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24 alternatives to Codebreaker - The Augmented Self

The man who collected too much data

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Codebreaker - The Augmented Self launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Re/code Decode - Y Combinator's Sam Altman▲92

   and the internet of things and Google

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2DA
   Density – Anonymous People Counter and API▲258

   2015 · density.io · its alternatives →

3. 3PS
   Pocket Stream Archive – A personal Way-Back Machine▲217

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4GI
   gist.io, blogless writing for hackers▲286

   2012 · gist.io · its alternatives →

5. 5AI
   An improved version of HyperLogLog▲194

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6H
   HackerCouch▲162

   2015 · hackercouch.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   TheFamily: Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator▲146

   Sam Altman on Y Combinator and importance of AI

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8DA
   Datastringer, a tool for hacker-journalists▲60

   2014 · bbc-news-labs.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9AA
   Anon – A Unix Command to Anonymise Data▲79

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10BT
    Bo, the Swiss army knife of data examination and manipulation▲104

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Dremio▲67

    The missing link in modern data

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12CA
    Caine – A GitHub bot▲48

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AI
    “Anguish”: Invisible Programming Language and Invisible Data Theft▲8

    2016 · blogs.perl.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    99% Invisible - The Magic Bureaucrat▲62

    How overgeneralized correlational data influenced US welfare

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15PT
    Pintask, the hackable task tracker▲50

    2014 · pintask.me · its alternatives →

16. 16PA
    Pybond – A spying and stubbing library inspired by bond (Clojure)▲9

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AP
    Automated personal bookkeeping for hackers▲83

    2015 · hinance.org · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Data Engineering Podcast- 1: Pachyderm w David Whitenack▲60

    The show about modern data management

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19TZ
    The Zen of Data Pipelines (Book)▲27

    2017 · gpestana.gitbooks.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Soft Control: Leaks from an Information Broker▲61

    A new book on surviving the knowledge economy

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21IA
    IO – A minimalistic and anonymous editor▲30

    2016 · bold.io · its alternatives →

22. 22DC
    Datafix: connecting people with unclean data to people who clean data▲10

    2019 · datafix.io · its alternatives →

23. 23CS
    Cryptomove – security via data concealment, last-line data defense▲31

    2015 · cryptomove.com · its alternatives →

24. 24LL
    LEWT – Lazy Enterprise for Hackers Without Time▲10

    2014 · jwije.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →