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Re: Show HN: Breakpoint.io - Share and get feedback on your side projects

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I like the idea and the design. This has some overlap with Launchsky (including a similar UI): http://launchsky.com The main difference is that we're a platform for sharing ideas, and you're sharing projects that already exist. In any case, good luck with this!

It says launching in early 2013. so when is it? BTW interesting concept, I'm one of those "would be" users and shared it too :P

Re: Show HN: Breakpoint.io - Share and get feedback on your side projects

#52

I like the idea a lot. Nice work! One slightly negative impression: while there are already lots of good submissions and it looks like people are using the heart button, there are very few feedback comments so far. I particularly like the idea of a smaller, more tight-knit group of HNers giving each other feedback, since it seems nearly impossible these days to get any attention for a Show HN post without preexisting…

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Re: Show HN: Breakpoint.io - Share and get feedback on your side projects

#54
I'm getting server error 500 when I try to upload my project (dbinbox.com) :(

Edit: The developer (thanks Drew!) emailed me within ten minutes of posting this, figured out what the issue was, and pushed a fix. I'm impressed.

Here's my weekend project dbinbox: https://breakpoint.io/144-dbinbox-makes-it-easier-for-people...

Re: Show HN: Breakpoint.io - Share and get feedback on your side projects

#55

I like the idea a lot. Nice work! One slightly negative impression: while there are already lots of good submissions and it looks like people are using the heart button, there are very few feedback comments so far. I particularly like the idea of a smaller, more tight-knit group of HNers giving each other feedback, since it seems nearly impossible these days to get any attention for a Show HN post without preexisting…

Everyone wants feedback, nobody wants to give it. I'm gonna' try and go through a bunch here in a minute. This is a beautiful site to navigate.

Re: Show HN: Breakpoint.io - Share and get feedback on your side projects

#56

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I agree. This is a good idea but the giant thumbnails are very hard to parse since they clash with each other. Would be nicer if it was a simple uniformly styled text list with taglines, and user interaction (mouseovers/expands/something) to show thumbnails?

Thanks for the feedback. Prior to the current styling, I had a screenshot with title, author, description, etc to the right. I found it cluttered and difficult to read through a list of projects. I'll keep working on it and see if I can find something.

I think the name of the project is more important than who posted it. Maybe switch the username for the Title, under each submission?

Re: Show HN: Breakpoint.io - Share and get feedback on your side projects

#58
post #51
post #47

I like the idea and the design. This has some overlap with Launchsky (including a similar UI): http://launchsky.com The main difference is that we're a platform for sharing ideas, and you're sharing projects that already exist. In any case, good luck with this!

It says launching in early 2013. so when is it? BTW interesting concept, I'm one of those "would be" users and shared it too :P

We are launching the beta next week. Really glad to hear you have been spreading the word!

Re: Show HN: Breakpoint.io - Share and get feedback on your side projects

#60
post #26

Great idea and execution, but it's somewhat telling that some of the "side projects" people are posting really don't look like side projects.

What exactly is a side project supposed to look like?

Mobile apps that haven't been released yet?

Seriously, I think Tappr and several others are just using this to advertise.

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