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Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by j45 »

mcilroy wrote: post #2

hey everyone! Cap is still a little rough around the edges but we'll get there. Working as quick as possible on feedback / new features and fixes. Self hosting is coming soon, as well as the option to connect your own storage option (S3 for now). appreciate you taking the time to check it out, and happy Sunday!

Keep it up. Shipping is the hard part.

If every commenter had to admit the last time they shipped the context and perspective of the comments migth surprise you.

S3 Storage sounds amazing, especially if you can edit the URL and redirect it to backblaze or other s3 compatible stores.

I'll be looking forward to trying out the self-hosting to be able to host links from my own domain.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by j45 »

shivaraj1996 wrote: post #80
xyst wrote: post #35

If there’s one way to turn off a good portion of people from using your project, it’s by locking down the community into a discord.

Highly disagree! Though I would like the community to not be on discord, every other competitor has lost to discord.

Slack?

I often wonder if a mattermost community should be backstop an integrate into a slack and discord community to let people use what they want, but you have your own history owned.

Discord seems nice but it also has to fit the audience. I find it convoluted for business or support type chats, but it is excellent for community building around digital experiences (like gaming)

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by j45 »

cco wrote: post #61

The key innovation of Loom, and of course I'm using that term loosely, was the inclusion of a human face in a circle at the bottom left of your video. We're monkeys, and monkeys like to see another monkey's face while they're hearing someone talk. It helps with communication all around, nuance, recall etc This is the same "killer feature" of Twitch (or more generally video game streaming). So that's all to say, I rea…

The simple URL is valuable.

Loom still came up short against a predecessor, Jing, which would also copy the url into your clipboard. You hit stop recording, open an email, paste, and write your message and send. No need to wait while it was uploading, etc.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by bitcharmer »

memset wrote: post #67
xahrepap wrote: post #53

Some honest feedback: describe your product/tool without using a competitor’s name. I’m on mobile and the landing page only tells me “recording software” and “Loom” before it drops into Twitter like 3rd party comments. I honestly have never used Loom. I don’t know what it is. Do you really want me to have to go look up “the competition” just to know who you are?

I disagree - the fact you don’t know what Loom is probably means you’re not in the market for this kind of software. Better, at this stage, to focus on users who will immediately get it rather than explain to folks who don’t currently have a need.

Loom does have a meaning for me because I follow innovation in Java. This is not it. Would be good to have a solid description of what it is.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by sureIy »

Side question: can anyone tell me the point of Loom? My team uses it to record a screencast and then paste the link on Slack or GitHub. I do the same but I don’t need extra software because my OS already has the functionality and both services accept uploads.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by JasonSage »

sureIy wrote: post #107

Side question: can anyone tell me the point of Loom? My team uses it to record a screencast and then paste the link on Slack or GitHub. I do the same but I don’t need extra software because my OS already has the functionality and both services accept uploads.

The auto-transcription into text is the big thing.

I personally find that most of the time when a coworker posts a video I don’t even need to watch it to get all the information I actually needed.

One could argue that what you’re doing is inconveniencing your coworkers and ensuring anybody using a screen-reader can’t actually consume your videos.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative

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Post by JasonSage »

ec109685 wrote: post #46

Interestingly ycombinator passed on Cap due to them not having a co-founder: https://x.com/richiemcilroy/status/1788996498081951848?s=46

What's missing (maybe for brevity) is why it's important to have a co-founder. I find it hard to believe that they just wanted that box ticked and more that there's something else a co-founder brings to the table... so what is it? What is _actually_ missing in the formula for them?

Also [0].

> "probably not good enough / won't get in" - you'd be surprised at how many people feel that way, whether because of impostor syndrome, lack of credentials, whatever—and often they turn out to be among the best founders. So this a terrible reason not to apply!

Maybe it's not a terrible reason not to apply. /shrug

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40091622

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