Something better than a massive list of everything on the front page

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
frontend, search, web-dev

Research direction

Start by reviewing the current front page and the discussion linked from issue #50. Define the replacement browsing experience, including whether to show a daily set of packages and how the selection is weighted. Done means the front page approach and the required search/browsing work are agreed and documented.

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Description

Perhaps we could revisit the front page entirely. Having a great big list isn't necessarily the right thing at all. What about a "packages of the day", a handful (6 maybe) of packages drawn from a distribution weighted by "most clients" (see this comment), or something? It'd change ~once a day (that way we get the benefits of static/offline for most users). It'd make having good search/browsing facilities extra important of course, so there'd have to be some work done there.

cc @mbutterick @jeapostrophe @jsmaniac @jackfirth

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Racket
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