Hacker news for data scientists

http://www.datatau.com/

by agibsonccc • 13 years ago

222 66 13 years ago

agibsonccc2• 13 years ago

Just saw it and figured I'd pass it along. It's a topic specific niche I'd like to see more of. I'm sure the same is to be said for bitcoin enthusiasts and other random trend like that.

Hacker news for x is a funny concept by itself, but part of reddit's appeal for me is all about the subreddits. If someone wants to take the time to setup a topic specific niche why not?

rsivapr5• 13 years ago

Thanks! I wanted to wait before I posted it on Hacker News, but sooner the better I guess.

agibsonccc2• 13 years ago

Sorry about that >:) I saw it on twitter this morning. It looked ready to go and needed some fresh blood in there to get it rolling so I figured why not.

karangoeluw• 13 years ago

I don't mind seeing a "HN for xyz" site, but it bugs me when the design is exactly the same as HN.

dsaber• 13 years ago

here's one that isn't the same style http://devmaster.net :)

paulgb• 13 years ago

Hacker News is open source, it's likely running the same code.

Lilme• 13 years ago

Have a link to source code?

rsivapr5• 13 years ago

Hi Karan. I am the person hosting DataTau. I completely understand what you're saying.

First, news.arc's style is something that people are used to and comfortable with; it's tried and tested. I decided not to reinvent the wheel.

But perhaps more importantly, I'm not a web developer. If I have to learn how to build a news site from scratch, I might as well wait and see if there is a requirement for it in the first place, right?

olog-hai• 13 years ago

exactly the same as HN

One of the first noticeable aspects of the site is how much harsher on the eyes a pure white background is compared to the #f6f6ef used at HN.

ergodic• 13 years ago

no RSS?

kevinpacheco• 13 years ago

There's no link to it at the bottom of the homepage, but they do have a feed: http://www.datatau.com/rss

digitalzombie• 13 years ago

Just checking, there are only one page worth of articles right now? And it's the website isn't broken?

Cause I can't find the next button...

rsivapr5• 13 years ago

It was born only this noon (Eastern Time).

Joeboy• 13 years ago

Has any of the many "Hacker news for...." sites ever taken off?

simba-hiiipower2• 13 years ago

well, i tend to view reddit as the 'hacker news for everything' if that counts..

otherwise, i don't really think so. but i'd argue its related in that reddit has made such sites largely unnecessary. subreddits can be as narrow or broad in topic, and as open or regulated in curation as one wants. i see little value in a 'finance news' (for example) when there's /r/finance and probably around 100 other finance-related subreddits out there..

pmelendez• 13 years ago

There exists /r/programming and /r/coding and HN is still here.

In my opinion the success or failure of a site like this depends whether or not it has enough traction to start a good community, which at the end is what makes the difference.

ckarmann• 13 years ago

Something that differentiates reddit with the set of HN clones is the discovery: on any subreddit you have a list of other subreddits and you can search for them if you want to explore about a new thing. Every HN clone is its own little island and can only count traffic from Google to build a community after the initial HN announcement. They should try to link to each other, or at least there should be a wiki page somewhere that lists all HN for X.

Killah911• 13 years ago

inbound.org seems to be doing well. I've found interesting views on marketing there, also not quite HN, some of the articles are just crap, but there are some quality posts that make it to the top of inbound fairly regularly. Great for a hacker who needs some inside scoop on marketing.

samhoggnz• 13 years ago

Designer News (http://news.layervault.com/) is pretty good and well frequented.

Rinum• 13 years ago

They all seem to die over time. I had high hopes for http://quant.ly, unfortunately it died off earlier this year after a 2-3 year run.

eliothv• 13 years ago

no twitter ?

codegeek• 13 years ago

Cool. I just signed-up. Btw, I noticed that once you upvote a post, the points count changes immediately without needing to refresh the page.

nichochar• 13 years ago

meteor app?

danenania• 13 years ago

The hacker news for x trend is interesting, but I think the format is badly suited for small communities. The high data density of the front page makes a site with moderate activity feel like a ghost town.

melling• 13 years ago

Too bad we can't just have tags here. Then we could watch/ignore the ones in which we're interested. StackOverFlow style...

ars_technician• 13 years ago

Not being sarcastic, but isn't that just reddit?

djm_• 13 years ago

https://lobste.rs/ has a nice implementation of that.

markkat• 13 years ago

we do that at http://hubski.com you can follow/ignore users and/or tags.

Istof• 13 years ago

RSS feeds are great for that

JackGibbs• 13 years ago

I'm surprised no one has made a "Hacker News for Hacker News for X" site yet...

pfraze• 13 years ago

Aggregate all the clones and you'll have it.

Sambdala• 13 years ago

Shameless Plug: http://hn4hn4x.herokuapp.com

aray• 13 years ago

I really love the adaptation of the format in lobste.rs. Adding tags I think helps especially the smaller and not-as-quickly moving communities.

http://lobste.rs

Keyframe3• 13 years ago

Excellent and what a timing. We have built something more like reddit for data science / analytics. It's a closed beta (we're paranoid not to embarrass ourselves yet). If you guys are interested, please shoot me an email to include you in our, still private, system. No strings attached. We need more testers :)

adw• 13 years ago

What address? (You need to stick it in your bio to make it public.)

Keyframe3• 13 years ago

I didn't realize that until now! It's in my bio. Anyone interested, just shoot me an email to dominik (at) vga.hr We're also looking for more developers for our startup in this area.

tomrod3• 13 years ago

I'd love to check it out.

Keyframe3• 13 years ago

Send me an email at dominik (at) vga.hr and I'll send you access info and all. Thanks!

normloman• 13 years ago

Remember when you had to do science to be called a scientist?

tomrod3• 13 years ago

If this were true, we couldn't count Archimedes. I mean, he just did physical science without an established scientific methodology, right?

jperras• 13 years ago

A very small request: A favicon! Useful for discerning which tab is which when they're pinned in Firefox: https://s3.amazonaws.com/nerderati.captures/B5X0V.png

iLoch• 13 years ago

Similarly: Why does the icon feature a "D" and not the letter Tau (τ)? :)

anoncow• 13 years ago

Can you give some info about your setup?

the_cat_kittles• 13 years ago

why is this better than making a subreddit?

mcantelon• 13 years ago

Yes, with a subreddit folks will already be registered so there's no barrier to participation. On the other hand, because there's no barrier to participation then perhaps worse s/n ratio. But noise is better than silence.

eshvk• 13 years ago

So I saw the page and will probably sign up. However, there won't be a strong motivation for me to come participate unless there is a) A minimum threshold of folks who use it actively. or b) I keep seeing it in my feed. I visit HN and reddit every day and that is easier for me to participate in.

mrcactu5• 13 years ago

thank you, thank you, thank you.

rd108• 13 years ago

Goodbye, hacker news

Concours• 13 years ago

This looks great, do you plan to add an RSS Feed for the front page at some point ? I couldn't find anyone yet!

rsivapr5• 13 years ago

Yes! I will add that soon. Thanks.

cjrd• 13 years ago

I really hope this takes off, not that I won't miss Snowden posts and general CNN-ish news :-)

terrik• 13 years ago

This is one of the "HN for X" websites that I truly hope takes off. I have signed up, and submitted a few interesting articles. I've already found a few interesting reads on their homepage.

Best of luck to the DataTau founders!

rsivapr5• 13 years ago

Thanks Terrik!

datacog2• 13 years ago

neat stuff !

There already seems a lot of traction there.

soundoflight• 13 years ago

Anyone know a good "hacker news for programmers?"

aidanf• 13 years ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming

simgidacav• 13 years ago

Could it be possible to build a more or less comprehensive list of hacker-news-like websites?

tomrod3• 13 years ago

Where did the site go? I was digging it!

wyrmlet• 13 years ago

Me, too!

datacog2• 13 years ago

It seems to be back live after a crash: http://www.datatau.com/news

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