Clayoven
Dev tools
static site generator
SHOW HN2019
149points
32comments
#290of 2,195 in 2019
Top 14%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Slow, thoughtful software is under-appreciated
From 1 comment
> It has been built at a glacial pace, over a period of seven years, as my website expanded in content. Three cheers for slow software. Thoughtful solutions are…
rodw on HN
Objections
Static site generators are unnecessary; plain static HTML or WordPress suffice
From 2 comments
I do not understand the point in these static site generators. To me, the attractiveness of having a static website is that you get to choose the presentation appropriate to the…
akho on HNThat is an argument for static sites — which I fully agree with. I do not understand this particular pre-packaged approach. These things are trivial to build in a site-specific…
akho on HN
Custom markup format adds another flavor
From 2 comments
I do not understand the point in these static site generators. To me, the attractiveness of having a static website is that you get to choose the presentation appropriate to the…
akho on HNBecause it is safer. With Wordpress and other execution environments your attack vectors will increase. Why would I use Wordpress if all I need are some static sites and maybe a…
VvR-Ox on HN
Requests
Support for commutative diagrams via xypic-style rendering
From 1 comment
Unfortunately, KaTeX can't do commutative diagrams, while MathJaX has an xypic.js extension, which can.
artagnon on HN
Questions
Why use a static site generator instead of WordPress
From 1 comment
I do not understand the point in these static site generators. To me, the attractiveness of having a static website is that you get to choose the presentation appropriate to the…
akho on HN
Alternatives named
KaTeX and MathJax for math rendering
From 2 comments
Not sure if you guys have heard about mathjax.js. Used to be a good one back in the days, when I used it. https://ranvir.xyz/mathjaxprogram.html https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax
rangerranvir on HNA good alternative is KaTeX. That one doesn’t require JavaScript.
Jaxan on HN
Hugo
From 1 comment
I used to run 5 wordpress sites on shared hosting. For a number of reasons I decided to move to a vps. It had basic resources but nothing special as I wasn't doing anything…
stoolpigeon on HN
WordPress
From 1 comment
I do not understand the point in these static site generators. To me, the attractiveness of having a static website is that you get to choose the presentation appropriate to the…
akho on HN
MkDocs with PlantUML and MathJax in Docker
From 1 comment
I use something similar but aimed for the documentation on projects I work on. Its a bundle of mkdocs, plantuml, matjax etc. available in docker container.…
majkinetor on HN