Coisas
Dev tools
static site cms
SHOW HN2017
68points
19comments
#648of 2,242 in 2017
Top 29%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Solves an existing need and could be a general-purpose tool
From 1 comment
This looks great, I think it solves an existing need and could be extended beyond editing files on GitHub, to be a more general-purpose tool. One suggestion: a demo where a…
lioeters on HN
Objections
Requires GitHub authentication and access scope concerns
From 2 comments
Crap like this, Headless CMS Auth by fiatjaf wants to access your xxxxxx account Personal user data: Full access Repositories: Public and private ...makes me think Trojan Horse.
xtiansimon on HNAnyone else unable to actually get it to do anything? Running it from their URL: https://coisas.alhur.es/
rozenmd on HN
Broken or unpolished in some browsers and setup confusing
From 2 comments
Didnt work on firefox. Works on chrome.
codegladiator on HNAnyone else unable to actually get it to do anything? Running it from their URL: https://coisas.alhur.es/
rozenmd on HN
Requests
Demo without needing GitHub login
From 1 comment
This looks great, I think it solves an existing need and could be extended beyond editing files on GitHub, to be a more general-purpose tool. One suggestion: a demo where a…
lioeters on HN
Firefox support
From 1 comment
Didnt work on firefox. Works on chrome.
codegladiator on HN
Questions
Is the license MIT?
From 2 comments
Is the license MIT? It looked like but I was not sure (it might also just be that I read it too early in the morning.)
eitland on HNYes, the desktop version of github highlights common licenses: https://github.com/fiatjaf/coisas/blob/master/LICENSE
ZiiS on HN
Why edit files locally rather than on GitHub
From 1 comment
Why would anyone want to use it to edit files on their own computer?
pollyannas on HN
Alternatives named
Netlify CMS and Prose
From 1 comment
> t is similar to Netlify CMS and Prose, the difference is that, unlike the first, it doesn't try to be a multipurpose CMS, it lets you edit files, create text files, upload…
erlend_sh on HN
Lektor
From 1 comment
I'm using Lektor[0] as a static site CMS for a non-technical user. It's not super advanced nor shiny, but it does the job. [0] https://github.com/lektor/lektor
rubenbe on HN