Ask HN: What did your 'Show HN' project turn into?
The 'Wander Console' is a decentralised, self-hosted web console that allows website visitors to explore handpicked web pages recommended by independent site owners. Since its launch six weeks ago, over 50 instances have been identified, collectively sharing more than 1,400 recommendations. The creator expressed joy at the growing community and the project's contribution to the personal web ecosystem.
- ▪Wander Console is a decentralised, self-hosted tool that lets users explore web pages recommended by independent website owners.
- ▪The project has spread to over 50 known websites, with more than 1,400 web pages recommended by the community.
- ▪A crawler was developed to track the number of consoles, though the actual count may be higher due to the tool's decentralised nature.
- ▪The creator hosts the console at https://susam.net/wander/ and provides source details on Codeberg.
- ▪Personal websites and learning from their source code have been formative for the developer.
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My recent project named 'Wander Console' has gathered a growing community of independent website owners who host the console tool on their websites. You can try it out here: https://susam.net/wander/It is a small, decentralised, self-hosted web console that lets visitors to your website explore interesting websites and pages recommended by a community of independent personal website owners. It is a bit like StumbleUpon, but fully decentralised. See here for more details: https://codeberg.org/susam/wanderSince I announced it six weeks ago, many people have copied this tool to their websites.
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