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Show HN: Rawcode.io – a place to find and store code snippets
- bdcravens 11y agoWhat are the advantages of using this as a code repository over Github gists? (if it's searchability, why not put a better search story atop gists and other common snippet locations?)
- mattdeboard 11y agohttp://rawcode.io/introduction http://rawcode.io/introduction
- purplejacket 11y agoIs there an advantage to rawcode? I see that I can import my gists, but I'm not getting why I would look further.
- BenMann_ 11y agoThanks for commenting. Right now the main advantage is usability and with it the option to better organize snippets. Tags and especially lists allow users to curate snippets that have a connection and later search only those in a list, making it easy to find what you're looking for. We're also looking into letting user collaborate on lists, making them more attractive for teams.
- dain 11y agoGorgeous landing page. Really quite well done mate.
- nacs 11y agoAgreed but allowing the internet to instantly post to your homepage is a bad idea: http://i.imgur.com/yevRapi.png http://i.imgur.com/yevRapi.png
- BenMann_ 11y agoThanks and I couldn't agree more. That was a mistake :[ Snippets that are shown in public places now must be created by registered users. For the future proper protection against this kind of behaviour will be inevitable. However prohibiting public snippets without registration is also not an ideal solution imho - would you agree?
- wingerlang 11y agoWhy do you have a swipe icon in some places? Quite annoying when browsing on a laptop.
- BenMann_ 11y agoCan you provide screenshots? Might be a bug!
- wingerlang 11y agohttp://i.imgur.com/YM2SQFw.png http://i.imgur.com/YM2SQFw.png
- BenMann_ 11y agoThanks for the link! That's actually displaying corerctly. You can drag your snippet by clicking and holding it on this icon. Here's a demo: https://twitter.com/rawcodeio/status/655678301617438721 https://twitter.com/rawcodeio/status/655678301617438721
- wingerlang 11y agoYeah I got that it is displaying correctly, I just did not understand what it did. Even reading the introduction again it is not clear. I am not sure it is useful though, what developer doesn't have copy/paste as a muscle memory action? Furthermore the window management alone would be just a tad annoying to make it useful. It is neat though, but a novelty as far as actual usefulness goes.
- BenMann_ 11y agoThat's a good point. Challenging copy/paste behaviour with drag and drop is certainly hard and will likely not be adopted by that many people. However it is also the (only) way to sort snippets into lists - Maybe think of it as sorting Mails into different folders, which mostly happens the same way. It is also kind of convenient to drag snippets into your editor, because you don't have to select the code (which would also happen via mouse). In any case it is not the only option to grab your snippets, so you can still go cmd+c / cmd+v. No harm done in giving the option imho. I'm also looking into generally copying a snippet to the clipboard when hitting cmd+c on a single snippet page - That would probably be my personal favorite. Maybe even yours as well?
- jonobird1 11y agoCool app. I built something similar and got a bunch of traction but never did much with it: http://snippetrepo.com http://snippetrepo.com
- BenMann_ 11y agoMore feedback is very welcome! Pretty excited to see so many signups already :]