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29points
14comments
#1,680of 3,837 in 2025
Top 44%of 2025 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

5 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.

Idea: 4 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun and simple; nostalgic geocities vibes

    From 3 comments
    • Let my 9-yo niece loose on this - his first prompt: "I want to show my friends cool fortnite dances". Then he said: "how can I show this to my friends?" I think he's having a lot…
      nxobject on HN
    • > https://verysmall.site/smallsite This is hilarious! Strong geocities vibes.
      czue on HN
    • Amazing work. My favorite thing to vibe so far has been single-page websites, but none of mine are as fun as yours
      stirfish on HN
  • Useful simple alternative to hosting costs

    From 1 comment
    • this is a "dropbox moment" - "hey you can just ftp ssh into a server why would you pay for an app tod backup data"; supercool, simple and fast to use ,good job
      iwangulenko on HN

Objections

  • Could be abused to host phishing or scam content

    From 2 comments
    • Cool idea, but you're probably going to get a bunch of phishing sites and other nefarious things hosted here. It's essentially a blank slate to host any content on your domain,…
      reassess_blind on HN
    • You can’t rely on OpenAI for moderation. Your site will happily generate a script tag that fetches offensive content from another site and render it. OpenAI won’t know that the…
      reassess_blind on HN
  • Examples look too similar to need vibe coding

    From 1 comment
    • I don’t really get it. The examples linked from the homepage are _so_ simple (and so similar) they might as well just be built with one or two templates and a WYSIWYG editor. I…
      justusthane on HN

Requests

Questions

  • How moderation handles scripts fetching remote content

    From 1 comment
    • You can’t rely on OpenAI for moderation. Your site will happily generate a script tag that fetches offensive content from another site and render it. OpenAI won’t know that the…
      reassess_blind on HN

Alternatives named

  • carrd

    From 1 comment
    • "just use templates and an editor" is simple for us but still a learning curve for the people I wanted to help with this. I was going to recommend carrd, but I think this is even…
      sixhobbits on HN
  • mmm.page

    From 1 comment
    • I don’t really get it. The examples linked from the homepage are _so_ simple (and so similar) they might as well just be built with one or two templates and a WYSIWYG editor. I…
      justusthane on HN
  • v0, Lovable, Replit

    From 1 comment

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