, especially those centered around buying or discovering things. Subreddits like r/BuyItForLife, r/malefashionadvice, r/rawdenim, and any city subreddit have great suggestions. In fact when I need a new laptop, I'll use Google to search Reddit and change the filter settings to show only recent reviews i.e. ```windows laptop site:reddit.com/r/suggesta…

> I believe there's a ton of uncovered value in parsing Reddit threads, especially those centered around buying or discovering things

I'm very interested in doing something like this for an app idea. Can you (or OP or someone else) tell me what the "path of least friction" is, to parse sub-reddits programatically? Is it using their API? Are there PaaS (Parsers as service) available? After that, what would I do? Apply some sort of NLP or AI?

Re: Show HN: LaptopHits.com – see what laptops people are talking about online

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Post by toyg »

ryanSrich wrote: post #110
notheguyouthink wrote: post #10

Good timing for this product! With so many Macbook Pro users upset and looking for Linux (like myself) , being able to find a laptop with excellent build quality will be really nice!

So you're switching your entire operating system because of Apple's lack of creativity with new laptops? Seems like a bit of an overreaction (unless you're planning on building a hackintosh).

I think the frustration has been boiling for a while (the constant nickle&dime approach is hard to bear for long, and traditional Apple desktops are dead in the water). These "Air at Pro prices" are just the last straw for many.

Re: Show HN: LaptopHits.com – see what laptops people are talking about online

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Post by ArlenBales »

Love the styling, but the idea, I'm not sure how reliable Reddit is. Reddit is overly anti-Apple, due to its PC and PC gamer nature. The exceptions are /r/apple subreddit. There's a lot of karmawhoring and circlejerking on Reddit too, so I don't doubt that the subreddits you're sourcing your mentions from have a lot of repeat commentors who suggest the same laptop over and over again for karma.

Non-Redditors would be a truer source. Scour Twitter for suggestions, look for normal people (most Redditors are techies or video gamers) and try best to filter out obvious bots or fake tweets.

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Post by Benjamin_Dobell »

sean_patel wrote: post #119
plankton_sb wrote: post #2

Hi all, I want to find a job as a RoR developer, but as I have ~10 years coding gap in my CV (I played poker, ran poker forum and did other poker related things) I decided to start some real life projects to build my GitHub portfolio. LaptopHits.com is the first one. Idea came to me when two of my friends wanted to buy new laptops and asked me,'the computer guy', for some recommendations. I'm not laptop expert, so I…

> I played poker, ran poker forum and did other poker related things) How did that work out? Like seriously (not trolling). Did you make a lot of money? Always wondered about dabbling in Gambling / online games / casinos. Why do you want back in on software development?

> Why do you want back in on software development?

Why play Poker when you can write some AI to do it for you? ;)

No, that is against online sites terms, but I do wonder how often it happens. It's certainly not the kind of thing the sites would want to own up to.

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