I Built a Random Digg Community Explorer as a Non-Developer (Using Claude AI)
Hey Digg community! 👋
I just launched Digg Explorer - a fun way to discover random communities from our 14,000+ strong Digg ecosystem.
🎯 What It Does
A simple web app that shows you a random Digg community each time you click "Next Community." Think of it as Tinder for Digg communities - swipe through and discover new places to engage!
Features:
14,274 Digg communities (and counting!)
Real member counts
Keyboard shortcuts (Space or → for next)
Mobile responsive
🛠️ How I Built It
The Process:
Had an idea: "What if there was a fun way to explore Digg communities randomly?"
Described what I wanted to Claude
Claude built the entire thing - HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Iterated on design (its has scope of improvement)
Deployed to Vercel
📊 The Data Source
Huge shoutout to and Digglist.com for maintaining the comprehensive community database! All 14,274 communities are sourced from their incredible work tracking and cataloging every Digg community.
Without Digglist's open data (available as CSV), this project wouldn't exist. If you haven't checked out /digglist, go give them some love!
💭 Why I Built This
Digg has SO many communities, and I kept finding myself stuck in the same 5-10. I wanted a serendipitous way to discover new corners of Digg communities I'd never think to search for.
🚀 Try It Out
Press Space or → to discover your next favorite community!
What do you think? Would love feedback or ideas for v2!
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