Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
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Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#2Over the last 6 months we've spent most of our free time developing our side hustle. It's called TrueQ and is a new Q&A platform for developer.
Of course we know there are a handful of other platforms out there which already do this job, but we strive to deliver a platform which really focusses on its community and gives you a nice UX when describing your software development problem or providing an answer for it.
We have many plans for the platform and are already developing future features which will make the platform more unique. Nevertheless after 6 months of development in complete privateness, it is time to tell other people about it and gather feedback - that's why we're here.
We would love to hear what you guys are thinking about TrueQ and would really appreciate if you help us building a new community by spreading the word and start engaging with us on our platform.
If you're interested about the tech-stack or want to know more about our journey you can read about it here: https://trueq.io/our-journey
Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#3IMHO, the popularity of Stackoverflow is powered by search engine results rather than their community. If they fail to create such a community, it’s probably hard to establish one around a Q&A app.
In a competition like this where network effects play a huge role, your app must be orders of magnitude better for some niche. It could be about revenue sharing, decentralization or something better.
Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#4What are the main differentiators between this and
Stackoverflow?
Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#5> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it
Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain.
Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism.
Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular.
At the very least, if you're going to follow the trend of having a dark mode you should provide a light mode (which this site does). Either have some sort of switch or use CSS to determine the OS setting.
I've been using dark mode in my code editors since 2011 or so and went back to light mode recently. I'm certain dark mode was a detriment to my eyes as I've been able to go back to my old glasses too.
Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#6What are your goals for sustainability? Will you charge for use of the website or have advertisements?
I've always been a bit sad that the websites we use most (GitHub, StackOverflow) are closed source, and was kinda hoping this would be an open source reimagining of SO, so it would be interesting to learn more about what differentiates TrueQ. I understand you are very happy with your post editor, and that its kinda more for discussions than "solve this problem" like SO is, but there are other sites in the StackExchange network which could also fill the same role :)
Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#7> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…
I have recently switched from dark to light as well in my editor and I have noticed it is easier to read darker text over a light background as well. You, or at least I, notice this as well when I turn off Trueq.io's dark mode on the pages with more text like the 'about' page.
You are being down voted, but not countered, so it seems like people are being emotional about this for some reason. Ah well, to each his own.
Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#8> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…
I have astigmatism and have never experienced this pain.
Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#9What are your goals for sustainability? Will you charge for use of the website or have advertisements? I've always been a bit sad that the websites we use most (GitHub, StackOverflow) are closed source, and was kinda hoping this would be an open source reimagining of SO, so it would be interesting to learn more about what differentiates TrueQ. I understand you are very happy with your post editor, and that its kinda…
We are for sure not gonna show ads. We are currently experimenting with different financing models, let's see. We actually want to become a developer platform which will include much more features than just Q&A.
Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers
#10Over the last 6 months we've spent most of our free time developing our side hustle. It's called TrueQ and is a new Q&A platform for developer. Of course we know there are a handful of other platforms out there which already do this job, but we strive to deliver a platform which really focusses on its community and gives you a nice UX when describing your software development problem or providing an answer for it. We…
Can you describe what makes your code editor UX better than StackOverflow’s code editor?