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…is the general page but I'm assuming you want the technical stuff so https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/master/C... I'm a very active volunteer and can always use the help of folks that have tech experience alr

comment by raybb · 2026-04-09 · in Dr. Dobb's Developer Library DVD 6 (2010)

…with 5+ years experience. I've been doing hobby coding for Internet Archive's Open Library ( https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pulls?q=is%3A ...) while completing a MSc in Urban Studies. My main project right now is Urbanism…

comment by raybb · 2025-03-03 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2025)

…for me even in a private window. Not sure why that's happening. As an alternative you can visit https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pulls and put the search as "is:pr author:RayBB is:merged"

comment by raybb · 2025-02-03 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025)

…with 5+ years experience. I've been doing hobby coding for Internet Archive's Open Library ( https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pulls?q=is%3A... ) while completing a MSc in Urban Studies. My main project right now is Urbanism…

comment by raybb · 2025-02-03 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025)

…fill out the volunteer form to join. But there are several more specific issues about performance: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues?q=is%3...

comment by raybb · 2025-01-05 · in Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to “write better code”?

https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary

comment by raybb · 2025-01-04 · in Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to “write better code”?

…docker compose up My work is OS so you can check it out here if you wish: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/

comment by cdrini · 2024-11-13 · in Docker Compose Isn't Enough

…penlibrary.org/search?q=id_standard_ebooks%3A%2A&mo... I created an issue to kick off another import: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/9372

comment by cdrini · 2024-05-31 · in Standard Ebooks' 1,000th title: Ulysses

…For example, here's a small issue that could use some help on the python side: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/8928

comment by raybb · 2024-03-22 · in Ask HN: Anyone looking for contributors for their open source projects

…they're always looking for contributors. I think they'd especially welcome help improving search! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/

comment by raybb · 2024-03-11 · in Building an Open Source Decentralized E-Book Search Engine

https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary ?

comment by oshams · 2024-01-09 · in Show HN: Auto Wiki – Turn your codebase into a Wiki

I implemented it for OpenLibrary ( https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/5104 ) and it was surprisingly easy and works well!

comment by raybb · 2023-07-10 · in Firefox address bar

…of a work. This is probably why OpenLibrary supports mapping of books with 40+ identifiers: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/master/o...

comment by eshnil · 2023-05-28 · in Unnatural Keys – Nature doesn’t come with identifiers

…good books through them! I really hope they don't get shut down. They're also truly open source: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/

comment by aleksandrh · 2022-11-19 · in Open Library

Unfortunately I couldn't find a good package either, so ended up rolling my own script, FnToCLI https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/ccf10246... . It wasn't too hard to get the bones of it working, so if you want to build…

comment by cdrini · 2022-06-28 · in What's New in Python 3.11?

…you can use when creating a regex to allow new lines and comments. Here's an example from my code: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/1ac15a48...

comment by cdrini · 2021-11-20 · in Learn RegEx step by step, from zero to advanced

I personally love using gitpod for open source work. I got it setup and working for open library ( https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary ) and I think some people have been quite happy to not have to download them many GB of…

comment by raybb · 2021-09-03 · in Gitpod shipped GitHub a launch cake for Codespaces

Alright, I'm new to pull requests but I had a go at it! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/5451

comment by dailyanchovy · 2021-07-22 · in Reflections as the Internet Archive turns 25

…active repo with lots of volunteers, a weekly community call, and a rather accessible codebase. https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary If anyone knows webpack well would LOVE to have this dev-facing issue resolve to auto reload CSS…

comment by raybb · 2021-07-22 · in Reflections as the Internet Archive turns 25

…Let's please talk if you where others would like to get set up with a bot account and write access! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Writing-... Contact: mek@archive.org

comment by mekarpeles · 2021-04-17 · in Why has no one made a better Goodreads

Yes! Here's the issue: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/5022 Sorry about that, on the docket for this upcoming week. We're currently staffed by two eng (myself included) w/ ~80 open PRs, 500 issues, just finalized a…

comment by mekarpeles · 2021-04-17 · in Why has no one made a better Goodreads

…& borrow. We've been around for 15 years, not going anywhere. We're open source and non profit: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary We defend patron privacy, offer free APIs, and release all public data openly:…

comment by mekarpeles · 2021-04-16 · in Why has no one made a better Goodreads

OK. I just did: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4322

comment by k_sze · 2020-12-22 · in Introducing the Open Library Explorer

If you're able to describe how it's wrong, an issue on https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/new would be appreciated! Thank you!

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-22 · in Introducing the Open Library Explorer

Yeah, good comment, good link. I also like their github though: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary

comment by chrisweekly · 2020-12-22 · in Introducing the Open Library Explorer

…that having a way to jump directly to a number would be appreciated. Will see what we can do! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4320

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-22 · in Introducing the Open Library Explorer

…just need to integrate it more meaningfully in our search index). I opened an issue for you here: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4319 Given our small team size, not sure we'll have the bandwidth to prioritize any…

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-21 · in Introducing the Open Library Explorer

…doesn't work through the search.json API? If so, can you please make sure we have an issue open https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/new/ch... ? You should be able to add has_fulltext:true to your query (which at least…

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-14 · in Show HN: Instantly search 28M books from OpenLibrary

I just created https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4275 - thanks!!

comment by bbkane · 2020-12-14 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4266 tracking this issue here

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-14 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…identifiers should be considered -- e.g. LOC, etc) that would be very helpful. # To open an issue: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/new/ch... # Here's the code for the importer https://github.com/internetarchive/openlib…

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

Even opening an issue for this would be a massive help: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/new/ch... The importer is a new project (as of August this year) and I think there's a lot of opportunity for improving it…

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…which books didn't import). If you'd be so kind as to help, please open a feature request for this! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/new/ch... If you tag @tabshaikh who helped implement the importer and me @mekarpeles…

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…doing for a while). I'll also be adding this to our upcoming Tuesday 2021 roadmap discussion. https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/4263 Thanks for raising this

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…@cdrini et al for these fast bug fixes! If you notice an problem, please help open an issue here: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/new/ch... # Learn More - https://archive.org/details/openlibrary-tour-2020/openlibrar...…

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…entirely open source, with an active community, so anyone can contribute fixes/features on GitHub: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary And yeah, searching needs some work! That's on my task list for this month. Just this Friday…

comment by cdrini · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…a Python 3 migration that stirred the pot a little. We deployed a fix, so it should be working now! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259

comment by cdrini · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…a big Python 3 migration that stirred the pot a little. The import issue should now be fixed: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259

comment by cdrini · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…The project is also open source, and you can find the code (and contribute!) on GitHub: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary

comment by cdrini · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

…just fixed + tested it, and I just deployed it to production, so it should be working now! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pull/4259

comment by cdrini · 2020-12-13 · in Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

Also related: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-client/tree/m... https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Library-...

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-09-13 · in I Want to Fix Goodreads

…to _not_ make OpenLibrary an alternative to Goodreads. See discussions here[1] and here[2]. [1]: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/3103 [2]: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/1964

comment by olah_1 · 2020-09-12 · in I Want to Fix Goodreads

…may track like goodreads. Best part? If it's not to your liking, the whole project is open source! https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary Open Library has a very strong volunteer tribe of book-loving librarians, developers, and…

comment by mekarpeles · 2020-09-12 · in I Want to Fix Goodreads

…search across ~3.5M books: http://openlibrary.org/search/inside We're also an open source project [ https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary ] and happy to collaborate w/ folks on such projects. I'm personally very inspired by the…

comment by mekarpeles · 2019-11-06 · in Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Preserve Millions of Books