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Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by jskilledmycat » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:13 PM UTC

oil25 wrote: post #8

Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo . Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - just a single line with a bunch of third party scripts and trackers. Disappointment over what the Web has become ensues.

woe is you

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by ska » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:13 PM UTC

tozeur wrote: post #16

ska wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not trying to downtalk But then you went ahead and did anyway...

He prefaced to let OP know that he doesn’t intend to be disparaging and only wants to offer feedback. Not every critique is a personal attack...

I didn't see any feedback. Just a statement of questionable veracity that reads negatively, to me at least.

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by soneca » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:13 PM UTC

tozeur wrote: post #16

ska wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not trying to downtalk But then you went ahead and did anyway...

He prefaced to let OP know that he doesn’t intend to be disparaging and only wants to offer feedback. Not every critique is a personal attack...

I agree that not every critique is a personal attack. But this one is (or at least seemed like one to me). There is not one character of feedback in that sentence

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by jdironman » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

oil25 wrote: post #8

Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo . Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - just a single line with a bunch of third party scripts and trackers. Disappointment over what the Web has become ensues.

Archive site I believe is down for maintenance at the moment.

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by randlet » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

MichaelApproved wrote: post #17

jbverschoor wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what’s your mrr?

So, nobody can offer criticism unless they are producing better results? How many NBA coaches can dunk hit a 3-pointer? Yet, the players still listen to their advice and perform better. Just because someone can't do it themselves doesn't mean they can't offer meaningful insight.

Speaking as someone who is trying to bootstrap a product, constructive criticism is worth its weight in gold. OP's statement was critical, and included no valuable feedback which is why it's being downvoted.

"How many NBA coaches can dunk or defend? Yet, the players still listen to their advice and perform better.

Just because someone can't do it themselves doesn't mean they can't offer meaningful insight. "

This is true, but an NBA coach would never criticize Lebron by saying "Wow look how slow you were to learn how to dunk!" Where do you see the meaningful insight in that response?

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by sp332 » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

oil25 wrote: post #8

Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo . Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - just a single line with a bunch of third party scripts and trackers. Disappointment over what the Web has become ensues.

The site does have an odd architecture. I can't even find the article text in one of the downloaded files. Kinda looks like they serialized a large JS object into a string inside one of the JS files, wonder if it's in there.

In addition to being un-archivable, it's probably also impossible to use with a screen reader.

Edit: ok I don't really know anything about screen readers. I just miss graceful degradation being a priority of web design.

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by Avery3R » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:15 PM UTC

rtkwe wrote: post #13

oil25 wrote: post #8

Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo . Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - just a single line with a bunch of third party scripts and trackers. Disappointment over what the Web has become ensues.

"I disabled one of the core technologies of the modern web and it breaks things."

"Just download 8 megabytes of javascript and wait 10 seconds for a page that's mainly made up of static content and should be under ~1mb and load instantly"

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by sp332 » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:16 PM UTC

jdironman wrote: post #24

oil25 wrote: post #8

Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo . Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - just a single line with a bunch of third party scripts and trackers. Disappointment over what the Web has become ensues.

Archive site I believe is down for maintenance at the moment.

This site isn't the Internet Archive, which is down due to a fiber cut. https://mobile.twitter.com/internetarchive/

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by jdironman » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

MichaelApproved wrote: post #17

jbverschoor wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what’s your mrr?

So, nobody can offer criticism unless they are producing better results? How many NBA coaches can dunk hit a 3-pointer? Yet, the players still listen to their advice and perform better. Just because someone can't do it themselves doesn't mean they can't offer meaningful insight.

Whats more, they don't even have to be from the same professions to provide insight / unique perspective which sometimes gets things out of a rut.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Rice

Re: I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business

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Post by paulryanrogers » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

a13n wrote: post #10

oil25 wrote: post #8

Would like to read this, but I just get a blank page with Javascript disabled. Looks like I can't even archive the page - https://archive.fo/kLTbo . Looking at the page source code, it's completely unreadable - just a single line with a bunch of third party scripts and trackers. Disappointment over what the Web has become ensues.

That's really weird that the internet doesn't work with JavaScript disabled in 2019.

No need for the patronizing tone. Some block JS for the same reason others block ads: security and faster load times.

Is it really too much to ask for a single tag on the home page explaining what the service is and why JS is necessary?