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I don't see any benefit of using this over an online website builder like Wordpress, Shopify or Square. The site gives no comparisons though your HN title compa

I don't see any benefit of using this over an online website builder like Wordpress, Shopify or Square. The site gives no comparisons though your HN title compares it to others. Also, all of this can be accomplished in VSCode with extensions and minimal effort, so I honestly do see who your target audience is for this... is it newbies? cause they are going to us a gui website builder, not a coder. dev who code by hand? VSCode already dominates this space and is completely free. If you're looking to be a niche editor like Sublime Text or Textmate then I wish you luck but honestly I don't see your product bringing anything to the space that is already crowded.

miki_tyler 5y ago
Online website builders are not for everybody. If you need something custom added, most of the time, it is hard to make it work, you know, Pareto 80/20 rule. Your files are hosted in their cloud. If you run into issues you have to deal with their customer service. They are also slow compared to your file system. Regarding what you said about VSCode with extensions, there are a lot of use cases and user types out there. I, for one, wouldn't touch VSCode with a ten-foot pole.
- jaywalk 5y ago
  You wouldn't touch VSCode with a ten foot pole, but your product is essentially just a less capable VSCode. Seems a bit disingenuous.
  - miki_tyler 5y ago
    Kit55 is not a code editor. We don't compete with VSCode. You can use VSCode with Kit55 if you want to.
eointierney 5y ago
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/ Not affiliated, just a sometime happy user.
- prox 5y ago
  LiveCanvas is also pretty cool. Helps you build it visually and it’s all pure static. https://livecanvas.com/ https://livecanvas.com/
miki_tyler 5y ago
We wrote an article about pros/cons of online solutions vs WordPress vs CLI solutions vs Kit55 a few days ago: https://medium.com/@mickey_55/kit55-an-unconventional-tool-for-building-websites-with-a-twist-87d59f015100 https://medium.com/@mickey_55/kit55-an-unconventional-tool-f...

miki_tyler 5y ago

Online website builders are not for everybody. If you need something custom added, most of the time, it is hard to make it work, you know, Pareto 80/20 rule. Your files are hosted in their cloud. If you run into issues you have to deal with their customer service. They are also slow compared to your file system. Regarding what you said about VSCode with extensions, there are a lot of use cases and user types out there. I, for one, wouldn't touch VSCode with a ten-foot pole.

jaywalk 5y ago
You wouldn't touch VSCode with a ten foot pole, but your product is essentially just a less capable VSCode. Seems a bit disingenuous.
- miki_tyler 5y ago
  Kit55 is not a code editor. We don't compete with VSCode. You can use VSCode with Kit55 if you want to.

eointierney 5y ago

https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/ Not affiliated, just a sometime happy user.

prox 5y ago
LiveCanvas is also pretty cool. Helps you build it visually and it’s all pure static. https://livecanvas.com/ https://livecanvas.com/

miki_tyler 5y ago

We wrote an article about pros/cons of online solutions vs WordPress vs CLI solutions vs Kit55 a few days ago: https://medium.com/@mickey_55/kit55-an-unconventional-tool-for-building-websites-with-a-twist-87d59f015100 https://medium.com/@mickey_55/kit55-an-unconventional-tool-f...