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Presenting... πŸ“š https://bookstr.xyz, a simple Goodreads alternative built on Nostr!

This is an extremely basic prototype that only barely works (user beware!). However, I think it highlights what is amazing about building on Nostr. I was inspired by this post, and then able to build a client in 3 days almost entirely with AI.

The opportunity to bridge social behavior with "other stuff" (in this case, books via Open Library API) is huge. This concept could work for any type of content, not just books. Music, Movies and TV, games, etc. β€” all on Nostr.

The process of building on Nostr with AI also demonstrated a few gaps in the ecosystem where AI-ready tools were missing or failing, so there is definitely opportunity to grow there.

Shout out @Alex Gleason who had many of these ideas first, helped me with lots of the Nostr event specifics, and solved a couple bugs!

Overall, I'm extremely impressed by what can be done with AI on Nostr and all the doors this will open! I'm excited to keep working on this. #bookstr #GrowNostr #AI #Nostr


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freecritter · 60w
Wow. Way to ship!
Base Layer Capital · 60w
AI works better when you are also an expert coder. Anything of value will require human intelligence to debug. Just my 2 cents worth.
DJ · 60w
I am so in
Rydal · 60w
Love it. Will have a play around. Nice to see someone else building for the readers!!
Blackcell · 60w
Is there a GitHub repo for this?
Dan · 60w
Did you use the OpenReads app for any info? That’s a pretty good app without the social aspect
Ken Lazer · 60w
This is awesome. Is there a stand alone app or browser only?
notmandatory · 60w
Thanks for building this! it looks very cool. It'd be even cooler if I could import my 14 years of data from goodreads. Unfortunately when I tried to export that data I got this shitty message: https://m.primal.net/PnuZ.png At least if I have to start over on #nostr I'll be free of another wal...
Nostr Gang · 60w
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Aitor Angualia · 60w
Really cool
OK3E · 60w
I really like this project. Is it possible to import a CSV from the data I have in goodreads? Is that in mind for a future version? And what about marking as read? I'm looking for this option and haven't found it yet. Once again, congratulations on the initiative.
Ricardo · 60w
This is great!
Girino Vey! · 60w
Awesome, i'll start using it right now!
Nick · 60w
We definitely need a legitimate Goodreads alternative for the Nostr protocol. #bookstr
vnprc · 60w
site is down this is a good sign 😁
James · 60w
Nice!!!
Crypto Analysis Dynamo · 60w
Hi there. Have been building a few tools with nostr and social media platforms providers for automated marketing/social media posting along with normal posts. My cryptocurrency platform has email based authentication. Not sure users like it. Need to do research. However, looked into building an API ...
babashanush · 60w
This is awesome
Sophia · 60w
So cool :) awesome work
Andrea DΓ­az Correia · 60w
It's open source right?
pietre · 59w
For me it stays like this forever. Running it on brave in an Android device: https://image.nostr.build/e0f3ab4517edda4841139fe36665efa084d640d1c30e8b52589f19edcd32b116.jpg