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Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still pending for me too. I'm going to assume this is here because of a voting ring

Either that or it was really impressive for the few minutes it did load. Kind of hard to figure out at this point. Though the fact that it grinds to a halt under high load is also interesting.

Looking at how the DOM is being dealt with and how poor the actual rendering is, I don't think network performance is the only problem here.

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

#12
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still pending for me too. I'm going to assume this is here because of a voting ring

Either that or it was really impressive for the few minutes it did load. Kind of hard to figure out at this point. Though the fact that it grinds to a halt under high load is also interesting.

Maybe, although I loaded it less than 4 minutes after it was posted. HN Hug of death must come really quick

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

#13
One of the problems with examples like this is that it gives an unrealistic expectation to non-technical people that large & complex sites are actually quite basic. There is a lot of functionality that a typical user never sees and is often where the complexity lies.

And as the "app too busy" error message proves, there is a lot more to a site than it's front end alone and cloning a front end does not clone performance. Good for proof of concepts or low use, non-critical apps but I would hesitate to build a business on one.

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

#15
I wasn't able to get it working. I'm on mobile. Page load very slow at first and resolved to an error (didn't copy it, sorry).

Second attempt loaded a header and some elements but no content. I tried to click every element that looked interactable but nothing responded.

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

#16
post #13

One of the problems with examples like this is that it gives an unrealistic expectation to non-technical people that large & complex sites are actually quite basic. There is a lot of functionality that a typical user never sees and is often where the complexity lies. And as the "app too busy" error message proves, there is a lot more to a site than it's front end alone and cloning a front end does not clone performan…

Ironically, it seems this clone does a great job of cloning the performance of reddit, at least when I tried it (bunch of unnecessary requests that takes multiple seconds each, sometimes just returning errors)

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

#19
Dreamweaver 3.0?

Wasn't there some IDE like that in the past where non technical people could build data driven apps visually? I don't remember then name of that application. Wasn't it related to Microsoft Access or something? Hmm, the name eludes me...

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

#20
post #4

I was gearing up to be irritated at seeing "no-code", but this was apparently built using a glorified WYSIWYG editor. That's really impressive, especially given how close it looks to what you set out to imitate. Nice work!

Isn't "glorified WYSIWYG editor" basically what nocode is? Why would the terminology decide your mood when the two are basically synonymous in this context? Bubble (which been used for building this) describes themselves as a nocode tool quite literally ("The best way to build web apps without code") but because you see it as a WYSIWYG your irritation disappeared?
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