https://github.com/eyewheel/yves
ambitions of better library search
https://github.com/eyewheel/yves
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ambitions of better library search
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/eyewheel/yves
- Owner: eyewheel
- Created: 2024-12-08T19:52:49.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-04T22:04:17.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-10T02:17:31.909Z (4 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 26.4 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
a library for the books you want to read
### goals
* feel nice, look good
* will never recommend you any "bestselling" slop
* not dependent on interacting with a network of other users and trying to validate their tastes
* will, however, recommend you things that are not directly keyword related to what you're looking for
* fun, satisfying "browsing experience" with as close to the vibes of physically wandering the stacks as possible
### design (in progress)
* depends on human-curated lists - there's no way to externally validate the quality of a book on any metric other than "a certain set of humans liked it" without access to all its contents
* only contains the human-curated lists you throw in - if you're like me, at least, you already have lots of these lists
### why the name?
in the early 2000s ttrpg *In Nomine* (think *Good Omens* as a World of Darkness splatbook), yves is the archangel of destiny who maintains a slightly surreal, ominous library containing all knowledge in existence
notable features of the library of yves include:
* you will always find what you're looking for, or else something you didn't even know you were looking for
* but you will have to wander around for a while first, so if you don't actually want to read, you won't have a good time
* reshapes itself to every visitor, but has reliably extant areas that you can agree to meet people in
* represents the subconscious mind of god, maybe