Workstation
Consumer and social
photo sharing of desk setups
SHOW HN2019
206points
133comments
#186of 2,195 in 2019
Top 9%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 29 critical, out of 63 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Execution: 0 for, 21 againstIdea: 4 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea inspired by battlestations subreddits
From 3 comments
This is a refreshing fun project. What are your plans for this site if you don't mind me asking?
burnt1ce on HNGreat idea. I used to be active on the CGTalk forum back in the day and always loved the workstation threads.
sbr464 on HNCool! I am working on almost the exact same thing. Grats on shipping!
mej10 on HN
Navigation is cool
From 1 comment
As a regular visitor on /r/macsetups, I find your site's navigation cool! I look forward to more setups :-)
vmurthy on HN
Objections
Explicit NSFW images uploaded to the front page with no moderation
From 4 comments
Might need some moderation as an image in the first row was about as NSFW as could possibly be and not remotely related to computers.
lkschubert8 on HNoh, great, first image it's extremely explicit NSFW. I guess there's no moderation nor machine learning to check the upload.
brachi on HNThe first image on this page is goatse and there's no way to report an image. What's your plan for content moderation?
ChristianBundy on HNSeems to be gore/porn on the frontpage... perhaps some moderation wouldn't be a bad idea?
benbristow on HN
Images failed to load with 402 errors
From 3 comments
Images aren't loading (anymore I guess) Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 402 (Payment Required) relevant commit strip:…
iraldir on HNUnfortunately, all the images are returning "402: Payment Required" for me [1]. [1] https://i.imgur.com/WWuN4Tw.png
calcifer on HNWeird, no images load for me on this site.
kevinherron on HN
Photos contain EXIF GPS location data
From 2 comments
First image I checked for this, full EXIF data is intact, including GPS data.
OberstKrueger on HNPlease tell me you're stripping EXIF tags from all images; otherwise this is just a "rob these people now" list.
maxaf on HN
Fonts break on non-macOS systems
From 1 comment
Hey, another site that was built on a Mac and not tested on anything else. So, Avenir Next is not a system font on Windows or Linux. On Windows, this means you get the browser's…
ukyrgf on HN
Requests
Add content moderation and NSFW image detection
From 3 comments
You might want to consider adding some form of moderation. Viewed this at work and some very classic nsfw images were uploaded instead of workstations.
SnowingXIV on HNOr to use some web service to detect nudity in images. I was getting my college degree during peak goatse and have gotten good at tuning out goatse, so it hasn't hurt my…
benatkin on HNThe first image on this page is goatse and there's no way to report an image. What's your plan for content moderation?
ChristianBundy on HN
Strip EXIF data from uploads
From 2 comments
Please tell me you're stripping EXIF tags from all images; otherwise this is just a "rob these people now" list.
maxaf on HNI'm not, I completely overlooked this :/ I'm adding this to the upload form now and I guess will have to go through and manually remove everyones exif data. Thanks for raising…
dope on HN
Add likes, search, and setup navigation
From 4 comments
I would like to see likes :)
neoktheone on HNThis is a cool idea. One suggestion though, it would be nice when viewing a setup to be able to use arrow keys to advance to the next setup.
aaronarduino on HNSuggestion - one-click navigation from one setup to the next would be nice, instead of having to click back, reload the list, and choose another...
chair6 on HNSomething's up with the retrieval of images. Getting errors (402 status code) from Firebase storage / Google. — EDIT: seems to be fixed! Fun project though! What are your plans…
wa1987 on HN
Add a report or flag option for images
From 2 comments
The first image on this page is goatse and there's no way to report an image. What's your plan for content moderation?
ChristianBundy on HNFlag it!
isolli on HN
Questions
How is this different from r/battlestations?
From 1 comment
How is this different from /r/battlestations?
ssalka on HN
How to upload a setup photo?
From 1 comment
How do I upload my own setup photo? I see nothing under profile or on the website itself.
otterpro on HN
Alternatives named
r/battlestations subreddit
From 2 comments
The battlestations subreddit has a lot of really epic setups.
bovermyer on HNAnd /r/retrobattlestations !
unixhero on HN
usesthis.com
From 1 comment
If anyone's really into "setups", I'd highly recommend checking out usesthis.com. There's some great discussion on why people like certain tools, and some high-profile people on…
PascLeRasc on HN
r/macsetups
From 1 comment
As a regular visitor on /r/macsetups, I find your site's navigation cool! I look forward to more setups :-)
vmurthy on HN
deskography.org
From 1 comment
There also used to be deskography.org
eps on HN