gist.io
Productivity
writing and publishing
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
8 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple workflow for publishing writing from gists.
From 2 comments
This is great. A lot of people already blog by ftp-ing text file or committing to git, this greatly simplifies the process. Thank you!
PufferBuffer on HNLove this. I love writing markdown and I love the ease of creating gists. I've actually used gists for writing too. (http://gist.io/2483505) I've noticed that some authors will…
seanconaty on HN
Good use of gists as a versioned backend.
From 1 comment
I'm really liking this use of gists as a backend to more specialized services (eg http://dabblet.com & http://codepen.io ). It's a nice, easy way to get a versioned document…
alecperkins on HN
Objections
Typeface choice feels off to some readers.
From 1 comment
This looks really great, but I have to take issue with your choice of typeface. While the description in the Google font database makes it out to be an award winning face for…
msutherl on HN
Code blocks and fenced code are not rendered well.
From 1 comment
I like this, but I find the default <code> style to be jarring when mixed with the normal text style. Possibly making it smaller would be sufficient. It also doesn't handle…
philh on HN
Requires JavaScript to display content.
From 1 comment
Add a noscript tag reminding visitors they need to have javascript enabled. Otherwise they just see a slowly pulsating "Loading..."
ams6110 on HN
Requests
Syntax highlighting in code snippets.
From 1 comment
feature request: syntax highlighting in code snippets
zende on HN
GitHub sign-in and a minimalist blogging index.
From 1 comment
Author here. Generally, if you have features you want, file 'em here: https://github.com/idan/gistio/issues Stuff I'd like to do given the time: * Add RestructuredText support *…
idan on HN
Embed as a widget in existing blogs.
From 1 comment
I love this idea. Not sure if this is a direction you'd be interested in, but it would be really cool if this could act as a widget that I could insert into an existing blog site…
realize on HN
Reader-side discovery of posts.
From 2 comments
> "Sometimes, we just want to share a bit of writing that is neither. Maybe we want to write for a specific audience, but don’t want to address the people who usually read our…
mykolasmith on HNThis looks awesome. It would be cool if you could build a community around this. I wish I could not only post with this tool, but also read what others are writing. While someone…
amatsukawa on HN
Questions
What exactly a gist is and how comments are handled.
From 2 comments
What is a gist, really? Is it a versioned, modifiable and referencable publication? Can I store it in my github repo? Should we be using gist as a model for info packet? is there…
mgualt on HNVery interesting - I also noticed that gists have comments -- I'm not sure how those are handled. Doesn't this mean that gists are the ultimate blog? Can you even create them…
mgualt on HN
Why not just use Readability.
From 1 comment
If that is all it is, why can't the reader just use Readability (or Readable)?
hollerith on HN
Alternatives named
Jottit
From 1 comment
>"Maybe we want to write for a specific audience, but don’t want to address the people who usually read our blogs." I use Jottit Dot Com for that purpose. In the 5 or so years I…
hollerith on HN
bl.ocks.org
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool. Mike Bostock, the creator of the d3.js visualization framework runs a service http://bl.ocks.org/ that lets you write HTML and JS code for visualizations and…
sdqali on HN
Feathers
From 1 comment
imho - No comparison to feathers, that looks like has been of inspiration as well to gistio (even from our manifesto) :). Check it out and signup for the private beta!…
nickbalestra on HN
Readability
From 1 comment
If that is all it is, why can't the reader just use Readability (or Readable)?
hollerith on HN