Black Magic
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SHOW HN2022
333points
155comments
#115of 2,570 in 2022
Top 5%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
33 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 62 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.
Design: 6 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 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
Interesting and inspiring story
From 3 comments
I find your post very interesting. I don’t care what the “rules” about Show HN are, this is a good read and that’s it. Thanks for sharing.
santiagobasulto on HNThank you, it was an interesting read.
wila on HNThis is very inspirational. Great job! Your work looks very polished
filipemcg on HN
Polished design and landing page
From 3 comments
Your products all look very well done - just curious, do you build them all yourself (including your awesome landing page)? Congrats on the early growth and best of luck. What a…
elpakal on HNYour product page (https://blackmagic.so/) is very well-done. My first impression is that it is even one of the best I have ever seen. What tools/frameworks did you use for…
tgflynn on HNThis is very inspirational. Great job! Your work looks very polished
filipemcg on HN
Objections
Post is marketing and money talk, not a Show HN for a product
From 3 comments
Aren't Show HNs supposed to link to the actual product for people to play with, not a blog post about making money? There's nothing wrong with sharing wins here, or new products.…
gnicholas on HNPost is interesting, I give you that. But why should we ignore categorization all of a sudden? "Show HN" is strictly about something people can use or play around with, not just…
capableweb on HNHate to be the party pooper, but the fact that you could talk about nothing but marketing and money and never spend a single word telling us what the software even does, speaks…
Timwi on HN
Quitting at $400/mo seems premature
From 1 comment
Isn’t quitting at $400/month a bit premature? That’s $4800 a year, which isn’t even more than one paycheck from a software engineering job.
xwdv on HN
Requests
Write about audience building in the newsletter
From 3 comments
Thank you! I'll definitely write about it soon in my newsletter :)
trungdq88 on HNI am interested to see your article on building an audience. This aspect of the product is often overlooked in favor of the technical details. Congrats on reaching 3k MMR
tmaly on HNHow did u grow the twitter followers at the start?
longsangstan on HN
Questions
Which payment service is used and why Paddle
From 2 comments
which payment service do you use?
billconan on HNIs there any reason for using Paddle instead of Stripe or something else?
karimf on HN
How the Twitter data is sourced
From 1 comment
How do you source the data to provide such analytics? Do you have to be constantly scraping Twitter?
santiagobasulto on HN