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Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by perseiden » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 7:31 AM UTC

cezarfloroiu wrote: post #57

ghgr wrote: post #56

The "Where" filter doesn't seem to work: Where: Germany "We couldn't find any results. Select other filters, or let us know if we miss a conference." Where: Cologne, Germany "Pirate Summit - Cologne, GermanySep 6 - 7"

Fixed, it was meant to search the exact location, while Keywords would allow a wider search. But you can use Location filter to do this as well, now.

hmm still won't work. I type in germany/ Cologne / Deutschland in Location and can't see the Pirate Summit one. If I type in Cologne, Germany I can see all entries ;)

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by painted » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 7:34 AM UTC

ghgr wrote: post #56

The "Where" filter doesn't seem to work: Where: Germany "We couldn't find any results. Select other filters, or let us know if we miss a conference." Where: Cologne, Germany "Pirate Summit - Cologne, GermanySep 6 - 7"

It would be very cool to search for "Europe" for instance. The weird thing is that it suggests it but the search does not work :(

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by lesterpig » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 7:48 AM UTC

Nice work! There is still room for improvements, but this website will certainly provide a lot of value to developers.

As an additional feature, considering the target audience, I would suggest to add some API with filter option, using CalDav format for example [0]. Everyone would be able to fetch latest data from conferencelist in their local calendars ;)

[0]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4791

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by dwightgunning » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 7:53 AM UTC

andrewgodwin wrote: post #51

callahad wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lanyrd is a dead site walking. They were acquired by Eventbrite ~4 years ago, and haven't seen any meaningful updates since May 2014. Their social media accounts have been completely dead for two years. The site has frequent uptime and spam issues, and attempts to reach out to Eventbrite folks are met with complete silence. And yet, it still exists, running along with juuust enough inertia to crowd out any potential…

I can't say much on the subject, at least not without official approval, but understand that the original Lanyrd team have not forgotten about the site; asking us to fix it isn't really giving us any new information (sadly). If you want to make requests of any kind you're better off reaching out to Eventbrite directly.

Interestingly, IIRC there were only 2 people involved in the creation of the site, maybe even up to the time of the acquisition.

It's a shame it's been left to languish.

Seems like this should be a feature of papercall.io which seemingly has a more obvious path to sustainable revenue.

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by cezarfloroiu » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 8:02 AM UTC

lesterpig wrote: post #63

Nice work! There is still room for improvements, but this website will certainly provide a lot of value to developers. As an additional feature, considering the target audience, I would suggest to add some API with filter option, using CalDav format for example [0]. Everyone would be able to fetch latest data from conferencelist in their local calendars ;) [0]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4791

Thanks & indeed, I plan to add the API soon! Cheers!

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by Jommi » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 8:20 AM UTC

dispo001 wrote: post #59

cezarfloroiu wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I promise to not get bored and to add more value to it soon;) Or to find a way to automate the maintenance while adding more value :)

You could add... A calendar with a tag cloud that can be toggled. A world map with the same tag cloud. Work backwards and make it into an archive of- a conference about conferences.

I already see this happening in a lot of industries.

1. Create website that aggregates something tech event

2. Drive traffic to it through SEO and by utilizing the FOMO

3. Create a conference about tech conferences and have an instant audience

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by andreashansen » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 8:46 AM UTC

Nice, a much-needed tool! Suggestion: make it a collaborative effort to keep it updated. In practice, it can be solved rather easily. Host the website on Github Pages. Have a single file in the github repository named e.g. conferences.json which the website reads over AJAX. Anyone can submit pull requests (PR) to add to or modify the conferences.json file, effectively allowing community members to help you maintain the website's freshness.

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by fuzzygroup » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 9:35 AM UTC

I am all in favor of side projects but I found a number of disturbing errors:

* There are no conferences for either Ruby or Elixir * There are no conferences on bitcoin * There is only one conference for React * You can leave data in the form on where by not picking autocomplete and then it appears to have searched for it but gives incorrect results * The only way to clear the date settings is to reload the page

I love the concept and the lack of knowing what conferences are happening even nearby is a very real problem but I think there are issues with your database and your search interface.

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by sdoering » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 9:42 AM UTC

fuzzygroup wrote: post #68

I am all in favor of side projects but I found a number of disturbing errors: * There are no conferences for either Ruby or Elixir * There are no conferences on bitcoin * There is only one conference for React * You can leave data in the form on where by not picking autocomplete and then it appears to have searched for it but gives incorrect results * The only way to clear the date settings is to reload the page I lo…

I could add to that, that for Location: Germany and Keyword: Python the page really recommends PyData Delhi (India) while PyCon DE 2017 is upcoming on October, 25th.

Sorry - love the idea. Am disturbed by the subpar execution.

Re: Show HN: I built a database of tech conferences to know what to attend to next

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Post by xando » Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 9:43 AM UTC

Great idea go for it!

lanyrd.com is long dead without any good replacement. I'm not too sure why they keep the website up. What it does it only confuses people. I know that this probably out of their control right now. Eventbrite killed the really good website.

The service they had was solving real problem. Now you are solving real problem. Good luck!