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Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #6

How is this product "Zoom for Developers"? What makes GitDuck like a video conferencing platform which supports 100+ concurrent users? To me "Zoom for x" implies video calling as a primary feature.

'zoom' tells you that you can video/audio call people, 'for developers' tells you that it has features that help with development. It's quite clear for me.

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #4

Site and demo won't load for me. The naming and references to 'Zoom' are odd. Instead of "Zoom for developers" maybe explain exactly what that means? Is is screen sharing and group meetings? When you compare yourself to zoom I immediately set the bar that the usability/performance/security/etc. must at least be to their level.

The article is quite explicit. Here is a small sample:

It has the features you would expect in a video call tool — like audio, video chat and screen sharing, but the UX and the integrations were built exclusively for developers. You can easily share your code and do pair programming. We are building integrations for all the IDEs. This enables you to collaborate without screen sharing (so it's faster and and consumes less bandwidth), directly from your IDE and independently of the IDE that other people are using.

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

#13
How is this better than Visual Studio (Code) Live Share [1]?

Adding a third party dependency for code-sharing seems like a non-starter for large enterprise companies which already have a hard enough time with the first party offering.

[1]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/live-share/

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #8
post #3

This name violates the git trademark policy: https://public-inbox.org/git/20170202022655.2jwvudhvo4hmueaw... I do like the “duck” part of it though!

Do GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and other "gits" have an agreement with "the" Git?

There were two related issues on the Gitea project page about this:

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/4175

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/1516

In the latter, someone mentioned that a few of these projects were grandfathered in/have written permission from the Software Freedom Conservancy and so may use a portmanteau as the name.

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #6

How is this product "Zoom for Developers"? What makes GitDuck like a video conferencing platform which supports 100+ concurrent users? To me "Zoom for x" implies video calling as a primary feature.

We could have said "Google Meet for developers", but Zoom is shorter. :)

But yeah, the point is that you can video chat and we are adding other integrations for developers. Pair programming is one, terminal and server sharing is coming.

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #6

How is this product "Zoom for Developers"? What makes GitDuck like a video conferencing platform which supports 100+ concurrent users? To me "Zoom for x" implies video calling as a primary feature.

The very first paragraph lists one of the features as "direct integration to the IDE so software developers can talk and collaborate in real-time". It doesn't sound to me as if it's aiming to support "100+ concurrent users". If it can help two programmers working remotely be as productive as they would be if they were sitting side by side, then I think it's a very useful product.

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #4

Site and demo won't load for me. The naming and references to 'Zoom' are odd. Instead of "Zoom for developers" maybe explain exactly what that means? Is is screen sharing and group meetings? When you compare yourself to zoom I immediately set the bar that the usability/performance/security/etc. must at least be to their level.

What error did you get when loading the page and demo?

By Zoom we mean a video chat tool, but built for developers. I think it's hard to have a tool for every type of work and I can think some use cases that Zoom is great (like in big conferences) and others that is really bad (for debugging for example).

We are just focused on having a great experience for developers, so no big conferences or webinar features.

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #13

How is this better than Visual Studio (Code) Live Share [1]? Adding a third party dependency for code-sharing seems like a non-starter for large enterprise companies which already have a hard enough time with the first party offering. [1]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/live-share/

The main advantage is that you can collaborate with people using other IDEs. So I could be using VSC, other person Webstorm and a third one Vim.

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #13

How is this better than Visual Studio (Code) Live Share [1]? Adding a third party dependency for code-sharing seems like a non-starter for large enterprise companies which already have a hard enough time with the first party offering. [1]: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/live-share/

I guess they are probably just starting and the claims on their website are too far-fetched. I might give it a try if they come up with integration for JetBrains IDEs.

Re: Launch HN: GitDuck (YC S20) – Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing

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post #2

Sounds neat, but I think your name runs afoul of Git's trademark; see https://git-scm.com/trademark

how? i just read through. nobody would "assume a greater degree of association between you and the Git Project than actually exists."
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