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Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by indigodaddy »

zamadatix wrote: post #69
indigodaddy wrote: post #51

Before anyone makes another comment about how and why this should be a webapp…. The author has answered and stated multiple time here that the reason he made this a local app is because if the website that the tool is hosted on is down or gone, then you are dead out of water. That’s why he made a local tool. And no, the tool does not still rely on some application/webserver. He has stated that it only requires reachi…

No need to make a separate comment thread about other the results of other threads. If the other threads have been truly resolved then there are already comment chains to read. On the other hand if they were not actually resolved then all of the discussion is now split and duplicated. Regarding availability what exactly about making a web app restricts you from offering a downloadable copy? Regardless it looks like a…

Sure, nothing is stopping the author from making a web app, and that would actually be fine and most people would use that, and it would probably be the best path and focus. I’m not discounting that.

I was just attempting to summarize the author’s reasoning for making a nonweb/local application. And in all honesty the author can and should do what the author wants and what they feel is best.

There just seemed to be unwarranted and frankly odd “outrage” about it in a lot of comments.

Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by indigodaddy »

junon wrote: post #70
indigodaddy wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no idea how people aren’t getting this. People, if the website that the tool is hosted on is down or gone, then you are dead out of water. That’s why he made a local tool. Get it?

Yes, though electron still isn't required.

I don’t necessarily disagree with you on that point.

Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by zamadatix »

indigodaddy wrote: post #71
zamadatix wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No need to make a separate comment thread about other the results of other threads. If the other threads have been truly resolved then there are already comment chains to read. On the other hand if they were not actually resolved then all of the discussion is now split and duplicated. Regarding availability what exactly about making a web app restricts you from offering a downloadable copy? Regardless it looks like a…

Sure, nothing is stopping the author from making a web app, and that would actually be fine and most people would use that, and it would probably be the best path and focus. I’m not discounting that. I was just attempting to summarize the author’s reasoning for making a nonweb/local application. And in all honesty the author can and should do what the author wants and what they feel is best. There just seemed to be u…

Creator can certainly create whatever they want but clearly target audience feedback on a paid product is valuable in steering the future direction of a product as is seen with the future goals so no need to discount it as unwarranted or paint it as unhelpful.

Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by zamadatix »

indigodaddy wrote: post #52
dkersten wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it’s javascript-only, then surely it could run in the client and be hosted for free on github pages as a static site and not have to worry about going down.

What if the site goes down before you visit/load the site?

For a static site you can still download a local copy from GitHub if you wish. It'll be delivered as a .zip if you do it from the browser.

Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by indigodaddy »

zamadatix wrote: post #73
indigodaddy wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, nothing is stopping the author from making a web app, and that would actually be fine and most people would use that, and it would probably be the best path and focus. I’m not discounting that. I was just attempting to summarize the author’s reasoning for making a nonweb/local application. And in all honesty the author can and should do what the author wants and what they feel is best. There just seemed to be u…

Creator can certainly create whatever they want but clearly target audience feedback on a paid product is valuable in steering the future direction of a product as is seen with the future goals so no need to discount it as unwarranted or paint it as unhelpful.

I didn’t realize it was a paid product, and I’d bet that most of the “complainants” didn’t know either, or weren’t framing it from that perspective in any case.

Furthermore, now that it’s being framed as a paid product for this discussion, in my view, I believe they will be more successful in sales of a paid “piece of software” vs a webapp/SaaS/monthly model.

Likely this was part of their reasoning of going down this path if I had to guess.

Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by zamadatix »

sillystuff wrote: post #29

An alternative for researching domain names is to apply for TLD zone file access. "Trying to find a one word domain name," is unlikely to be an acceptable reason for access, though. I applied (and received access on my second attempt) about a decade ago for .com access. Among other things, I ran a check for any words in my spellcheck dictionary that were not already taken as .com domains. There is a reason for all th…

> no 3 alphanumeric ascii character domain names left, at the time.

I went looking for a personal domain probably about 7 years back and wanted something short... it was disheartening to see the percentage of short domains that were just being squatted, and blatantly so. One guy even made his living off of brokering 1 letter domains. Eventually I found my first+last initials on a 2 letter tld that somehow hadn't been completely bought up (1 letter domains were long gone though) and have used that ever since with email reminders and calendar reminders everywhere so I never forget to renew!

Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by docuru »

zamadatix wrote: post #73
indigodaddy wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, nothing is stopping the author from making a web app, and that would actually be fine and most people would use that, and it would probably be the best path and focus. I’m not discounting that. I was just attempting to summarize the author’s reasoning for making a nonweb/local application. And in all honesty the author can and should do what the author wants and what they feel is best. There just seemed to be u…

Creator can certainly create whatever they want but clearly target audience feedback on a paid product is valuable in steering the future direction of a product as is seen with the future goals so no need to discount it as unwarranted or paint it as unhelpful.

The goal of creating this tool is for long-term users. I doubt people who complain about it will use the tool more than a few times a year.

That said, I will be working on the web version.

Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by docuru »

dkersten wrote: post #48
docuru wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you mean why I choose ElectronJS: I wanted it be cross-platform, and ElectronJS was the easiest (partly because I already built and been using the main feature). If you mean why a desktop app: I've been using some web-based tools. Somehow, they don't last (ie. namemesh, or domainsfortherestofus that @pwdisswordfish8 mention went offline for sometimes). Then I thought having a desktop app would be great. For long t…

If it’s javascript-only, then surely it could run in the client and be hosted for free on github pages as a static site and not have to worry about going down.

It needs a backend running. Not only client JS code, there is NodeJS as well

Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

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Post by docuru »

lbj wrote: post #57

As an aside. How do you get design-chops like that? Can it be learned, or are these people just born with a flair for picking styles that work well universally?

If you mean the website: I've been doing web development for sometimes and comfortable working with it. But most of the time, I find the inspiration from somewhere (by the way, I published the template here https://inverr.com/app-store/E1Yh4VtOL)

If you mean about the app: I use BlueprintJS, blueprintjs.com (similar to Bootstrap, pretty simple to use)

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