Hello Hacker News, I am Patrick, creator of GitHub Reviews. Thanks for stopping by!
I built this web application that lets people review popular GitHub repositories. The site allows users to:
* Determine quality by reading reviews and viewing aggregate ratings
* Discover related projects that are linked to each review
* Share their thoughts about a package with the rest of the community
* Improve repositories that they own by listening to their users
Currently on stackoverflow, questions in this vein are closed because answers would be too subjective. This usually happens despite strong interest from users.
So first off, I like this. I actually quite like the design as well. I absolutely agree that a "latest reviews" or something would be great. The first thing I want to do is at least see a single review, just to see what one looks like.
Probably a bit late for you to change since you have your domain name, but the name kind of suggests code reviews. But I don't think you're really aiming for code reviews correct? You're aiming for a kind of package reputation?
There I wrote a comment about how package reputation systems have the slight problem about what to do when a package is updated. A review may then be out-of-date, but you cannot just delete old reviews since they may still be quite appropriate. So it isn't an easily solved problem.
Thanks for the feedback. I will add a “latest reviews” list to the homepage ASAP - some others have suggested this also.
Correct, we are not aiming for code reviews but for package quality/reputation. Hopefully the descriptions on the homepage are clear and this does not confuse too many people.
Regarding the problem of outdated reviews - I have a specific field where the reviewer can put the current version that they are reviewing (example: https://goo.gl/rWMHgB shows version 4.8.2). Reviewers can also easily update their existing reviews and bump this version as necessary. We also show the date that the review was last updated.
I like the idea, but you have to work on the Design. I would not try to advertise it in that moment. Also create something that shows recent/popular reviews. At the moment i get the feeling that nothing is going on on your site.
A Question based on your comment, how do i know as package maintainer that there is your site with potential reviews on my package?
plurch|10 years ago
I built this web application that lets people review popular GitHub repositories. The site allows users to:
* Determine quality by reading reviews and viewing aggregate ratings
* Discover related projects that are linked to each review
* Share their thoughts about a package with the rest of the community
* Improve repositories that they own by listening to their users
Currently on stackoverflow, questions in this vein are closed because answers would be too subjective. This usually happens despite strong interest from users.
Here are some reviews that I wrote: https://githubreviews.com/plurch
Any feedback or suggestions are welcome!
allanderek|10 years ago
Probably a bit late for you to change since you have your domain name, but the name kind of suggests code reviews. But I don't think you're really aiming for code reviews correct? You're aiming for a kind of package reputation?
A related project shown here as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11481459
There I wrote a comment about how package reputation systems have the slight problem about what to do when a package is updated. A review may then be out-of-date, but you cannot just delete old reviews since they may still be quite appropriate. So it isn't an easily solved problem.
plurch|10 years ago
Correct, we are not aiming for code reviews but for package quality/reputation. Hopefully the descriptions on the homepage are clear and this does not confuse too many people.
Regarding the problem of outdated reviews - I have a specific field where the reviewer can put the current version that they are reviewing (example: https://goo.gl/rWMHgB shows version 4.8.2). Reviewers can also easily update their existing reviews and bump this version as necessary. We also show the date that the review was last updated.
herbst|10 years ago
A Question based on your comment, how do i know as package maintainer that there is your site with potential reviews on my package?
plurch|10 years ago
I agree that there are not many reviews since I have just launched, but I need people to be aware of the site’s existence so that they can contribute.
Currently there isn’t any notification system in place for package maintainers, but that would be a nice feature to add.