Airship

Web and SaaS

content management system

SHOW HN2016

4points
8comments
#2,134of 2,264 in 2016
Top 95%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Docs: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Security-first approach

    From 1 comment
    • Looking at this. Love the security first perspective. My first negative thought is dump the engineering terminology. I think that will help in getting people to adopt this.
      lightlyused on HN

Objections

  • Visual design looks unpolished

    From 2 comments
    • Please, get a clue from WordPress' success - it's terrible from a technological point of view, but it has a beautiful UI and decent UX. With your looks, you won't have much…
      nikolay on HN
    • You're sending the wrong message since day 1. It's 2016, making things pretty is by default - there is a bunch of free icons, a bunch of default themes that make a site look…
      nikolay on HN
  • Engineering terminology is off-putting

    From 1 comment
    • Looking at this. Love the security first perspective. My first negative thought is dump the engineering terminology. I think that will help in getting people to adopt this.
      lightlyused on HN
  • License mismatch between LICENSE and composer.json

    From 1 comment
    • License.txt contains a GPL license, while composer.json says MIT. Worth of notice, one of the keywords in composer.json is "self-updating".
      tacone on HN

Requests

  • Improve front-end design and UX

    From 2 comments
    • Please, get a clue from WordPress' success - it's terrible from a technological point of view, but it has a beautiful UI and decent UX. With your looks, you won't have much…
      nikolay on HN
    • You're sending the wrong message since day 1. It's 2016, making things pretty is by default - there is a bunch of free icons, a bunch of default themes that make a site look…
      nikolay on HN
  • Use plainer language in docs

    From 1 comment
    • Looking at this. Love the security first perspective. My first negative thought is dump the engineering terminology. I think that will help in getting people to adopt this.
      lightlyused on HN

Alternatives named

  • WordPress

    From 1 comment
    • Please, get a clue from WordPress' success - it's terrible from a technological point of view, but it has a beautiful UI and decent UX. With your looks, you won't have much…
      nikolay on HN
  • Pagekit

    From 1 comment
    • Please, get a clue from WordPress' success - it's terrible from a technological point of view, but it has a beautiful UI and decent UX. With your looks, you won't have much…
      nikolay on HN
  • Ghost

    From 1 comment
    • Please, get a clue from WordPress' success - it's terrible from a technological point of view, but it has a beautiful UI and decent UX. With your looks, you won't have much…
      nikolay on HN

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