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Interesting, this is coming on the heels of my own terminal [0] finally being announced to the public. I hope the plug is fair game - friendly competition in th

Interesting, this is coming on the heels of my own terminal [0] finally being announced to the public. I hope the plug is fair game - friendly competition in this space has been sorely missing! [0] https://terminal.click https://terminal.click

kadomony 3y ago
I guess it’s more a matter of how would you feel if you debuted something and another person piled on their own competition. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- pxc 3y ago
  If I were debuting a product, I think I'd feel a bit hurt and/or frustrated to see a competitor getting a big spotlight on the post. But on the other hand, many (if not most!) F/OSS projects I browse on GitHub include direct links to antecedents, competitors, and clones in their READMEs. When something is a project rather than a product, I don't think authors always worry about having the spotlight the same way. At least, many authors seem to have no problem with their work being presented in the context of a range of alternatives. Tbh, I don't think there's a singular answer here, even to the question of what empathy recommends.
fortyseven 3y ago
I mean, you had a feeling it might be wrong, but did it anyway...
- abnercoimbre 3y ago
  It was a mistake for me as the author to do the direct comparison here. I tend to agree with the other comment - it's common for terminals to list / contrast each other rather openly. I don't know, I'm noticing people's opinion are split down the middle.
ctvo 3y ago
I'm much more interested in your product, and wouldn't have known about it otherwise. Is there a way to be notified when you actually allow public access? Happy to pay for the final product.
- abnercoimbre 3y ago
  No official mechanism yet besides an rss feed [0], but email me! Just let me know you're from HN and I'll put you on a mailing list. abner at terminal dot click [0] https://terminal.click/index.xml https://terminal.click/index.xml

kadomony 3y ago

I guess it’s more a matter of how would you feel if you debuted something and another person piled on their own competition. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

pxc 3y ago
If I were debuting a product, I think I'd feel a bit hurt and/or frustrated to see a competitor getting a big spotlight on the post. But on the other hand, many (if not most!) F/OSS projects I browse on GitHub include direct links to antecedents, competitors, and clones in their READMEs. When something is a project rather than a product, I don't think authors always worry about having the spotlight the same way. At least, many authors seem to have no problem with their work being presented in the context of a range of alternatives. Tbh, I don't think there's a singular answer here, even to the question of what empathy recommends.

fortyseven 3y ago

I mean, you had a feeling it might be wrong, but did it anyway...

abnercoimbre 3y ago
It was a mistake for me as the author to do the direct comparison here. I tend to agree with the other comment - it's common for terminals to list / contrast each other rather openly. I don't know, I'm noticing people's opinion are split down the middle.

ctvo 3y ago

I'm much more interested in your product, and wouldn't have known about it otherwise. Is there a way to be notified when you actually allow public access? Happy to pay for the final product.

abnercoimbre 3y ago
No official mechanism yet besides an rss feed [0], but email me! Just let me know you're from HN and I'll put you on a mailing list. abner at terminal dot click [0] https://terminal.click/index.xml https://terminal.click/index.xml