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Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

634 points david927 | 1 comments | 24 Aug 24 22:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
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kolleraa ◴[25 Aug 24 01:33 UTC] No.41343559[source]▶
I'm working on a web app that helps you discover books, movies, TV shows, video games, and songs that you'll like. The app makes it super easy to describe what you're looking for and then gives you a unique set of 10 suggestions on each run.

It's the first solo project I've done in many years and I'm having a great time learning. I've also been able to get some great recommendations for myself and it's fun to use!

https://www.yogurrt.com/

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emrah ◴[25 Aug 24 07:19 UTC] No.41345171[source]▶
This is a huge gap we have these days. Everything out there is incentivized to suggest the most selling stuff rather than unique and interesting stuff.
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1. kolleraa ◴[25 Aug 24 13:39 UTC] No.41347234[source]▶
Yeah, this is definitely an important aspect of the problem I'm hoping to solve. I've found that selecting interesting preferences yields some interesting, non-obvious results "out of the box" - but if you really want to go off the beaten path try selecting the "Little known" preference under Other (and make it Required).