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The idea is that you can write your blog posts in your favorite coding editor instead of some web form. Some people find that easier - I certainly feel more at

by mhansen 15y ago

The idea is that you can write your blog posts in your favorite coding editor instead of some web form. Some people find that easier - I certainly feel more at home in my editor.

officemonkey 15y ago
Hell, if you were a real hacker, you would ssh to your server with vim or emacs, write the post in markdown or somesuch, and have your the blosxom-inspired clone you wrote yourself serve up the HTML. The real reason it's "for hackers" is for marketing. That and improving its chances for a front-page mention here.
- imathis 15y ago
  The tagline has nothing to do with Hacker News, the fact that you would even say that is amusing.
  - sathyabhat 15y ago
    It's got nothing to do with HN, true, but "X blog engine for Hackers!!!11" grabs more eyeballs than "x blog engine"
    - chriseppstein 15y ago
      Those damn marketers. Going after that HUGE hacker market again!!!
      - pestaa 15y ago
        Funny and deserved an upvote, but in reality I bet hackers are more willing to invest in tools they find good. Still, it wouldn't describe the market size of course, but the worthiness of pursuing it.
  - officemonkey 15y ago
    "A blogging framework for hackers" If it said "a blogging framework for writers" do you think it would even get mentioned at hackernews? It seems like YABF, with the possible exception of pretty good support for code display. Other threads here say it's basically Jekyll. I did some searches. It's not Jekyll. Jekyll has zero branding, it's just a github project. Good taglines define a brand. This one's a good tagline. Good enough to get the front page here.
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- chriseppstein 15y ago
  The real reason it's for hackers is that it uses Git and the command line to manage it. It may not be "hack-ery" enough for you, but it's certainly not software non-hackers are going to use.
corin_ 15y ago
That's the idea of Jekyll, which is what this is based on. Doesn't explain what makes this a "blogging framework for hackers" (other than their choice of using Jekyll).
- imathis 15y ago
  Check out the plugins for sharing code http://octopress.org/docs/blogging/code http://octopress.org/docs/blogging/code This was obsessively designed with hackers in mind.
billmcneale 15y ago
> The idea is that you can write your blog posts in your favorite coding editor instead of some web form. What's so hard about using your own editor and when you're done, pasting your text in the web form?
- xinsight 15y ago
  That's how I always used Wordpress, but it's not exactly elegant. You always have to make little edits in a small textarea box. No syntax highlighting. Need to submit the entire article to save (instead of command-s). You lose your cursor position when you save (super-annoying with longer posts). Wordpress doesn't support markdown natively. etc.

by mhansen 15y ago

The idea is that you can write your blog posts in your favorite coding editor instead of some web form. Some people find that easier - I certainly feel more at home in my editor.

officemonkey 15y ago

Hell, if you were a real hacker, you would ssh to your server with vim or emacs, write the post in markdown or somesuch, and have your the blosxom-inspired clone you wrote yourself serve up the HTML. The real reason it's "for hackers" is for marketing. That and improving its chances for a front-page mention here.

imathis 15y ago
The tagline has nothing to do with Hacker News, the fact that you would even say that is amusing.
- sathyabhat 15y ago
  It's got nothing to do with HN, true, but "X blog engine for Hackers!!!11" grabs more eyeballs than "x blog engine"
  - chriseppstein 15y ago
    Those damn marketers. Going after that HUGE hacker market again!!!
    - pestaa 15y ago
      Funny and deserved an upvote, but in reality I bet hackers are more willing to invest in tools they find good. Still, it wouldn't describe the market size of course, but the worthiness of pursuing it.
- officemonkey 15y ago
  "A blogging framework for hackers" If it said "a blogging framework for writers" do you think it would even get mentioned at hackernews? It seems like YABF, with the possible exception of pretty good support for code display. Other threads here say it's basically Jekyll. I did some searches. It's not Jekyll. Jekyll has zero branding, it's just a github project. Good taglines define a brand. This one's a good tagline. Good enough to get the front page here.
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chriseppstein 15y ago
The real reason it's for hackers is that it uses Git and the command line to manage it. It may not be "hack-ery" enough for you, but it's certainly not software non-hackers are going to use.

corin_ 15y ago

That's the idea of Jekyll, which is what this is based on. Doesn't explain what makes this a "blogging framework for hackers" (other than their choice of using Jekyll).

imathis 15y ago
Check out the plugins for sharing code http://octopress.org/docs/blogging/code http://octopress.org/docs/blogging/code This was obsessively designed with hackers in mind.

billmcneale 15y ago

> The idea is that you can write your blog posts in your favorite coding editor instead of some web form. What's so hard about using your own editor and when you're done, pasting your text in the web form?

xinsight 15y ago
That's how I always used Wordpress, but it's not exactly elegant. You always have to make little edits in a small textarea box. No syntax highlighting. Need to submit the entire article to save (instead of command-s). You lose your cursor position when you save (super-annoying with longer posts). Wordpress doesn't support markdown natively. etc.