lilwing

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by lilwing 6mo ago
And you're right that the OpenCode plugin has strong hooks. happy to answer any questions if you're thinking about making the switch ever. not sure why it gave you incorrect info as well...
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by lilwing 6mo ago
Ix isn't paid! It's open source and completely free as of now.
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by lilwing 6mo ago
The link isn't working. Would like to read into this
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by lilwing 6mo ago
The problem isn't the stars its the fact that they're getting reposted on X and LinkedIn, causing wider reach/adoption. My goal is to get trending on GitHub so that voices in the industry pick us up and repost.
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by lilwing 6mo ago
Between you and me I am the marketing director for our product hehe ;) That's sort of where I'm coming from here looking for advice. I appreciate you engaging in this convo and giving me your honest feedback. I dont come from a te
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by lilwing 6mo ago
Understood thank you. Just trying to build karma first because I guess you cant post on show hn without 5-10
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by lilwing 6mo ago
Well yes. This is the first product we've shipped and have no idea how to gain visibility/users without trending on GitHub/HN/Reddit/X. If you have other suggestions, I'm all ears.
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by lilwing 6mo ago
Yes i was talking about GitHub stars. We don't care about stars for vanity, more because star velocity is the primary signal GitHub uses for trending, which would drive discovery for us. We don't have any kind of presence anywhere
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by lilwing 6mo ago
We dont have paying customers as we're open sourced. Eventually trying to get to paid tiers but cant get there without viaibility/interest
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by lilwing 6mo ago
well yeah exactly.. Karpathy is famous and we're not. no bots. we are a team of students with no budget for that. They're all real developers with commit histories and real profiles. looked at this already. I guess my question her
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by lilwing 6mo ago
https://github.com/ix-infrastructure/Ix
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Ask HN: We got 100 stars. A weekend project got 12k. What are we missing?
2 points by lilwing 6mo ago|18 comments
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by lilwing 6mo ago
It basically means free to use. Source of the code of a software program is made publically available for anyone to use, modify, distribute
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by lilwing 6mo ago
Exactly. Wondering if you could share what else you've tried? Ive been seeding on X, here and Reddit but still no real traction. Also how old is your product?
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by lilwing 6mo ago
Im currently figuring this out myself. So far Ive been trying to establish presence on HN and Reddit but it's really tough as a new user. I think that as you begin to gain credibility in these spaces, it gets easier to get exposure bec