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Re: Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience

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figmert wrote: post #29
dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #6

The website doesn't tell me what it does or why it's better. It just wants me to sign-up and provide a bunch of permissions without first selling itself to me. The landing page should clearly communicate what this does and contrast it with GitHub to make it obvious how it's better. I guess the little embedded video might show some of this but it's not very clear. I just see someone faffing about and scrolling up and…

> It just wants me to sign-up and provide a bunch of permissions without first selling itself to me. Yes, and including admin access to all your orgs :)

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Re: Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience

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Post by 1f60c »

figmert wrote: post #29
dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #6

The website doesn't tell me what it does or why it's better. It just wants me to sign-up and provide a bunch of permissions without first selling itself to me. The landing page should clearly communicate what this does and contrast it with GitHub to make it obvious how it's better. I guess the little embedded video might show some of this but it's not very clear. I just see someone faffing about and scrolling up and…

> It just wants me to sign-up and provide a bunch of permissions without first selling itself to me. Yes, and including admin access to all your orgs :)

As the help text explains, you can tap to select or unselect any permissions beyond the basics. (Which are admittedly still quite broad.)

You can also use a PAT but that's already too much friction for me for something like this.

Re: Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience

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Post by robtherobber »

nik736 wrote: post #3

No lightmode?

I will never use dark mode if I can avoid it. The idea that it's somehow better is a bit shady [0][1] (save for mobile devices where arguably it may help save some energy), but I absolutely understand that it can be a personal preference.

Multiple discussions already exist on HN on this topic, for example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664079

[0] https://simplyexplained.com/videos/why-dark-mode-makes-you-s...

[1] https://www.lloydatkinson.net/posts/2024/the-dark-mode-lobby...

Re: Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience

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Post by reactordev »

1f60c wrote: post #34
figmert wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It just wants me to sign-up and provide a bunch of permissions without first selling itself to me. Yes, and including admin access to all your orgs :)

As the help text explains, you can tap to select or unselect any permissions beyond the basics. (Which are admittedly still quite broad.) You can also use a PAT but that's already too much friction for me for something like this.

Justification of malfeasance is not an excuse.

Re: Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience

#39

Post by egeres »

theturtletalks wrote: post #33

Here's the repo: https://github.com/better-auth/better-hub Looks interesting but also, they are saving everything to a database. It's not simply an alternative frontend for Github akin Nitter or NewPipe (for Twitter and TY respectively).

If it's an open source project the landing page should have a direct link to it so that developers can get a broader sense of what this product is
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