Vrite
Productivity
content management for technical writing
SHOW HN2023
89points
51comments
#722of 3,109 in 2023
Top 24%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 9 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.36.
Idea: 0 for, 8 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished UI/UX and interesting WYSIWYG-plus-code approach
From 2 comments
you've done a great job on the overall UI/UX, but as always, for me the question is where and how the product fits in the overall marketplace. this is true even for free/open…
clairity on HNCongrats on launching, that very interesting! I recently started doing a project in this area too, it's tempting but there are a lot of push back from developers to change their…
h1fra on HN
Gap in tooling for technical writing is real
From 2 comments
There is definitely a gap for a product like this. At Ritza (a tech writing agency) we use a hacked together set of tools to accomplish this so I definitely see the need and am…
ritzaco on HNyou've done a great job on the overall UI/UX, but as always, for me the question is where and how the product fits in the overall marketplace. this is true even for free/open…
clairity on HN
Objections
Calling it headless is confusing since it has a GUI
From 3 comments
I'm .... confused. What's "headless" about it? It's got a GUI. Headless means "no GUI" or.. no visible "head". hugo, jekyll and most static blogs are "headless" CMSs. This is…
masukomi on HNbut this DOESN'T "only provide a dashboard" or api. this SPECIFICALLY provides a GUI to manage it. your definition makes sense to me, but since this has a GUI it doesn't fall…
masukomi on HNi’m not sure i understand “headless” in this context. i thought that meant cli driven, but that’s not the case
wkdneidbwf on HN
Developers resist switching from markdown and git workflows
From 3 comments
If you don't mind some feedback, I'll share some thoughts: My professional and personal experience tells me that markdown and a static site generators are the best workflow for…
punkbit on HNCongrats on launching, that very interesting! I recently started doing a project in this area too, it's tempting but there are a lot of push back from developers to change their…
h1fra on HNHow is this better than markdown?
ushakov on HN
Self-hosting is hard and docs push the hosted SaaS
From 1 comment
A few comments that I hope may help bring more clarity for your intended audience: * Your website looks slick and kinda well designed (though there seems to be too much…
newscracker on HN
Project management overlaps with existing kanban tools
From 1 comment
There is definitely a gap for a product like this. At Ritza (a tech writing agency) we use a hacked together set of tools to accomplish this so I definitely see the need and am…
ritzaco on HN
Requests
Git and markdown file sync integration
From 2 comments
There is definitely a gap for a product like this. At Ritza (a tech writing agency) we use a hacked together set of tools to accomplish this so I definitely see the need and am…
ritzaco on HNIs there any support for translation? If you self-host, can you use it flat-file or does it require a database? If I have my content in Markdown files in a repo, where does Vrite…
starkparker on HN
Image asset management and optimization
From 2 comments
There is definitely a gap for a product like this. At Ritza (a tech writing agency) we use a hacked together set of tools to accomplish this so I definitely see the need and am…
ritzaco on HNI like the approach you've taken here where it's more of the complete content production and publishing service. Two things I couldn't really sort out from your docs or the site:…
michaelbuckbee on HN
Table data support and translation
From 2 comments
I like the approach you've taken here where it's more of the complete content production and publishing service. Two things I couldn't really sort out from your docs or the site:…
michaelbuckbee on HNIs there any support for translation? If you self-host, can you use it flat-file or does it require a database? If I have my content in Markdown files in a repo, where does Vrite…
starkparker on HN
Better integration with existing documentation tools
From 1 comment
> I always had to move back an forth between different editors Yeah, that sucks, it's much easier when you can do everything in VSCode/emacs/vim and don't have to leave your dev…
creshal on HN
Questions
Where does it fit versus plain markdown and static site generators
From 2 comments
How is this better than markdown?
ushakov on HNIf you don't mind some feedback, I'll share some thoughts: My professional and personal experience tells me that markdown and a static site generators are the best workflow for…
punkbit on HN
Does it support translation or search
From 1 comment
Is there any support for translation? If you self-host, can you use it flat-file or does it require a database? If I have my content in Markdown files in a repo, where does Vrite…
starkparker on HN
Alternatives named
Markdown with static site generators like Hugo and Jekyll
From 2 comments
If you don't mind some feedback, I'll share some thoughts: My professional and personal experience tells me that markdown and a static site generators are the best workflow for…
punkbit on HNI think there's also a missing gap in how to present Swagger beautifully, the default one ( https://petstore.swagger.io/ ) is meh. I'm looking for something that can generate…
wiradikusuma on HN
Swagger for API documentation
From 1 comment
I think there's also a missing gap in how to present Swagger beautifully, the default one ( https://petstore.swagger.io/ ) is meh. I'm looking for something that can generate…
wiradikusuma on HN
Gitbook
From 1 comment
There is definitely a gap for a product like this. At Ritza (a tech writing agency) we use a hacked together set of tools to accomplish this so I definitely see the need and am…
ritzaco on HN