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https://gleam.run/ https://gleam.run/ Maybe not every web page has to explain everything all the time?
by righthand 1y ago
https://gleam.run/ https://gleam.run/
Maybe not every web page has to explain everything all the time?
- henryfjordan 1y agoA page advertising an event published to a very general forum would see more success if it explained the core reason for the event
- jakelazaroff 1y agoIf you don't already know what Gleam is, why would you want to attend a Gleam conference?
- bourbonjuggler 1y agoIt could be used as an opportunity to be educated on a language that you previously knew nothing about.
- yladiz 1y agoSorry, but the target audience isn’t the very general forum of HN, it’s folks who likely know Gleam (given it’s a Gleam conference). Should they have a small explainer link? Maybe, but I don’t think they need to go in depth about it and a link to the language page is enough.
- henryfjordan 1y agoA link to the language page would've been great, but it's not on the event page...
- tmoertel 1y agoPlease note that the person who posted this announcement to HN is the event's organizer. Thus it seems reasonable to conclude that "the very general forum of HN" is part of the event's target audience.
- bourbonjuggler 1y agoI think it's a relevant question. Other than the minimal mention that it's a programming language, there's not even a link to the main site.
- tmoertel 1y agoThis one should. The whole point of announcements is to cast a wide net in hopes of catching people who are new to the scene, and those new folks shouldn't be expected to already know the scene's lingo.