Ray.so
Dev tools
code screenshot generator
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
13 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 16 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Design: 6 for, 6 againstIdea: 6 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good looking, useful for presentations and social posts
From 3 comments
I love it. Will definitely use this for presentations. The only missing feature I really need is Elixir syntax support (even though Ruby works for most examples)
leifg on HNNeat! This solves a problem for me with generating slides that include code snippets. I'm sure it helps with social media images and whatnot as well. It'd be great if you could…
FunnyLookinHat on HNLove it! Congrats and cool project. I think you killed this and have something awesome in your portfolio for a long time. My only suggestion is these code snippets are fire on…
WORMS_EAT_WORMS on HN
Objections
Code in images is not accessible or copyable
From 3 comments
I may be rather opinionated on this, but there are literally community efforts to transcribe memes and other pictures containing text so visually impaired people get access to…
alpaca128 on HNBeautiful but useless, I prefer sharing code with simple code tag rather than code in images, so people can copy test correct etc. For me code should be compiled, so it should be…
hatemben on HNName one social media/image hosting site that lets you set an alt attribute. And when you actually have control over the content you can use some nice CSS to get the same look…
alpaca128 on HN
Missing syntax highlighting for some languages such as C++, HTML and Elixir
From 3 comments
Either I'm doing something wrong or there isn't really any syntax highlighting for C++, other than numbers and strings. Also, there's no syntax option for plain C, but that's an…
moth-fuzz on HNVery pretty, though syntax highlighting for HTML seems to be conspicuously absent.
r1ch on HNI love it. Will definitely use this for presentations. The only missing feature I really need is Elixir syntax support (even though Ruby works for most examples)
leifg on HN
Hard to tell the text is editable
From 2 comments
Looks great! I know it should have been more obvious, but I didn't realize the text was editable. I was looking for an 'upload your code' button. Maybe put one of those "Try Me!"…
kirktrue on HNHow can you make text look editable?
chrisseaton on HN
Requests
SVG export
From 2 comments
Would be awesome if this supported SVG for better accessibility/making code copyable!
tkzed49 on HNIt begs for SVG export.
psz on HN
API
From 1 comment
Really nice project! This could be very useful for technical / programming blogs. Are you planning to offer a REST API?
mechero on HN
Font selection and font size options
From 2 comments
Fun to play with. Most surprising is the auto-indent when typing Clojure code. The #1 missing feature is the ability to select a different typeface. #2 would be the ability to…
whalesalad on HNfont size =)
RocketSyntax on HN
Accessibility support
From 1 comment
Neat! This solves a problem for me with generating slides that include code snippets. I'm sure it helps with social media images and whatnot as well. It'd be great if you could…
FunnyLookinHat on HN
Questions
What is the use case for code images versus plain text?
From 2 comments
Not trying to be argumentative but this is completely over my head and I do not understand the purpose. Is there some way to get a CSS snippet out for publishing in a…
shuntress on HNI have to say this feels rather strange next to the functionality of my PrintScreen key. Maybe I'm missing the point. I get that it's easier to look at than pastebin, but I'm…
qq4 on HN
Alternatives named
Carbon (carbon.now.sh)
From 2 comments
Similar website: https://carbon.now.sh/ . They probably have more themes but I like this conciseness.
zardinality on HNWhy? There is already Carbon (https://carbon.now.sh) for that.
paveloom on HN
Source Code Shots
From 1 comment
If you're looking for this, but with an API, I built https://sourcecodeshots.com to power syntax highlighting and Open Graph images of code for https://essay.dev. I initially…
dwwoelfel on HN
codekeep
From 1 comment
Our screenshot tool provides additional functionalities and predefined templates, which allows users to share stunning images and by saving them on codekeep , users can link to…
jp1016 on HN