Our Django Dash project
Productivity
proposal writing
SHOW HN2011
38points
10comments
#320of 1,097 in 2011
Top 30%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Docs: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks great for a 48-hour build
From 2 comments
Thanks! It actually looks pretty great for something put together in the span of 48 hours. (But I think you guys forgot to filter the proposal queryset by account in the…
roam on HNPossibly a naive question but: did you use a css template or something to make that design? I have a hell of a time making sites look that great in 48 hrs...
scotto on HN
Objections
Name is too specific to proposals; other document types could use it
From 1 comment
I'm interested in why you opted for a name tied to such a specific use case. Surely there are lots of other document types where this kind of service could come in handy. Briefly…
philbo on HN
Copy describing the snippet use case reads oddly
From 1 comment
I was thinking about marriage proposals when I got to the page. "Use ProposalMatic to save snippets of text that you use often and mix and match to create personalized proposals"…
ulf on HN
Requests
Proposal queryset should be filtered by account in SnippetForm
From 1 comment
Thanks! It actually looks pretty great for something put together in the span of 48 hours. (But I think you guys forgot to filter the proposal queryset by account in the…
roam on HN
Questions
Why was the name tied to proposals specifically?
From 1 comment
I'm interested in why you opted for a name tied to such a specific use case. Surely there are lots of other document types where this kind of service could come in handy. Briefly…
philbo on HN
Was the design built from a CSS template?
From 1 comment
Possibly a naive question but: did you use a css template or something to make that design? I have a hell of a time making sites look that great in 48 hrs...
scotto on HN