Top Checklists on HN

[superasn]

This is a great way to find many great posts and learn from HN:

"things i learned" https://hn.algolia.com/?query=things%20i%20learned&sort=byPo...

"wish someone told" https://hn.algolia.com/?query=wish%20someone%20told&sort=byP...

"how did you" https://hn.algolia.com/?query=how%20did%20you&sort=byPopular...

I'm sure there are many others like this too!

[mygo]

works for comments too, although it’s pretty much hunting for long-tail keywords

“pm me”

“opportunity”

“pent up demand”

“I’d pay”

“I miss”

etc

[fasteo]

At the time of this writing, this post (89 points) is already in the second page of its "own" list.

[WhompingWindows]

It's now on the first page for me, very meta. Does anyone here use checklists in their day to day? My work tends to shift daily/weekly/monthly, I'm not usually doing similar things most days.

[ourmandave]

Are these checklists updated?

The "Web Developer Checklist" was 5 years ago.

And the "quick website launch checklist" was 7 years.

[codingdave]

No, this is just a search for old posts with the word 'checklist' in it. The actual quality and timeliness of any given list is something you'll need to judge for yourself.

[Svip]

Why does hn.algolia.com require JavaScript to work? Seems somewhat counter to the philosophy of HN's web design.

[gawin]

Algolia and HackterNews (Y Combinator) are two different parties. Algolia implemented the HackerNews API (which is based on Firebase). Agolia uses their JavaScript library to enhance the user experience (for near instant search results).

[karterk]

That's because HN search is hosted by Algolia who encourage searching directly from JS (client side) since it's faster (one less hop to an intermediate HN server).

[mjfl]

These are so so so useful for self teaching.

[iamkoby]

This is great! So many great posts!!

[gawin]

Yeah, I was quite surprised myself. Thought it was worth bookmarking and sharing ;)