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Re: Show HN: WebCrate – an open-source social bookmarking tool

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Post by betahuhn »

Hey fellow internet users! I always got frustrated with existing bookmarking tools as they were either too clunky to use or had way too many features I didn't need. Until I decided to just build my own!

WebCrate allows you to organize links, articles and more from around the web into collections called crates. You can share the crates with anyone and since each user gets their own instance of WebCrate in their own 'personal cloud' thanks to Deta Space, you can subscribe to other users crates and view their links right from your dashboard.

Deta Space made it really easy for me as dev to build something like WebCrate quickly and it's also awesome for users. The app keeps running even if I disappear and hosting, auth etc. is all handled for me.

For the nerds, I built WebCrate with Nuxt and ExpressJS and it uses Deta included NoSQL database.

You can learn more about WebCrate at http://webcrate.app or install it directly on Deta Space (https://deta.space/discovery/webcrate)! Let me know what you think (WebCrate is OSS, so you can also contribute) and I hope you find it useful!

Re: Show HN: WebCrate – an open-source social bookmarking tool

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Post by spinax »

fouc wrote: post #3

Webcrate is a great name, however the "crate" term strongly implies archival in this context to me. So as a user, I would actually assume that it takes an archive/snapshot of every website that I bookmark. The website doesn't seem to indicate it can do this?

For me, "crate" is now associated with anything rust (and I'm neither a rust person or a programmer) - if I see crate in relation to tech, "it has something to do with rust."

Re: Show HN: WebCrate – an open-source social bookmarking tool

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Post by sbarre »

spinax wrote: post #4
fouc wrote: post #3

Webcrate is a great name, however the "crate" term strongly implies archival in this context to me. So as a user, I would actually assume that it takes an archive/snapshot of every website that I bookmark. The website doesn't seem to indicate it can do this?

For me, "crate" is now associated with anything rust (and I'm neither a rust person or a programmer) - if I see crate in relation to tech, "it has something to do with rust."

Interesting, I'll forever associate crates with vinyl records and DJing.. and I am a programmer, and not a DJ..

I guess context matters! ;-)

Re: Show HN: WebCrate – an open-source social bookmarking tool

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Post by betahuhn »

fouc wrote: post #3

Webcrate is a great name, however the "crate" term strongly implies archival in this context to me. So as a user, I would actually assume that it takes an archive/snapshot of every website that I bookmark. The website doesn't seem to indicate it can do this?

Nope, not at this time. You can only store the URL itself in a "crate".

Glad you like the name though!

Re: Show HN: WebCrate – an open-source social bookmarking tool

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Post by spinax »

sbarre wrote: post #5
spinax wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, "crate" is now associated with anything rust (and I'm neither a rust person or a programmer) - if I see crate in relation to tech, "it has something to do with rust."

Interesting, I'll forever associate crates with vinyl records and DJing.. and I am a programmer, and not a DJ.. I guess context matters! ;-)

I'm with you! It's possible that at one time I thought as you (also being a music fan), but in the past 5 (?) years you can't trip but to find someone talking about rust in the tech spaces. Not only context, but era (point in time?) as well.

Re: Show HN: WebCrate – an open-source social bookmarking tool

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Post by betahuhn »

sbarre wrote: post #5
spinax wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, "crate" is now associated with anything rust (and I'm neither a rust person or a programmer) - if I see crate in relation to tech, "it has something to do with rust."

Interesting, I'll forever associate crates with vinyl records and DJing.. and I am a programmer, and not a DJ.. I guess context matters! ;-)

Funny how it means completely different things to different people. As a 18 year old I would never think of vinyl records when hearing "crates" :D
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