For cueyoutube - there's no backend! It's just a static page with some JavaScript on it (mostly jQuery but totally hacked together because I can't stand JavaScript :)
I actually copied and pasted most of it from other sources (which I've listed on the page).
The playlists are "saved" by sharing them - each playlist exists only as a URL containing a comma separated list of video IDs.
I've been sharing on Twitter using the #cueyoutube hashtag.
Unfortunately, however, my primary webserver is down due to a drive failure - I'm waiting for the VPS image to copy to a new host now. Bummer :( Should be back up in about an hour with any luck.
I really want to only work on the site in response to user demand, you know? Like I want to keep it as an MVP always. If people like it, then they will use it and make suggestions and I'll react to that.
I'm really enjoying the "throwaway" nature of the playlists themselves (ie. you don't login, you don't give them a name, you don't "save" them, you just create, share and move on with your life), but also the "throwaway" nature of the project - it's good to have something that's useful but that I'm not so heavily invested in (unlike Decal, which I'm like, totally invested in to the point of insanity).
Why code a back-end if you don't need one? You can get away with a lot more than you think you can just with a static page and the browser. With hn-books the book list exists as a static JSON file. I can put my entire site on any kind of web server -- even run it easily offline.
I actually copied and pasted most of it from other sources (which I've listed on the page).
The playlists are "saved" by sharing them - each playlist exists only as a URL containing a comma separated list of video IDs.
I've been sharing on Twitter using the #cueyoutube hashtag.
Unfortunately, however, my primary webserver is down due to a drive failure - I'm waiting for the VPS image to copy to a new host now. Bummer :( Should be back up in about an hour with any luck.
There are some suggestions from people over at http://cueyoutube.uservoice.com/
I really want to only work on the site in response to user demand, you know? Like I want to keep it as an MVP always. If people like it, then they will use it and make suggestions and I'll react to that.
I'm really enjoying the "throwaway" nature of the playlists themselves (ie. you don't login, you don't give them a name, you don't "save" them, you just create, share and move on with your life), but also the "throwaway" nature of the project - it's good to have something that's useful but that I'm not so heavily invested in (unlike Decal, which I'm like, totally invested in to the point of insanity).