Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#1

Post by adrielyong » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 9:42 PM UTC

Hey HN Community!

We built this simple community search tool that basically allows people to search through thousands of past Reddit threads and tens of thousands of recommendations using tags. It mostly covers a few bigger subreddits like r/BIFL, r/MFA, r/AskMen, r/SkincareAddiction but along the way, I expanded it to include other smaller subreddits too. In addition to filtering by category, power users can also search by

-Body Fit (big thigh, long torso)

-Occupation (work in retail, teacher, doctor)

-Age (18-24, 25-35), Size (height, weight)

-Brand comparison (similar to: X)

-Use (suitable for wedding, everyday wear)

-Location (available in UK, use in Northeast US)

-Mood/Style (minimalist, vintage, retro)

Check it out. Buy fewer, buy better. Happy Earth Day!

Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations
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Re: Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#2

Post by adrielyong » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 9:44 PM UTC

I'd love to hear how you use the tool and feedback on how we can make it better to help you find menswear recommendation threads 10x faster on reddit! You can drop us feedback here or at https://pqjrtimujsb.typeform.com/to/SMDbOLkk

p.s. thanks everyone for flagging on the previous post that the website was down. We fixed it and decided to repost

Re: Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#3

Post by jer0me » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 11:18 PM UTC

The site locks up after typing a few words into the search bar, maybe make whatever it was doing async?

Re: Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#4

Post by FooBarBizBazz » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 11:28 PM UTC

It's post-Covid. Everybody wears sweatpants now.

Re: Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#5

Post by hammeiam » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 12:01 AM UTC

I’d second some other opinions and recommend debouncing user input and making the network call after a 200ms break in input

Re: Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#6

Post by jjeaff » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 3:14 AM UTC

FooBarBizBazz wrote: post #4

It's post-Covid. Everybody wears sweatpants now.

You say that as if all sweatpants are created equally.

Re: Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#7

Post by adrielyong » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 4:09 PM UTC

hammeiam wrote: post #5

I’d second some other opinions and recommend debouncing user input and making the network call after a 200ms break in input

thanks for flagging that, the team is looking into debouncing :) please let us know if you have another other feedback to make the experience smoother

Re: Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#8

Post by adrielyong » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 4:10 PM UTC

jer0me wrote: post #3

The site locks up after typing a few words into the search bar, maybe make whatever it was doing async?

We are looking into debouncing user input to make this smoother! So sorry about it

Re: Show HN: A better Reddit search engine to find menswear recommendations

#9

Post by morriarthu » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 12:07 PM UTC

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