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Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

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Post by worldsayshi »

baepaul wrote: post #18
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #15

The minimal look feels very refreshing, and yet it's not disorienting like many minimal web git UIs are in my experience; I actually feel like I know how to navigate this thing. Site feels very snappy too, especially with those instantly loading file previews when you hover. Congrats!

thank you! of all things in this launch, i was the most anxious about the design as it is admittedly the most different. glad to hear the positive feedback :)

It seems like the site is currently getting hugged so I can't look but I'm glad someone is trying to achieve a more minimalistic take on the UX of a software forge. It seems like an area with good room for improvement.

Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

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Post by baepaul »

worldsayshi wrote: post #71
baepaul wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

thank you! of all things in this launch, i was the most anxious about the design as it is admittedly the most different. glad to hear the positive feedback :)

It seems like the site is currently getting hugged so I can't look but I'm glad someone is trying to achieve a more minimalistic take on the UX of a software forge. It seems like an area with good room for improvement.

the hn hug is real indeed, hopefully this link is fine. a bit wordy, but goes into quite a lot of the thinking that went into the design: https://gitdot.io/designs/gitdot-designed-by-developers

Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

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Post by hntiz »

Just one minor piece of feedback that's unlikely to be a priority. I cannot fully navigate when browsing in a terminal browser (chawan in my case, haven't tried with w3m or lynx). For example the "h" keymap for going home does not work.

That said though, one of my pet peeves around browsing Github Web from the terminal was having to click "skip to content" just to get the body. So you definitely delivered there (after having read your design post). Good luck with the rest of the year.

Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

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Post by HyperL0gi »

> What is a bit unique is: 1) we built it in Rust

The first unique characteristic is that it was built in Rust? Why does it matter from a user perspective? I was expecting the first point to be something that would convince me to check it out.

Unless the goal is to find people to collaborate on building the software. I got a bit confused.

Looking good regardless :)

Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

#75

Post by latexr »

rfgplk wrote: post #68
applfanboysbgon wrote: post #53

This is a violation of Git's trademark, and your usage of it is expressly prohibited by their policy. https://git-scm.com/about/trademark > [...] you may not use any of the Marks as a syllable in a new word or as part of a portmanteau (e.g., "Gitalicious", "Gitpedia") used as a mark for a third-party product or service. > Please be aware that GitHub and GitLab are exceptions to this Policy because they are subject to…

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That’s not right. You can very much apply trademarks to open-source software. See for example Mozilla Firefox. Also, open-source and public domain are not the same thing. Finally, git is GPL.

Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

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Post by baepaul »

hntiz wrote: post #73

Just one minor piece of feedback that's unlikely to be a priority. I cannot fully navigate when browsing in a terminal browser (chawan in my case, haven't tried with w3m or lynx). For example the "h" keymap for going home does not work. That said though, one of my pet peeves around browsing Github Web from the terminal was having to click "skip to content" just to get the body. So you definitely delivered there (afte…

oh wow i have not thought about terminal browsers in a while (i used to use one back in the day in college haha).

yeah, that admittedly is not priority, but thanks for taking the time to check it out.

Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

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Post by ecares »

HyperL0gi wrote: post #74

> What is a bit unique is: 1) we built it in Rust The first unique characteristic is that it was built in Rust? Why does it matter from a user perspective? I was expecting the first point to be something that would convince me to check it out. Unless the goal is to find people to collaborate on building the software. I got a bit confused. Looking good regardless :)

I am tired of "built in Rust" as an argument, you are spot on, it should not matter. But you are shooting right at Rust culture here haha

Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

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Post by pitched »

HyperL0gi wrote: post #74

> What is a bit unique is: 1) we built it in Rust The first unique characteristic is that it was built in Rust? Why does it matter from a user perspective? I was expecting the first point to be something that would convince me to check it out. Unless the goal is to find people to collaborate on building the software. I got a bit confused. Looking good regardless :)

I worry that what they’re trying to say is that it was vibe coded but vibe coded in a language with a pretty solid linter.

What an irony that those exact safety guarantees that made it attractive are now a detriment because they make the project smell like AI.

Re: Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust

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Post by usrbinenv »

No mobile version, but I'm visiting from a tablet, should work at least if switch to "Desktop" in the browser manually. I don't care if I get horizontal scroll - not showing your visitors anything at all is an automatic "I'm out".

Second, when I browsed from an actual desktop, and clicked on links for files it was all slow as hell - specifically the part when you click on a file an expect it to just load, you instead get: 1) some layout switch which looks like page reload 2) then it says "loading..." for several seconds.

After looking at the source code, it appears to be React or similar frontend framework... Ugh. I don't know why people choose to use that stuff, just have a regular SSR which would work a hundred times faster and is more pleasant. And if you really want an SPA, don't use React, Vue or Svelte (and similar), it's horrible and always slow.

Finally, since this appears to be a YC company, it shouldn't matter what's it written in. In fact, I don't even know why Rust would be a good thing here when Go or even Rails/Django would work just fine - but again, it just reinforces the meme that if it's written in Rust, you'll surely hear about it.

Overall, the minimalism idea is welcomed, but it supposedly should appeal to people like myself and it doesn't for all the reasons I mentioned above.

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