As an avid anime watcher and a frequent user of https://myanimelist.net/, I don't mind providing a bit of constructive feedback:
- I get that its just a hobby website, but at the moment there isn't enough there that would pull me away from using an established service such as myanimelist. Or at the very least, it isn't completely obvious to me what it provides that MAL already doesn't. If you do decide to advertise on other sites, I'd suggest making it clear to users what your site offers that isn't provided by already established services.
- This might just be a personal thing, but before an image loads, it first shows up as a blurred image. I really do not like this, as I find it a bit painful for my eyes.
The layout looked pretty decent to me and everything loaded fine on my end. Good job the UI and development. If you were just wanting this to be a hobby, then I'd say well done, and keep playing around with it. If you do want this to ever take off in any way, my suggestion is to focus on providing something new, because at the moment it feels like a bit of an incomplete MAL clone (don't mean to come off as harsh here, just trying to be honest). Good luck!
FWIW, I accidentally left a machine running for a month and ended up owing ~$700. I called them and told them I wasn't using it and they gave me the money back. I'd give it a try if I were you.
Nearly every time I log onto HN someones created a new .js project/framework/solution/whatever for something. Its usually a variation of some .js project that already exists.
Relying on documentation a lot is NOT a bad thing. Your problem solving abilities are important but one could make the argument that your ability to look up how to solve a problem is just as important. I can't count the number of times I've heard developers (including myself) say "Most of my job is just Googling how to solve something...".
When I was in college, once of my classmates only used documentation as an absolute last resort claiming that he didn't want to rely on it in college since he wouldn't be able to rely on it in the 'real world'. Not only was he slow and a pain to work with, but he couldn't have been farther from the truth. Google isn't going anywhere, and if anything its more accessible in the workplace than in a college setting where at times you're forced to write syntax correct code on paper in some unrealistic testing environment.