19 comments

  • jakemanger1 hour ago
    Starred! Am currently in the process of releasing a new app so this is what I needed today
  • teddyh1 day ago
    Missing these:

    • The Linux Software Map: <https://lsm.qqx.org/>

    • Freshcode (spiritual successor to Freshmeat) <http://freshcode.club/>

    • soGeneri1 day ago
      Gonna look into these, thanks for sharing!
  • pknerd1 day ago
    I am more interested to find platforms where laymen share their pains about items they use.
    • mdaniel4 hours ago
    • xtiansimon18 hours ago
      Isn’t that just a blog or podcast or even a YouTube channel. You might think I’m being funny, but this is the core purpose of the web—low friction/barriers to put your personal content on www. The low barrier platforms are YouTube and any of the social media apps when a *blogger use these to promote their content hosted anywhere they choose (for all the various reasons someone choose how they want to produce content)
    • preciousoo1 day ago
      Same, but I’m also scared of us nerds joining and telling them to just self compile/host/deploy/whatever
      • pknerd1 day ago
        The world does not revolve around compilers and SDKs..I am talking about problems laymen face
        • airstrike1 day ago
          The hard problem here is getting people to contribute with content. They have no incentive to share their pain points. Often they don't even know about what it is or how to describe it. You kinda have to do the leg work and diligence of talking to them and trying to pull that information from them, rather than them pushing to you. But I agree this is immensely important.
        • preciousoo8 hours ago
          damn, i became the person i was describing
    • heyarviind21 day ago
      I am solving this by buidling https://huntlie.com

      Users can give feedback for their product which can be used by others to decide which product in the same niche they want before trying every product and then finding out.

      I am also trying to figure out ratings (Usability, Support, Value for money) for each product.

    • samsquire1 day ago
      If you're looking for casual ideas what persons have ideas on then have a scroll through halfbakery.com they are inspired by problems that people foresaw.
    • jasfi1 day ago
      There are several tools out there that scan Reddit for people complaining about problems. Just search for them.
      • stuartjohnson1220 hours ago
        Okay, I'll bite, I searched and couldn't find them. What are they called?
    • AznHisoka1 day ago
      isn't this basically Twitter, FB and even Linkedin (laymen complaining about how they can't find jobs or get ghosted), as well as community/help forums for specific products? Of course, there's no central forum for sharing pains, but people tend to complain in the platform where they're most likely to get a response...
    • soGeneri1 day ago
      This can be extended to include what you’re talking about. Do you have a list in mind?
    • sweetdreamerit23 hours ago
      It's called UX Research.
    • mxuribe1 day ago
      Agreed! And, i would call such a site/portal/etc., something like "Awesome Pain"...I guess it could serve as a repo of anything from:

      * startup ideas...

      * to gotchas for devs to think about fixing for their respective apps/services...

      * to a study in best practices, or maybe what not todos...

      ...etc. ;-)

  • lakshikag1 day ago
    Would love to have itslaunched.com added as well https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42712666
  • pplonski8614 hours ago
    My dream is to create product that I don’t need to promote. I would like to have such market fit that people will search for product by them self.
  • pentagrama1 day ago
    > Niche Communities

    > Designer News - A community for designers, where you can share your design-related side projects and get feedback from other designers.

    Sadly, Designer News looks like it has shut down: https://www.designernews.co

    • soGeneri1 day ago
      Sad to hear, I used to visit frequently. Will remove, thanks
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  • captn3m01 day ago
    This is helpful, but shouldn’t be a Show HN, as it is not something that can be tried out. The Guidelines:

    > Off topic: blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters, lists, and other reading material. Those can't be tried out, so can't be Show HNs. Make a regular submission instead.

  • navigate83101 day ago
    Subscribed RSS. Very helpful!
  • terrycody1 day ago
    You omitted a very famous website: starterstory
    • soGeneri1 day ago
      I don’t think starter story fits into the spirit of this list. Seems like a paid product?
  • monophonica1 day ago
    Thanks for this. Really nice resource.
  • kiru_io1 day ago
    Nice, was looking for something similar.
  • khnov1 day ago
    Thanks, perfect timing
  • that_guy_iain1 day ago
    Cool. I actually posted my project to a few open-source directory sites yesterday. I got an email today that it will go live on the 4th of July unless I pay for a quicker submission... I emailed them and pointed out it was just hurting themselves and they said they have a queue and they only do 3 a day so every launch gets its own time sort of thing. The value proposition is that you can find alternatives not that you can launch your project there, it makes no sense to me other than they've seen launch platforms do it so...

    I think there needs to be a good open-source alternatives directory that isn't run by someone who doesn't treat it as a launch platform.

  • frizlab1 day ago
    Very nice!
  • superkittyspark1 day ago
    nice!
  • rorytbyrne1 day ago
    Missing lobste.rs
    • soGeneri1 day ago
      On the list to be added! I’ll check it out
    • Dansvidania1 day ago
      isn't that "closed" ?

      meaning not anyone can post something there?

      • rorytbyrne1 day ago
        Oh true, forgot about that. You need someone to invite you IIRC.
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    • hmlwilliams1 day ago
      Isn't self promotion frowned upon on lobste.rs?
  • bobheadmaker1 day ago
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