Show HN: An index of indie web/blog indexes

(theindex.fyi)

37 points | by rocketpastsix 6 hours ago

8 comments

  • marginalia_nu 59 minutes ago
    Why does Kagi's Smallweb have a 'no submissions' label? I was under the impression you just PR:ed here: https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb
    • rocketpastsix 30 minutes ago
      Ah I missed that, thanks! I’ve updated it
  • rambambram 2 hours ago
    Don't know where your colors and style come from, but imo you're doing fine on that front.

    Nice project also! Bookmarked.

    In the same vein; I stumbled upon Wander (pun intended) by browsing a HN post from yesterday. I really like that take on discovery of smaller curated websites. https://codeberg.org/susam/wander#readme

    • tasuki 2 hours ago
      > colors

      I'm always amazed when people go through the trouble of adding a light/dark theme switcher rather than just respecting the user's system preference with `prefers-color-scheme`[0].

      [0]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/A...

      • wonger_ 1 hour ago
        You can do both, because some people like having per-site color controls.

        Like I prefer to read prose and literary website content in light mode while keeping my OS in dark mode.

        Admittedly it's a niche use case.

    • rocketpastsix 1 hour ago
      Hey thank you! That’s awesome, I’ll take a look at Wander this afternoon
  • deferredgrant 1 hour ago
    The best part is reducing dependence on algorithmic feeds. Sometimes discovery should feel like wandering, not being optimized.
  • freetonik 1 hour ago
    Nice project! Thanks for including Minifeed!
  • paustint 1 hour ago
    refined.blog doesn't work, goes to a GoDaddy page.
    • rocketpastsix 1 hour ago
      Thanks for the heads up! I’ll check it out when I’m back from running errands
  • Imustaskforhelp 1 hour ago
    Wait, is this perhaps my comment/disussion?

    "Are there any indexes which index all of these too?" - (comment written by me at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48069558)

    I am not exactly sure if it was my comment itself which helped in it but no matter what, this is exactly what I was talking about and I am so glad that you made it!

    Really awesome work! Definitely gonna add my blog site into a few of these and just gonna scroll it, ah this feels so good, i really appreciate your effort and I hope more people share even more indexes and it becomes an even more complete index of all indexes and we preserve the spirit of the open internet! This feels really good to me! :-)

    • rocketpastsix 29 minutes ago
      The one above yours was what set me off on the path but yours helps reinforce it!
      • Imustaskforhelp 22 minutes ago
        Ah great, well I am happy that it was within the same discussion and I am happy that I could help reinforce a positive change on the internet and so thanks for making this website because this is exactly what I wanted/wished when I had written that comment :-D

        I am right now thinking of connecting all these indexes within the list as much as I can into rss files and going to hopefully tinker around with some rss with all these indexes listed within your website and this has certainly brought me a bit of hope regarding the open internet if enough people use such indexes or index of indexes :-D

        Edit: The rss section within your website has been really helpful in finding websites which are doing what I am talking about and so many other things, its been so good delving in these things and I find it really nice :-)

  • snisarenko 2 hours ago
    As the internet gets filled with AI slop, these kind of indexes of real human thought are going to become more important.
    • rocketpastsix 1 hour ago
      Agreed, hopefully someone finds a fun index that they like and it leads them to a new blog or site
  • hizihic 1 hour ago
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