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Re: Show HN: A better visual builder for complex business logic

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Post by frankgrecojr »

frankgrecojr wrote: post #40
dragonwriter wrote: post #39

> With Control Blocks, developers get a visual programming language that looks, feels, and scales like code. What problem does that solve? I get that there are situations when a programming medium that doesn’t look, feel, and scale like code might be useful, but when the right solution is something that looks, feels, and scales like code, isn't that what is solved by code ?

Perhaps. Those who want to do that can leverage our Javascript and Python blocks to write whatever code they'd like. Most of our platform is centered around "integrations". For example, You'd have a visual block for an S3 integration (that would have been previously configured) that you'd use rather than initializing an S3 client in code for example. We want to meet people where they're at though. If you want to writ…

Another way to maybe approach this is to consider programming constructs that are "hard" to understand. Imagine you want to "do n things in parallel". If your company uses Java (or any language where it's no trivial to do concurrency), this is not straight forward. A visual way to do this makes it much easier.

Re: Show HN: A better visual builder for complex business logic

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Post by dang »

As you had a successful Show HN a few months ago, it's probably too soon for another - see https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html.

Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36495680 - June 2023 (62 comments)

Re: Show HN: A better visual builder for complex business logic

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Post by frankgrecojr »

dang wrote: post #42

As you had a successful Show HN a few months ago, it's probably too soon for another - see https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36495680 - June 2023 (62 comments)

Our of curiosity, which specific point does it violate? Would it help to remove the "Show HN: " prefix?

Re: Show HN: A better visual builder for complex business logic

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Post by pvg »

frankgrecojr wrote: post #43
dang wrote: post #42

As you had a successful Show HN a few months ago, it's probably too soon for another - see https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36495680 - June 2023 (62 comments)

Our of curiosity, which specific point does it violate? Would it help to remove the "Show HN: " prefix?

Probably easier to think 'what's a thing to post that would be interesting to HN users' rather than 'what are the precise conditions for maximum posting frequency'. 'We're iterating very fast and have some new features' is usually not interesting enough to get around the 'about once a year for reposts in Show HN' standard.

Of course, you can, as you point out, post outside Show HN but the same applies - the promotional effect has to be a consequence of interestingness so if you focus on interestingness, you get both and everyone wins.

Re: Show HN: A better visual builder for complex business logic

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Post by cheschire »

dang wrote: post #42

As you had a successful Show HN a few months ago, it's probably too soon for another - see https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36495680 - June 2023 (62 comments)

As an aside, where can one find all of the various rulesets? URL modification to tellhn.html or launchhn.html just resulted in 404's.

I wonder if there's a lack of discoverability of HN rules for lots of folks or if I'm just too dense to personally figure it out.

As I've never posted one of these topics myself, is there some process hijacking in place that will divert folks to the specific applicable rules when they preface their subject with specific keywords?

Re: Show HN: A better visual builder for complex business logic

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Post by dang »

cheschire wrote: post #45
dang wrote: post #42

As you had a successful Show HN a few months ago, it's probably too soon for another - see https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . Show HN: Superblocks AI – AI coding assistant for internal apps - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36495680 - June 2023 (62 comments)

As an aside, where can one find all of the various rulesets? URL modification to tellhn.html or launchhn.html just resulted in 404's. I wonder if there's a lack of discoverability of HN rules for lots of folks or if I'm just too dense to personally figure it out. As I've never posted one of these topics myself, is there some process hijacking in place that will divert folks to the specific applicable rules when they…

My parent comment linked to the relevant one (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html). It's also linked at the top of https://news.ycombinator.com/show.

The most important other links are https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html, both of which are linked in the footer of every HN page.

Re: Show HN: A better visual builder for complex business logic

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Post by cheschire »

dang wrote: post #46
cheschire wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an aside, where can one find all of the various rulesets? URL modification to tellhn.html or launchhn.html just resulted in 404's. I wonder if there's a lack of discoverability of HN rules for lots of folks or if I'm just too dense to personally figure it out. As I've never posted one of these topics myself, is there some process hijacking in place that will divert folks to the specific applicable rules when they…

My parent comment linked to the relevant one ( https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html ). It's also linked at the top of https://news.ycombinator.com/show . The most important other links are https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html , both of which are linked in the footer of every HN page.

Yeah, sorry I wasn't super clear. I'm not a part of OP's company, nor any Y Combinator startup. I'm just an unimportant HN member and saw a target of opportunity to ask you about where some of these rules are defined.

Specifically I was wondering where the rules are for things like Tell HN, Ask HN, or Launch HN (which I think is reserved for Y Combinator companies right?).

However in reviewing the guidelines again which you've kindly pulled out of the footer for me, I'm now noticing I should explicitly not be asking you questions here and should instead be asking through the email address. My apologies.

Re: Show HN: A better visual builder for complex business logic

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Post by dang »

cheschire wrote: post #47
dang wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My parent comment linked to the relevant one ( https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html ). It's also linked at the top of https://news.ycombinator.com/show . The most important other links are https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html , both of which are linked in the footer of every HN page.

Yeah, sorry I wasn't super clear. I'm not a part of OP's company, nor any Y Combinator startup. I'm just an unimportant HN member and saw a target of opportunity to ask you about where some of these rules are defined. Specifically I was wondering where the rules are for things like Tell HN, Ask HN, or Launch HN (which I think is reserved for Y Combinator companies right?). However in reviewing the guidelines again wh…

Nah, you're an important HN member. No problem.

Re Launch HNs - yes, that's for YC startups - here's a link to the instructions I send founders, in case it's of interest: https://news.ycombinator.com/yli.html.

And while I'm at it, here's what we send them about HN job ads: https://news.ycombinator.com/jobguide.html.

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