Stack Decisions

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SHOW HN2018

70points
10comments
#616of 2,155 in 2018
Top 29%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.

Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 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

  • Useful for explaining tech choices and avoiding knee-jerk changes

    From 1 comment
    • I've really been liking Stack Decisions. We have our engineering team write one up whenever they want to make a tech decision (to avoid knee-jerk changes without reason), and…
      gkoberger on HN

Objections

  • Risk of degrading into marketer-speak or vendor self-promotion

    From 1 comment
    • I really like the idea of it if you can get critical mass. One concern I'd have is: given that people's livelihoods are often on the line, how do you keep it from devolving into…
      ukulele on HN
  • Too many broad or intro posts; feed is not focused enough

    From 2 comments
    • There are already too many general and intro postings. Also the postings are not very high density and slow to scan which only works if volume is kept low and focus tight.
      karmakaze on HN
    • Low density is a good thing as long as it's combined with high focus. My interpretation from the post title was that these would be stories about why certain tech was used on…
      karmakaze on HN
  • Scrolling breaks when the decision modal is open

    From 1 comment
    • Your scrolling is broken when the decision modal is open[0]. You should either let the background scroll behind the modal or prevent it entirely. [0]:…
      tbirrell on HN

Requests

  • Fix scrolling behaviour with the decision modal

    From 1 comment
    • Your scrolling is broken when the decision modal is open[0]. You should either let the background scroll behind the modal or prevent it entirely. [0]:…
      tbirrell on HN
  • Support more languages such as assembly and linker scripts

    From 1 comment
    • It's better than I expected, with C as an option. You seem to be missing everything else I use: assembly, linker scripts, machine code (bare hex opcode bytes).
      souprock on HN

Questions

  • How will the community keep quality high as content grows

    From 1 comment
    • I really like the idea of it if you can get critical mass. One concern I'd have is: given that people's livelihoods are often on the line, how do you keep it from devolving into…
      ukulele on HN

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