Show HN: Hacker Uses This(hackerusesthis.com)
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Show HN: Hacker Uses This
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You might wanna re-submit this. HN went down shortly after this was posted.
Uh no they don't. Developers do.
Interesting. What algorithm is this using to make recommendations?
If you're not already, you should consider an algorithm that places less weight on more commonly used tools; right now, a huge number of people add "git", for instance, so it shouldn't carry much weight when looking for similar people and recommended tools.
This could also use a "not interested" or "actively don't like/want this", to filter out unwanted recommendations.
Looks like there are two copies of "Google Chrome".
If you're not already, you should consider an algorithm that places less weight on more commonly used tools; right now, a huge number of people add "git", for instance, so it shouldn't carry much weight when looking for similar people and recommended tools.
This could also use a "not interested" or "actively don't like/want this", to filter out unwanted recommendations.
Looks like there are two copies of "Google Chrome".
Yes, I'm already planning to add a button to "remove" recommendations.
The recommendations algorithm is based on some heuristics to detect how similar are two users. Nothing "generic". I'll describe it in detail if you are interested.
Now I'm trying to get information about why the HN submission is invisible...
EDIT. The submission was flagged by users. Weird.
Two Chromes - one is in Desktop category and the other is in Mobile.
The recommendations algorithm is based on some heuristics to detect how similar are two users. Nothing "generic". I'll describe it in detail if you are interested.
Now I'm trying to get information about why the HN submission is invisible...
EDIT. The submission was flagged by users. Weird.
Two Chromes - one is in Desktop category and the other is in Mobile.
I noticed that the recommendations are probably equal to the union of fuzzy intersections of a tool set of the "logged in" user and every other user's tool sets, where the "fuzzy membership" function is an assignment of importance scores to tools.
By "fuzzy" operations I mean the mathematical theory [0]
I see that many people didn't change default importance score from 5, looks like UI is bad for this.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_set
By "fuzzy" operations I mean the mathematical theory [0]
I see that many people didn't change default importance score from 5, looks like UI is bad for this.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_set
EDIT - Forgot to say, great job. With some polish it'll definitely make a fun tool discovery service. Thanks for this