I know a lot of authors and readers don’t like the idea of a database like this that holds information about problematic themes in books, especally science fiction and fantasy. I’m creating this because I’m running into issues in my communities where people who have survived rape, and/or abuse (including myself!) are running into issues recommending books because things can honestly cause harm. This is not a blacklist of books. Inclusion does not make a book or author bad, nor does exclusion make a book or author good or safe. All disection of implied/interpreted themes and inclusion are opinions.
- Ruby I really enjoyed doing my last web app in sinatra, using liquid templates. It made a lot of things really really easy, but I didn’t actually use a database for that so I’d have to learn the Ruby DBA layer.
- Perl I know perl like the back of my hand. I write very good Perl that a lot of people can understand and I know DBI, I know PSGI, I know how to do my own CGI access. I have written my own template language for it because the current ones are not particularly the best though.
- Python I really don’t know this that well, I know there is flask, I know the SQLite library fairly well. This language is one that a LOT of people know though and can probably actually contribute better.
- PHP Laravel. Blade. The framework is nice. I really liked it. Pretty much everyone knows PHP. I’m not great with modern PHP though so I’d have a lot to learn.
- Title
- Edition
- Author
- Summary
- Trigger Warnings
- Comments by reader/reviewer
- themes/tropes