Readit News_nickanthony commented on Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups? · Posted by u/anandasai
We've had good success with Kite. Plus the free tier doesn't include a watermark
_nickanthony commented on I created a site so you can explore Netflix's engagement data whatwewatched.xyz/... · Posted by u/_nickanthony
Neat site and thanks for making me aware Netflix released this data. It's fun to see things like The Witcher S1 outperforming S3 given the timeframe of the data.
Some suggestions on the site:
- The dropdowns seem to have a formatting issue where the text in them shows all white except for the dropdown selection you are currently hovering over
- Given the Excel file is 680 KB you could probably just convert it to JSON and pre-Brotli/gzip the file to just serve the entire thing up to the client in < half a MB. This avoids the need for queries to run server side and also lets them be instant on the client side (+also removes any reason to paginate results as part of the query).
I really like the overall simplicity of the page. It has that old-web feel with a modern look.
Thanks for checking it out. Appreciate the feedback!
- What browser are you using? I can't repro in Chrome and Safari.
- Good tip on using gzip, I'll play around with it to see if I can get some better performance (there are ~18k rows). Netflix will be releasing these updates twice a year, so if more data gets released soon, I'll keep the database.
_nickanthony commented on I created a site so you can explore Netflix's engagement data whatwewatched.xyz/... · Posted by u/_nickanthony
On Tuesday, for the first time, Netflix posted their engagement data for their entire catalog. This data is for H12023 (from January 2023 to June of 2023).
However, they posted the data as a large excel file that you have to download. So, I created a website so you can explore/search the dataset without having to download the file!
I'm a believer in making data accessible and easy to explore, so it's also free. Enjoy. I'll be adding more features over the weekend.
I've also added an option to view the charts via a graph - please let me know if there are more features I can add to make it useful. Cheers!