CodePreview
Dev tools
preview environments
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Performance: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for demos and comparing experimental versions
From 2 comments
> Uhh... that's really slow. What is CodePreview doing to make it take that long? Building everything from source can take a while for some projects, for example, Scala/Rust. In…
AlexITC on HNLaunch HN: A preview envi Hi hn, I'm excited to share https://codepreview.io with al of you, a project we have been working on since last year. After getting a few customers…
AlexITC on HN
Objections
Build times of 5-10 minutes seem slow compared with simpler options
From 2 comments
> Unlike most Docker environments, CodePreview usually builds in 5-10 minutes. Uhh... that's really slow. What is CodePreview doing to make it take that long? You could spin up a…
ripley12 on HNYeah unfortunately I think the selling point must be misrepresented. You could build and deploy a container image from scratch on Fly.io in under a minute, and I don't even think…
jchw on HN
Landing page does not explain what the product does
From 1 comment
> Unlike most Docker environments, CodePreview usually builds in 5-10 minutes. Uhh... that's really slow. What is CodePreview doing to make it take that long? You could spin up a…
ripley12 on HN
Compile times included in deploy time claim are misleading
From 1 comment
> Building everything from source can take a while for some projects, for example, Scala/Rust. Gotcha, true. I think you're doing yourself a disservice by including compile times…
ripley12 on HN
Requests
Technical details on how preview environments are isolated
From 1 comment
> Building everything from source can take a while for some projects, for example, Scala/Rust. Gotcha, true. I think you're doing yourself a disservice by including compile times…
ripley12 on HN
Questions
What is the backend and how does it differ from Retool, Zeet and similar
From 1 comment
Sounds interesting, but what's the backend for Code Preview? and how is it different from other companies in this space like Retool, Zeet, etc.
akhayam on HN
What does CodePreview mean and is it staging
From 1 comment
I am not familiar the term "CodePreview" What does it mean? Is it staging?
ThinkBeat on HN
Alternatives named
Netlify and Vercel
From 1 comment
Hmmm… I guess this puts Code Preview in the Netlify / Vercel camp… although those projects are richer in their feature sets around deployment tooling. Is that a fair comparison?
akhayam on HN
Retool and Zeet
From 1 comment
Sounds interesting, but what's the backend for Code Preview? and how is it different from other companies in this space like Retool, Zeet, etc.
akhayam on HN