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Show HN: I Built a Site That Curates Weird YouTube Rabbit Holes Daily

(yourabbit.com)
59 points bas_sen | 1 comments | 20 Jun 25 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source

I built Yourabbit.com — a site that curates hand-picked YouTube rabbit holes grouped by themes like quirky psychology, obscure tech, weird facts, and binge-worthy oddities.

It’s not driven by the YouTube algorithm — every collection is themed and curated manually (for now), with a backend I’m automating to fetch and organize new rabbit holes daily.

Built as a hybrid Astro + Next.js project, optimized for static generation and speed.

I’m also pairing videos with custom summaries and commentary (using AI), and would love feedback from the HN crowd on:

Content model (too wide? not specific enough?)

Scaling ideas or features worth adding

Whether it's fun enough to keep people coming back

Open to any critique or ideas. Thanks!

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omoikane ◴[20 Jun 25 23:04 UTC] No.44332922[source]▶
Under "animals being weird"[1] there is a "Cats Playing with WiFi Pet Toys"[2] tag, which contained various videos about toys but no cats[3][4][5].

[1] https://yourabbit.com/categories/weird-animals/page/1

[2] https://yourabbit.com/rabbit-holes/cats-playing-with-wifi-pe...

[3] "7 Craziest 3D Prints I Own" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwPQbuArLRU

[4] "The 2-in-1 Miraculous Hero Switch Ladybug doll is giving superhero vibes—available now at @Walmart!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zKU-v6NHig

[5] "Jack Royal 1:8 Scale RC Car Buggy Remote Control Car Off Road Monster Truck with Realistic Sound 4WD" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDFjHLShs3E

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1. bas_sen ◴[21 Jun 25 09:16 UTC] No.44335986[source]▶
Yikes thank you for catching that, and you're totally right. That rabbit hole + a few others slipped through during a test batch when I was experimenting with video selection rules + titles. I'm working on improving the filters and adding a quality pass before publishing to avoid these misclassifications. Appreciate you pointing it out, fixing it now!