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SHOW HN2021
18points
9comments
#1,472of 2,533 in 2021
Top 59%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 2 for, 0 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
Minimalist design and ad-free, ethical approach
From 3 comments
I really like the minimalism here. As coincidence has it I'm working on a similar application that focuses on note taking and offers publishing as a secondary feature. Your…
beingflo on HNNicely done with great ethical principals. A couple of suggestions: * You already provide RSS feeds, please add RSS auto-discovery (link=alternate) to the index page of the blog…
derekzhouzhen on HNInspiring thank you! Edit: for working on an ad free platform :D and all by yourself !
launchiterate on HN
Objections
Image upload is costly, so limited to paid PLUS plan
From 1 comment
I really like the minimalism here. As coincidence has it I'm working on a similar application that focuses on note taking and offers publishing as a secondary feature. Your…
beingflo on HN
Requests
Add RSS auto-discovery link on the index page
From 1 comment
Nicely done with great ethical principals. A couple of suggestions: * You already provide RSS feeds, please add RSS auto-discovery (link=alternate) to the index page of the blog…
derekzhouzhen on HN
Add OpenGraph meta tags for individual blogs
From 2 comments
Nicely done with great ethical principals. A couple of suggestions: * You already provide RSS feeds, please add RSS auto-discovery (link=alternate) to the index page of the blog…
derekzhouzhen on HNThank you! Implementing OG is definitely on the horizon (like next week, most likely) and I will look into adding RSS auto-discovery at the same time.
hxii on HN
Render RSS descriptions as HTML instead of markdown
From 2 comments
One more suggestion. The description in the RSS has markdown syntax in it, so it is very confusing. You want to use rendered html snippet in there.
derekzhouzhen on HNOops! Will definitely look into this, thanks!
hxii on HN
Bring-your-own-storage (S3) for image uploads
From 2 comments
I really like the minimalism here. As coincidence has it I'm working on a similar application that focuses on note taking and offers publishing as a secondary feature. Your…
beingflo on HNHey thanks! Attaching S3 could work, but is currently outside of the scope, especially considering my limited knowledge and experience with AWS.
hxii on HN