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Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

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Is there an integration with VS Code or Atom?

If you’re interested, I built a snippet manager for VS Code that uses GitHub Gists for persistence. That way, you get a productive, in-editor experience, while still being able to keep your own data/code, and can benefit from the existing ecosystem and primitives that have been built around gists (e.g. embedding gists into Dev.to/Medium blog posts, opening a Gist-based Jupyter notebook in NbViewer). It’s called GistP…

wow, this looks great!

Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

#22
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you’re interested, I built a snippet manager for VS Code that uses GitHub Gists for persistence. That way, you get a productive, in-editor experience, while still being able to keep your own data/code, and can benefit from the existing ecosystem and primitives that have been built around gists (e.g. embedding gists into Dev.to/Medium blog posts, opening a Gist-based Jupyter notebook in NbViewer). It’s called GistP…

wow, this looks great!

Thanks! Let me know if you get a chance to check it out, and have any feedback (https://github.com/vsls-contrib/gistpad). I’m iterating on it pretty quickly, and am looking for more input about other developer’s use cases

Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

#23
post #3

Nice. Does it store the snippets in a got repo? Or can it use gitlab or GitHub snippets as storage, if not, that would be handy.

If you’re using VS Code, you can checkout GistPad, which allows managing code snippets, mini-docs, and interactive/CodePen-like playgrounds, all backed by GitHub Gists: https://aka.ms/GistPad.

Disclaimer: I built GistPad, and am just mentioning it since you mentioned GitHub-based snippets.

Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

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Here, I rewrote your comment to say the same things in a friendlier way. There are nicer ways to provide feedback. > I would recommend updating your demo GIF to more accurately portray the idea. Perhaps instead of just typing the function into the text editor, it should also convey how snippets can be saved and reused at a later point. This would give me a better idea of how to utilize the project.

There was nothing unfriendly about the original phrasing.

Can anyone tell me why some comments, like this one, are darker than others? It would appear lighter with the default scheme.

Image showing what I mean: https://i.imgur.com/Beo2qve.png

Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here, I rewrote your comment to say the same things in a friendlier way. There are nicer ways to provide feedback. > I would recommend updating your demo GIF to more accurately portray the idea. Perhaps instead of just typing the function into the text editor, it should also convey how snippets can be saved and reused at a later point. This would give me a better idea of how to utilize the project.

There was nothing unfriendly about the original phrasing.

Op communicated their emotional noise rather than being constructive (signal). The content is there in between the complaints.

Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

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Not to diminish the effort, but the use case for this can only be a role that requires a ton of snippet handling, which inherently means you are doing something wrong as a programmer (imho). Once you get to a point where you are regularly using snippets a lot, writing some automated script is the next step, not a tool that makes it easier to copy/paste.

Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

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There was nothing unfriendly about the original phrasing.

Can anyone tell me why some comments, like this one, are darker than others? It would appear lighter with the default scheme. Image showing what I mean: https://i.imgur.com/Beo2qve.png

I believe it means the post was down-voted below zero.

Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was nothing unfriendly about the original phrasing.

Can anyone tell me why some comments, like this one, are darker than others? It would appear lighter with the default scheme. Image showing what I mean: https://i.imgur.com/Beo2qve.png

Those are comments that have been predominately downvoted.

From the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

> Why don't I see down arrows?

> There are no down arrows on stories. They appear on comments after users reach a certain karma threshold, but never on direct replies.

Re: Show HN: MassCode – a code snippets manager for developers

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post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can anyone tell me why some comments, like this one, are darker than others? It would appear lighter with the default scheme. Image showing what I mean: https://i.imgur.com/Beo2qve.png

Those are comments that have been predominately downvoted. From the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > Why don't I see down arrows? > There are no down arrows on stories. They appear on comments after users reach a certain karma threshold, but never on direct replies.

Thank you! I wasn't aware there were even downvotes, so I didn't think of that as a possibility.
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