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For other similar-ish related tools/writing platforms: * https://write.as/ https://write.as/ * http://txti.es/ http://txti.es/ * http://telegra.ph/ http://te
by keb_ 6y ago
For other similar-ish related tools/writing platforms:
* https://write.as/ https://write.as/
* http://txti.es/ http://txti.es/
* http://telegra.ph/ http://telegra.ph/
* https://txt.fyi/ https://txt.fyi/
* https://verbatim.link/ https://verbatim.link/
* https://www.pastery.net/ https://www.pastery.net/
* http://ix.io/ http://ix.io/
* https://commentpara.de/ https://commentpara.de/
* https://rwtxt.com/ https://rwtxt.com/
* https://distbin.com/ https://distbin.com/
- lazyjones 6y agoI'm surprised nobody has attempted to put the content in the URL yet (to display on a static page with styling using JS [needs a tag filter...] to insert an URL parameter into some node). It would accommodate at least 2KB of text, local caching and fast hosting all in one.
- mercacona 6y agoNot a blog, but: https://itty.bitty.site/edit https://itty.bitty.site/edit You can get a QR with your text too :-)
- crocodiletears 6y agoThis has been done, iirc. I think it was HN where I saw it a couple years back. I couldn't find it today if I wanted to, but it's definitely been done.
- pmachinery 6y agoNot sure if it's what you mean, but: (hashify) 2011: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2464213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2464213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3407197 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3407197 (shortly) 2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3834643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3834643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5696127 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5696127
- lazyjones 6y agoYes, that's what I mean. But only Hashify still exists apparently...
- pmachinery 6y agoYeah, the pages linked from those HN links don't seem to exist, but you can still download it: https://github.com/lucaspiller/shortly https://github.com/lucaspiller/shortly I was always quite fascinated by the concept, but I suspect liability and lack of control over the content is a fatal issue and why nothing much seemed to come from it. If someone makes a 'bad' page, which is inevitable, the domain with the hashify/shortly code would be held responsible and the only way the site owner could 'remove' the content would be to stop the service.
- thinkloop 6y ago> Storing a document in a URL is nifty, but not terribly practical. Hashify uses the [bit.ly API][4] to shorten URLs from as many as 30,000 characters to just 20 or so. In essence, bit.ly acts as a document store! [1] bit.ly et al. seem to be able to get away with being agnostic processors. I'm surprised there haven't been more stories about their services being abused. [1] https://hashify.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 https://hashify.me/IyBIYXNoaWZ5CgpIYXNoaWZ5IGRvZXMgbm90IHNvb...
- forbiddenvoid 6y agoThis reminds me a lot of the old Geico "wehadababyitsaboy" commercial: https://youtu.be/9JxhTnWrKYs https://youtu.be/9JxhTnWrKYs
- fwip 6y agoIf you're sending a 2KB URL to somebody, you can also just copy&paste the text of your blog post. But yeah, you'd miss out on styling it.
- divbzero 6y agoThinking through this, it seems like content-in-URL would work for a website with a single page or a small number of pages, but would limited by the fact that links from one content-in-URL page to another content-in-URL page require content from both pages to be encoded in the first page’s URL. If you have pages linking to pages linking to pages, this cascades into requiring content from all pages encoded in the home page URL.
- panopticon 6y agoThis was posted on HN a while ago: https://github.com/jstrieb/urlpages https://github.com/jstrieb/urlpages Not blogging specific, but it allows you to encode web content into the URL.
- dartf 6y agoI guess I'm a bit late to the party, but after reading your comment I hacked something together - https://x.rukin.me https://x.rukin.me It's ugly and I haven't spent any time styling it or improving editor(it's just textarea) but it works as PoC. Also I've started it before I read comments that hashify exists, otherwise I would probably not do it ;) Compared to hashify: - it uses zlib to compress data, so it can actually contain much more content(if it's repetitive) - it also supports password encryption of the content (don't know why, but my friend said it would be cool) - only supports markdown(no html) as I haven't found any good js lib for html sanitization on client side Examples: - With password: https://bit.ly/3c7xkyb https://bit.ly/3c7xkyb pass: wasted - Some markdown: https://j.mp/2AivRYr https://j.mp/2AivRYr P.S. I still have no idea why anyone will use it
- marban 6y agohttps://flipso.com https://flipso.com (+ Posterous Features)
- faizshah 6y agoI like this idea a lot and the design is wonderful. But, I would have liked to see a link to an example blog on the page just to see what the output looks like.
- jonas21 6y agoFor other bear-themed writing tools: * https://bear.app/ https://bear.app/
- lostlogin 6y agoFor anyone who is interested in this - it is great and you can export all your Apple notes.app stuff (inc images) with the mac app Exporter, then import into Bear.app.
- thangngoc89 6y agoI can't recommend Bear enough if you're using all Apple devices. I've used many note taking app but Bear is the only thing that gives me Markdown note taking + not getting in my way of writing. I especially like the infintely nested tag of Bear, such a time saver when you can drop a #hastag/anywhere/with/inifitely/nested/hierachy . Disclamer: I'm not affliated with Bear in anyway, just a happy customer.
- tinyT 6y agoI used to use bear too until I discovered notion.so, now I use nothing else (also not affiliated with Notion or Bear, but used to use bear for everything)
- brians 6y agoI could have written exactly the above until a Bear sync bug ate my notes. Beat customer support had nothing to offer but condolences. It was during an iOS beta on one of the devices, so perhaps not their fault—but I’ve been unwilling to pay since.
- ogre_codes 6y ago> It was during an iOS beta on one of the devices Bear uses iCloud storage which has on multiple occasions trashed people's data during iOS beta periods. It's not "Bear Sync", it's just another iCloud beta sync problem. If you value your data, don't use iOS betas. It's that simple. If they had the choice, many developers would disable their apps on beta devices because of issues like yours.
- dylz 6y agoI'm slightly amused by the domain hacks, but also concerned about a few of the ccTLDs, especially when it comes to user generated content and blogging/opinions. For example, the leader of .ph routinely calls opponents gay, is not known for human rights or free speech, and I am curious how this might reflect on it. I have the same concerns with user generated content in/on .de and their Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz law, the mandatory Posting an Impressum on your sites, etc. I have seen bitly suspended before by Libya for merely providing redirects to content they don't like.
- morpheuskafka 6y agoI mean, the leader of the country represented by .us brags about raping women, threatens nuclear wars, etc.... no country is uncontroversial.
- cbnotfromthere 6y ago"the leader of the country represented by .us brags about raping women" Care to provide ANY proof? I mean exact words, not hearsay or convoluted explanations of his saying.
- cbnotfromthere 6y ago"the leader of the country represented by .us [...] threatens nuclear wars" Why would that be controversial at all? Reagan won the cold war against the Soviet Union by calling them an evil empire and repeatedly talking about nuclear war. Kennedy was able to get the Soviets out of Cuba also by raising the spectre of nuclear war.
- Chris2048 6y ago> brags about raping women by what definition of "rape"?
- rakoo 6y agoOf those it seems only telegra.ph has a good UI allowing easy link/photos embedding, and the result is really pleasing. All the others need to rely on a third party. Is it open-source ?
- olaven 6y agoIf I may, I would like to add my own Markblog to the list :-) It is basically a static site generator based on markdown files. (https://github.com/olaven/markblog https://github.com/olaven/markblog)
- pedrocx486 6y agoI wish I had the courage to share my projects here, but I'm really afraid of being torn apart. :-) I made a similar minimal project but targeting github.io, apparently most here want self-hosting.
- FailMore 6y agoI built https://taaalk.co https://taaalk.co - it's a writing platform, but one where it's a group discussion. E.g. https://taaalk.co/t/bitcoin-maxima-other-crypto-things https://taaalk.co/t/bitcoin-maxima-other-crypto-things and https://taaalk.co/t/the-why-how-and-power-of-commercial-open-source-software https://taaalk.co/t/the-why-how-and-power-of-commercial-open...
- ivoecpereira 6y agoAdd the awesome https://telescope.ac https://telescope.ac to that list.