Jamsync
Dev tools
version control
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Automatic recording and syncing with a time machine view sounds nice
From 1 comment
As I understand, when the sync is enabled for a directory, all changes there are recorded and synced automatically, without any need to do anything. No commits, no pushes, no…
atemerev on HN
Objections
Hard to compete with free git and free GUIs
From 2 comments
Why is this better than existing solutions? The feature list on the site is not convincing. (“View previous versions of your code with ease”… that is table stakes for version…
togaen on HNAlso there are a pile of free GUI's that hide anything that's hard. I think what would be hardest for you and your team would be integrating with existing CICD systems. How would…
john_the_writer on HN
Lacks docs and detail on large files, ignores, disk use and offline behaviour
From 1 comment
The page looks like a consumer product, but I'd want detailed docs or source code for any dev tool. Will it try to version changes to big binary files if I throw them in? Will it…
zaptheimpaler on HN
Sign in with GitHub is odd for a paid version control product
From 1 comment
"Sign in with Github" is an interesting choice for a paid version control system...
al2o3cr on HN
Pricing shown too early on the landing page
From 1 comment
You lost 99.987% of hacker news readers when they saw pricing on the first line after the cool logo
sn0n on HN
Feature list does not show a clear differentiator
From 1 comment
Why is this better than existing solutions? The feature list on the site is not convincing. (“View previous versions of your code with ease”… that is table stakes for version…
togaen on HN
Requests
Integration with CI/CD systems and deployment targets like Heroku
From 1 comment
Also there are a pile of free GUI's that hide anything that's hard. I think what would be hardest for you and your team would be integrating with existing CICD systems. How would…
john_the_writer on HN
Detailed docs or source code
From 1 comment
The page looks like a consumer product, but I'd want detailed docs or source code for any dev tool. Will it try to version changes to big binary files if I throw them in? Will it…
zaptheimpaler on HN
Questions
Why is this better than existing solutions?
From 1 comment
Why is this better than existing solutions? The feature list on the site is not convincing. (“View previous versions of your code with ease”… that is table stakes for version…
togaen on HN
How does it handle big binary files, ignored files, permissions and offline use?
From 1 comment
The page looks like a consumer product, but I'd want detailed docs or source code for any dev tool. Will it try to version changes to big binary files if I throw them in? Will it…
zaptheimpaler on HN
Alternatives named
Git
From 2 comments
Why is this better than existing solutions? The feature list on the site is not convincing. (“View previous versions of your code with ease”… that is table stakes for version…
togaen on HNI think git is fairly easy to use (and allow for more freedom, I can choose what I want to track and what I want to commit). Sure you can go wild with git. But the basic workflow…
soueuls on HN
Fossil
From 1 comment
Have you looked at Fossil? It seems to be aiming at the same target.
spfzero on HN
Git Tower and VS Code git integration
From 1 comment
I think git is fairly easy to use (and allow for more freedom, I can choose what I want to track and what I want to commit). Sure you can go wild with git. But the basic workflow…
soueuls on HN