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SHOW HN2018

318points
46comments
#75of 2,155 in 2018
Top 4%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 13 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.

Design: 1 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful concept and good timing with platform moves

    From 2 comments
    • nice tool, nice timing, might be useful with all the moving projects. pls consider adding the title attribute to the images for screen readers and users who don't know the logos.
      yellowsir on HN
    • This is really neat, and as the GitHub acquisition moves forward, I suspect a lot of Microsoft's competitors will move elsewhere, so this will be handy. What about self-hosting…
      ocdtrekkie on HN
  • Logo is liked

    From 2 comments
    • I love the logo. Beware those platforms might go after you for trademark violation. (I'd personally argue you're making a joke and it should be protected under parody, but no one…
      djsumdog on HN
    • Haha! Love the logo! In terms of use: the search results seem good when searching a specific thing, but results can be a bit less useful when searching something generic like…
      memco on HN

Objections

  • Checkboxes are unclear and pixelated; icons are hard to identify

    From 3 comments
    • Other than Github's icon, I had no idea what the icons for the other check boxes were. I figured it out, but I would recommend using the name rather than icon especially since…
      rpedela on HN
    • https://i.imgur.com/OpHwOvU.png The checkboxes are pixelated (this is FF) and rather hard to distinguish from the logos. Oddly, at first, I was looking at the logos from right to…
      cdubzzz on HN
    • The checkboxes under the search bar does not look like checkboxes but a series of logos of platforms. I was left wondering what ticked boxes meant. Cool project.
      stockkid on HN
  • Missing smaller Git platforms like notabug and savannah

    From 2 comments
  • Requires JavaScript and lacks accessibility features

    From 3 comments
    • > You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. Sigh.
      dorkusmcgavin on HN
    • > You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. Okay, it's a first iteration, but this would be ideal to provide some functioning homepage and otherwise potentially do…
      quadrangle on HN
    • nice tool, nice timing, might be useful with all the moving projects. pls consider adding the title attribute to the images for screen readers and users who don't know the logos.
      yellowsir on HN
  • Bitbucket unchecked by default is confusing

    From 2 comments
    • Just wondering why BitBucket option isn't enabled by default?
      Sami_Lehtinen on HN
    • Yeah, that threw me for a loop. I searched for one of my repos on BitBucket and was left scratching my head until I saw the (bizarre-looking) unchecked checkbox. At the very…
      davegauer on HN

Requests

  • Support self-hosted instances like Gitea and GitLab

    From 2 comments
    • This is really neat, and as the GitHub acquisition moves forward, I suspect a lot of Microsoft's competitors will move elsewhere, so this will be handy. What about self-hosting…
      ocdtrekkie on HN
    • Oh this is just what I was looking for! It would be cool to have a "GitHub" like interface that shows you repos from gitea, gogs, basically anywhere there's a hosted repo on the…
      swlkr on HN
  • Show stars and last commit date

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice. Maybe you should include stars and last commit date in the search results, or even as filters.
      thwave on HN
  • Check all platforms by default

    From 1 comment
    • Other than Github's icon, I had no idea what the icons for the other check boxes were. I figured it out, but I would recommend using the name rather than icon especially since…
      rpedela on HN

Questions

  • Is there a self-hosting option for listing repos

    From 1 comment
    • This is really neat, and as the GitHub acquisition moves forward, I suspect a lot of Microsoft's competitors will move elsewhere, so this will be handy. What about self-hosting…
      ocdtrekkie on HN
  • Does Sourcegraph already offer this

    From 1 comment
    • Does Sourcegraph not already have this feature? Do they plan to?
      bonoetmalo on HN

Alternatives named

  • Sourcegraph

    From 2 comments
    • This is very cool. If you start to hit API rate limits for these services, you can try using the Sourcegraph API (email me sqs@sourcegraph.com and I can make sure your API key…
      sqs on HN
    • (Sourcegraph CEO here.) Yes, Sourcegraph does support this, with a caveat. You can query Sourcegraph for things like "repo:saml2" at https://sourcegraph.com/search?q=repo%3Asaml2…
      sqs on HN
  • Searchcode.com and CodePilot.ai

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome stuff! Great timing too. Code Search is super useful and there are a bunch of folks already going after this space. Sourcegraph, CodePilot.ai, Searchcode.com, and many…
      codepilot on HN
  • Google and language package ecosystems

    From 1 comment
    • Haha! Love the logo! In terms of use: the search results seem good when searching a specific thing, but results can be a bit less useful when searching something generic like…
      memco on HN

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