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Show HN: GitHub Plugin that generates launch tweets when you ship new code

15 points by mattiapomelli 3y ago

Hey HN! I just shipped a project I’ve been working on called Buildshare. Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsacqlCHlzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsacqlCHlzE How does it work? 1. Enter some info about a product that you’re building 2. Connect your Github + install a plugin on the repository of the product 3. Every time you ship new code (by either merging a pull request or making a commit), you get a tweet generated automatically with GPT to announce the new feature. Generated tweets follow best practices that are optimised for grabbing people’s attention and making them want to check out what you’ve built. Hope you like it, and would love to hear any suggestions or feedback! :D

kylel95 3y ago
this is dope. great work. it's cool you can tweet about past commits too.
- mattiapomelli 3y ago
  thanks, glad you like it! yes, you can also manually type a feature that you want to launch in case you don't have any PRs/commits for that
oweiler 3y ago
Alternatively you can use JReleaser, which can also automate most of your release: https://jreleaser.org/guide/latest/reference/announce/twitter.html https://jreleaser.org/guide/latest/reference/announce/twitte...
- mattiapomelli 3y ago
  Interesting, will check it out!
bl4kers 3y ago
Don't you mean Xeets? People still use that site huh?
klyrs 3y ago
Are you really building on twitter's platform? I'd suggest diversifying immediately, it isn't even called twitter anymore.
- netsharc 3y ago
  For a minute I was super excited seeing this headline because I thought my time machine had worked...
- kylel95 3y ago
  yea didn't they just hike the api cost?
tawb 3y ago
This is rad man! I've thought about this a lot when I was running my company. How do I link a ticket's completion to automations that update customers that new features or bug fixes are out? I've always envisioned as a comment or plug-in on the ticketing system itself. Then when the branch linked to that ticket was completed and deployed, it'd trigger a marketing automation or something like your tweet (xeet?) mechanism. Cool stuff! Sorry you're getting a couple of sarcastic comments here.
- mattiapomelli 3y ago
  hey man glad you like it! yep that's the idea: as soon as new features are released you can launch it on socials and inform your audience. plus GPT helps with the generation of the content.
matthewtse 3y ago
Pretty cool! I would provide a live-demo link on the landing page, showing some examples of commits/projects, and the types of tweets that would be generated (or at least a link to your youtube video(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsacqlCHlzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsacqlCHlzE) The only option is to sign up, and I'm reluctant to sign up with my GitHub account without first seeing the value.

15 points by mattiapomelli 3y ago

kylel95 3y ago

this is dope. great work. it's cool you can tweet about past commits too.

mattiapomelli 3y ago
thanks, glad you like it! yes, you can also manually type a feature that you want to launch in case you don't have any PRs/commits for that

oweiler 3y ago

Alternatively you can use JReleaser, which can also automate most of your release: https://jreleaser.org/guide/latest/reference/announce/twitter.html https://jreleaser.org/guide/latest/reference/announce/twitte...

mattiapomelli 3y ago
Interesting, will check it out!

bl4kers 3y ago

Don't you mean Xeets? People still use that site huh?

klyrs 3y ago

Are you really building on twitter's platform? I'd suggest diversifying immediately, it isn't even called twitter anymore.

netsharc 3y ago
For a minute I was super excited seeing this headline because I thought my time machine had worked...
kylel95 3y ago
yea didn't they just hike the api cost?

tawb 3y ago

This is rad man! I've thought about this a lot when I was running my company. How do I link a ticket's completion to automations that update customers that new features or bug fixes are out? I've always envisioned as a comment or plug-in on the ticketing system itself. Then when the branch linked to that ticket was completed and deployed, it'd trigger a marketing automation or something like your tweet (xeet?) mechanism. Cool stuff! Sorry you're getting a couple of sarcastic comments here.

mattiapomelli 3y ago
hey man glad you like it! yep that's the idea: as soon as new features are released you can launch it on socials and inform your audience. plus GPT helps with the generation of the content.

matthewtse 3y ago

Pretty cool! I would provide a live-demo link on the landing page, showing some examples of commits/projects, and the types of tweets that would be generated (or at least a link to your youtube video(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsacqlCHlzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsacqlCHlzE) The only option is to sign up, and I'm reluctant to sign up with my GitHub account without first seeing the value.