Sysadmin Casts
Learning and science
screencast tutorials
SHOW HN2014
443points
80comments
#15of 2,272 in 2014
Top 1%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
16 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstExecution: 3 for, 2 againstPricing: 3 for, 1 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clear audio, well-produced videos and transcripts
From 3 comments
Really nice and easy to follow, I love the clear audio and well cropped screencasts. The transcripts and documentation is just the cherry on top. Might I ask what you are using…
haxxorfreak on HNReally happy to see this project get more attention (I just heard about it today). The screencasts alone are well-produced enough to make it worth bookmarking, but the impressive…
danso on HNVery nice, as a casual sysadmin I find it very interesting. Videos are cool and very well edited. Good job !
h1fra on HN
Simple, bite-sized casts that teach concepts visually
From 2 comments
Would just say Thanks for such simple casts which explain concepts from scratch and using visual illustrations and not just voiceover and commands. A boon for someone trying to…
Naushad on HNGood job! Watched a couple of your videos, well done; I like the style and the fact you offer files for download as well as text descriptions.
Nux on HN
Refreshing free site with no sales pitch
From 1 comment
There's something about this site that's very www-of-1996 for me, in the best way possible. That is, here's a site full of useful information, obviously created by someone who is…
jordan0day on HN
Objections
Content is too junior for experienced sysadmins
From 2 comments
While I like the idea, the content seems to be aimed at a very junior audience, almost really for desktop support techs that are thinking of career progression. It would be great…
mrmondo on HNComment: There are thousands of guides, HOWTOs, forums, mailing lists, etc out there to teach you how to set up basic tools in Linux. To me this doesn't constitute being a…
peterwwillis on HN
Releases are irregular
From 1 comment
Great work, the content looks solid and I love that you've already covered several frequently omitted, but very useful features (transcripts, mobile usable video downloads,…
incision on HN
Video controls do not show in some browsers with blockers
From 2 comments
That is excellent material, not only for sysadmins, but for anyone interested in diving in the UNIX world. Great work ! I see you have direct download for videos, really good. It…
rakoo on HNYour video player does not show controls (http://cdn.sublimevideo.net/js/03un6j5a.js as linked in the HTML redirects to http://sublimevideo.net, not JS)
JoshTheGeek on HN
Requests
Charge a subscription or add donations
From 3 comments
"Shut up and take my money!" PLEASE CHARGE MONEY for this, as great as the stuff you have up looks already I can't help think how much more time and energy you could devote to…
msaspence on HNExcellent. Just excellent. Now that many web developers use heroku right out of the gate, they've never had to really dive too deeply into unix (newbies, that is). Throw a stripe…
endlessvoid94 on HNPlease charge money for this.
joshdotsmith on HN
Cover advanced topics such as SELinux, clustering and network tuning
From 2 comments
Subscribed. Could you do one on using MAC such as SELinux or ideally GRSecurity? Too many people end up disabling them and putting their box at a much higher risk of compromise.
dmix on HNWhile I like the idea, the content seems to be aimed at a very junior audience, almost really for desktop support techs that are thinking of career progression. It would be great…
mrmondo on HN
Podcast RSS feed with media enclosures
From 1 comment
Neat videos! Have you considered adding media enclosures to your RSS feed so it is a podcast? I usually watch videos like these on the go.
rwl4 on HN
Playback speed control
From 1 comment
This looks great, and super useful! My only suggestion would be to enhance the player to allow me to playback at 1.5x and 2x speed. The HTML5 player on youtube has this and once…
netcraft on HN
Episode voting or topic list
From 2 comments
Oh, that's really neat! Just a small idea, if you don't mind: perhaps you could have a list (either curated or crowd sourced) of eventual topics to be covered in future…
caio1982 on HNYeah, I hear you. HN users caio1982, actually had an awesome idea, it was to create a page on the site where users could up/down vote and submit episode idea [1]. This might be a…
WestCoastJustin on HN
Questions
Why not host on YouTube or Vimeo
From 1 comment
Why did you decide to use a custom video player and not an established service like YouTube or Vimeo? I think a lot of people forget how much time these services spend optimising…
sam152 on HN
How is hosting cost managed
From 1 comment
Great content. How are you handling hosting for your videos and are the costs manageable?
srik on HN
What is the maker's background
From 1 comment
I wonder if you could post on your "about" page more about yourself (or detail it here). In particular what your expertise is and how much experience you have in what you are…
larrys on HN
Alternatives named
Railscasts and Laracasts
From 2 comments
Have a look at the laracasts site, they have a good mix of free/paid content and the price is very reasonable.
locusm on HN"Shut up and take my money!" PLEASE CHARGE MONEY for this, as great as the stuff you have up looks already I can't help think how much more time and energy you could devote to…
msaspence on HN
CreativeLive
From 1 comment
Easy, charge $$ for them. This is great stuff, and people value it highly. You will have more time to work on them if there's income coming from them, and your customers will…
pchristensen on HN
ServersForHackers
From 1 comment
Great resource. Free. What can I say more. I think one of issue of SysAdmin is that when you read a tutorial and type the command the result, the output is just different and you…
kureikain on HN