Goodbye Old Editor
Dev tools
cloud code editor
SHOW HN2013
68points
41comments
#369of 1,739 in 2013
Top 22%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 6 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy setup and realtime remote pair programming
From 2 comments
Easy setup and realtime pair programming are great. Auto-updates are good, but only if I like the updates :) Forced updates could be annoying and potentially catastrophic if…
WayneDB on HNWell, if everything else was equal and all features implemented the "zero deployment/any device" would be a great thing, no? As I said I like the idea, not current…
klibertp on HN
Impressive concept
From 2 comments
That's incredible. I've been trying all morning, and do not stop to amaze me.
g3rald on HNThis looks great. When will you shut up and start taking my money? I'm worried of getting too attached, that this beautiful piece of work looks like it has no business model.
dreyfiz on HN
Objections
Missing vim/emacs-style features such as autocomplete and refactoring
From 2 comments
After taking a look I want to ask about a few features I would expect to say goodbye to my "old" editor (I actually just migrated from VIM to Emacs). Are they there, or are they…
klibertp on HNFew things needed for me before I even consider the change: PS: I am a PHP developer using Netbeans - Autocomplete (for function names, vars and methods) - Control + Click on a…
__xtrimsky on HN
Browser limits and preference for native apps
From 1 comment
Are you sure that you like the idea of in-browser editors? The only feature that I see as useful is the "zero deployment/any device" and I can't imagine that feature coming in…
WayneDB on HN
Requests access to private GitHub repos by default
From 1 comment
This looks pretty cool and I'm going to check it out, but I'm not signing up with GitHub since you ask for access to my private repos by default. Given that I use GitHub for my…
michaelmior on HN
Requests
Editor features like autocomplete, go-to-definition, and outline
From 2 comments
After taking a look I want to ask about a few features I would expect to say goodbye to my "old" editor (I actually just migrated from VIM to Emacs). Are they there, or are they…
klibertp on HNFew things needed for me before I even consider the change: PS: I am a PHP developer using Netbeans - Autocomplete (for function names, vars and methods) - Control + Click on a…
__xtrimsky on HN
Dropbox or Google Drive support
From 1 comment
Few things needed for me before I even consider the change: PS: I am a PHP developer using Netbeans - Autocomplete (for function names, vars and methods) - Control + Click on a…
__xtrimsky on HN
Self-hosted version
From 1 comment
Anyone know of a self-hosted variant of this? I'd kill for the ability to toss some file on a webserver & use it to edit files locally..
davidandgoliath on HN
Opt-in GitHub private repo access
From 1 comment
This looks pretty cool and I'm going to check it out, but I'm not signing up with GitHub since you ask for access to my private repos by default. Given that I use GitHub for my…
michaelmior on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Cloud9?
From 1 comment
What is different about this from Cloud9 (genuinely interested in the answer)?
james33 on HN
What is the pricing structure?
From 1 comment
I'd like to see the pricing structure before I give you any data (including my Google/FB/GH credentials).
bsimpson on HN
Is each app run in a new virtual machine?
From 1 comment
While running the sample nodejs code, it opened a virtual terminal with the message "Building application in a new virtual machine" - Are you actually creating a new virtual…
shrikrishna on HN
Alternatives named
Cloud9
From 2 comments
Cloud9 IDE? https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/
martin-adams on HNWhat is different about this from Cloud9 (genuinely interested in the answer)?
james33 on HN
Koding
From 2 comments
Nice work! Have you played with Koding.com at all? This is very similar and seems to be a space that is heating up. I will definitely give this a shot. One quick piece of…
yesimahuman on HNHave you seen https://koding.com/ ?
alpb on HN
Vim and Emacs
From 1 comment
After taking a look I want to ask about a few features I would expect to say goodbye to my "old" editor (I actually just migrated from VIM to Emacs). Are they there, or are they…
klibertp on HN