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Re: Show HN: I built a website builder on top of Notion

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Post by anaganisk »

noahbragg wrote: post #31
IceWreck wrote: post #27

I mean this is cool and all but this is literally double lock in. Notion can't be self hosted and neither can this. Why would you depend on either of these for your website. Not to mention using Notion as a CMS means you're limited in what you can do, zero extensibility, etc.

Well there are lots of people out there that don't know how to or don't want to host a site on their own. and maybe they don't know how to code. So this would be a good option for them. Seeing lots of people like this for my current customers.

There are dedicated no code website building services. Like Wix, square space and tens of other great services. This is a bad solution for a solved problem.

Re: Show HN: I built a website builder on top of Notion

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Post by rchaud »

maccard wrote: post #63
danuker wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As opposed to what? Hosting your own server for $120/yr in electricity, but with hardware costs on top?

Likely a digital ocean droplet, or other vps for $5-10 per month. Except neither of those Integrate with notion.

Notion users will be in for a nasty surprise when they realize that DO is closer to a Raspberry Pi than a OEM PC.

All you get is a barebones OS without a GUI. You have to set up everything yourself: server (e.g. Apache), language (e.g. PHP), database and SSL. This is a non-starter for people that have never seen a command line interface before.

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