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Ask HN: Feedback on an indie app idea for native desktop blogging?
- isthispermanent 6y agoThis is a rather crowded space imo. Why would I want to use this instead of Medium? Are you handling all the domain management (purchase, routing, etc.)? What would it cost? As someone who writes a lot of code how-tos, there is room for improvement. In my mind that improvement is largely around formatting and displaying/running code in the users reading environment. Just my two cents.
- chubs 6y agoHi I think Medium isn’t ideal because you’re one acquihire away from losing your writing, as what happened to me when posterous went away years ago. My plan is to simplify all the management you mention as much as possible. As for price, what would you be willing to pay? I’m thinking of pricing comparably to quality Wordpress hosting.
- bobblywobbles 6y agoI'd like to offer my comments as well. I do not blog, but did for a short period of time. What's your position, what does this offer instead of a web-hosting solution, is it security, privacy? I like the thought of it being hosted outside of a pre-packaged vendor but that's only to satisfy my desire to help the underdogs above anything else.
- chubs 6y agoHi, it would offer ease of use primarily. It would be like an easy interface to something like Jekyll or Hugo. Thanks for responding :)
- bobblywobbles 6y agoUnderstood, I wish you luck! I might consider your platform but as I said before, I don't usually write on blogs.
- kindly_fo 6y agoSsg can be used by simply editing txt files with whatever editor on any os and even using github online. The only way to succeed is to build 100x better ux in your app than ssg with fancy img, video, frames inserting etc.