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Nothing on the page linked even describes what ‘Helix’ is, much less why I would want it. That whole site seems like excessive marketing fluff written by someo

Nothing on the page linked even describes what ‘Helix’ is, much less why I would want it. That whole site seems like excessive marketing fluff written by someone who’s been living and breathing whatever this project is for years. Assume I have no idea what it does or why I’d want it. Use small words and no acronyms. Also, less words. Then, as simply as possible, tell me what it is and what it does for me from a technical standpoint. I’ll decide for myself if it’s useful.

krisoft 4y ago
> Nothing on the page linked even describes what ‘Helix’ is, much less why I would want it. I think this is unfair criticism. Right at the top it says: "Helix is the fastest way to launch new sites and deliver the fastest pages on the web, as a bonus it is also the most intuitive and fastest way to create and publish content." That is what it is and that is why you would want to use it. It is a way to create new websites fast. And it promises that those websites will be fast, and you will be able to update them fast. These are small and simple words.
- KerrAvon 4y ago
  1. Small and simple words *for a technical audience*, not C-suite know-nothings. An example might be something like “Generates HTML statically from Markdown documents in a Git repository with a built-in caching server with load balancing to edge servers for an additional fee” — whatever it actually does. Nowhere that I can easily find does it describe how it does what it claims. 2. Claiming to be “fastest” is usually a good way to get your ass handed to you.
egypturnash 4y ago
What is Helix? (if you like tech jargon) Helix let’s [sic] business users ingest and publish markdown documents and spreadsheets from Microsoft Office or Google Docs and Sheets into a scalable, distributed content repository and dynamically renders HTML (and JSON, webp, etc.) to produce fast websites and actively manages cache consistency with your existing CDN infrastructure. Helix let’s [sic] frontend devs develop and deploy the design and functionality of their website with CSS and JavaScript directly in their GitHub repos. - cut and pasted from near the bottom of the page

krisoft 4y ago

> Nothing on the page linked even describes what ‘Helix’ is, much less why I would want it. I think this is unfair criticism. Right at the top it says: "Helix is the fastest way to launch new sites and deliver the fastest pages on the web, as a bonus it is also the most intuitive and fastest way to create and publish content." That is what it is and that is why you would want to use it. It is a way to create new websites fast. And it promises that those websites will be fast, and you will be able to update them fast. These are small and simple words.

KerrAvon 4y ago
1. Small and simple words *for a technical audience*, not C-suite know-nothings. An example might be something like “Generates HTML statically from Markdown documents in a Git repository with a built-in caching server with load balancing to edge servers for an additional fee” — whatever it actually does. Nowhere that I can easily find does it describe how it does what it claims. 2. Claiming to be “fastest” is usually a good way to get your ass handed to you.

egypturnash 4y ago

What is Helix? (if you like tech jargon) Helix let’s [sic] business users ingest and publish markdown documents and spreadsheets from Microsoft Office or Google Docs and Sheets into a scalable, distributed content repository and dynamically renders HTML (and JSON, webp, etc.) to produce fast websites and actively manages cache consistency with your existing CDN infrastructure. Helix let’s [sic] frontend devs develop and deploy the design and functionality of their website with CSS and JavaScript directly in their GitHub repos. - cut and pasted from near the bottom of the page