Hacker news is a great community for discussion, but how do the discussions[1] help people decide which tools they should consider? I doubt it's usefulness. How many times do you see people asking suggestions on which domain registrar is the best[2]? Today do you check Yelp before going to a new restaurant or asking that somewhere? I check what the top restaurants in the area and what the top dishes/food they provide. I buy products on Amazon after reading the reviews and feel uncomfortable to buy products with zero review and rating.

HackerToolbox wants to persist the great discussions/reviews and makes that for future use.

[1] Tools of the trade, 2013 edition https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5235137

[2] Two similar questions asked on the same day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8541117 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8541654

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Show HN: Do you need this “Yelp for Builder Tools”? 12 years ago

That's true. The feedback is user contributed. If you write one review on HackerToolbox, it will be more like Yelp :)

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Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting 12 years ago

Thanks for asking the question.

I saved all the tools to the box :) Will check back later. http://www.hackertoolbox.com/tags/email%20hosting

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