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New comment by binklee in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

binklee — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:29:31 +0000

lemonhealth.ai - solution to change health behavior

New comment by binklee in "Show HN: Payload, P2P file transfer app, goes online"

binklee — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:44:26 +0000

A one-man show, that's impressive!

New comment by binklee in "How to Kill a Startup Idea with Google Keyword Planner and AdWords: A Case Study"

binklee — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:53:00 +0000

I read one of the conclusion: "Lastly, I can't imagine that tech won't win here with non-human based teaching. It's affordable, convenient, and scalable to any genre, language, right from home on many platforms."

I strongly disagree with that one. The pie is big enough for different type of teaching, including real-life classes.

If what he predicts turn out true, and we all get plugged behind screens to learn new things... what a sad world it would be...

New comment by binklee in "Show HN: Classalog – Next.js+Firebase – find the in-person classes around you"

binklee — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:24:17 +0000

Hi HN!

I realized there weren't really a platform making a good job for users when you are looking up classes (art & craft, languages, dance, etc.). You always end up visiting different website and having a hard time to compare the offering. Therefore, we launched classalog.org. First in San Francisco.

The app is using Next.js (good SEO for each page was important to us) + firebase for authentification, database and some serverless functions. Next.js is hosted on Zeit.

I'm passionate about this project because as we spend more and more time behind our screens, we also long real connections and taking in-person class is a good way to meet people. It also helps people who want to freelancer and become an instructor to find more clients.

Feel free to give it a try, and let your instructor friends now they can get more free visibility. It's far from perfect but let me know what you think as we'd appreciate helpful feedback.

Thanks, Deniz.

Show HN: Classalog – Next.js+Firebase – find the in-person classes around you

binklee — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:23:36 +0000

Article URL: https://classalog.org

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21476400

Points: 16

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New comment by binklee in "Have Online Reviews Lost All Value?"

binklee — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:39:01 +0000

That's interesting though: what's the alternative?

Each vertical has different dimensions that matters to people, and some could be objectively measured, without reviewers.

In my case, I'm building a community for any type of classes around you (e.g. dancing, yoga, acting classes, French, etc.) at https://classalog.org and when I asked users 'how do you choose a class' almost no one tell me "I want to see reviews" as their first answers. Pictures, and knowing the experience of the instructor is more important. I'm not certain reviews with its downsides would do more good than bad, and I'm really hesitant to implement that feature at the moment.