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Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#1

Post by baristaGeek » Fri, May 13, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

Hey there HN! We're a pair of devs looking to get feedback for our open-source project.

We're remote engineers who have contracted for many clients overseas. There's a problem that all codebases share: Onboarding devs to a new codebase is hard no matter what.

We're also open-source engineers and learned about the techniques used in OSS to tackle the problem. Please give us your feedback.

Homepage: https://watermelon.tools/

Repo: https://github.com/watermelontools/wm-extension

Install: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Watermel...

Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame
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Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#2

Post by estebandalelr » Fri, May 13, 2022, 4:54 PM UTC

Hey! Esteban, the CTO of watermelon here. Feel free to ask any questions, open to answering them :)

Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#3

Post by jgarzonebrath » Fri, May 13, 2022, 5:42 PM UTC

This concept is very cool. Interesting approach to visualize git blame and the team behind looks outstanding. Congrats guys, downloaded.

Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#4

Post by baristaGeek » Fri, May 13, 2022, 6:26 PM UTC

jgarzonebrath wrote: post #3

This concept is very cool. Interesting approach to visualize git blame and the team behind looks outstanding. Congrats guys, downloaded.

Ty very much! We're glad we're adding value.

Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#5

Post by oarojas » Fri, May 13, 2022, 6:28 PM UTC

Love the open-source approach. Congrats! Great product

Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#6

Post by baristaGeek » Fri, May 13, 2022, 6:31 PM UTC

oarojas wrote: post #5

Love the open-source approach. Congrats! Great product

Ty! This has been an important pillar for us since day 1. We believe a lot in the open source ethos, its transparency, and its collaborativeness.

Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#7

Post by alan_arguello » Fri, May 13, 2022, 6:36 PM UTC

Amazing concept! I have been following the process and I'm really excited to see what you guys accomplish. Congrats!

Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#8

Post by baristaGeek » Fri, May 13, 2022, 6:39 PM UTC

alan_arguello wrote: post #7

Amazing concept! I have been following the process and I'm really excited to see what you guys accomplish. Congrats!

Ty Alan! It's great to be surrounded by smart technical people like you.

Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#9

Post by nicorojas9 » Fri, May 13, 2022, 7:21 PM UTC

Hey, congrats on the open source approach! I do have a question on your strategy though. How do you get valuable feedback from users? What incentive does your users have in order to communicate with you back and forth trying to build a better product?

Re: Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame

#10

Post by baristaGeek » Fri, May 13, 2022, 7:30 PM UTC

nicorojas9 wrote: post #9

Hey, congrats on the open source approach! I do have a question on your strategy though. How do you get valuable feedback from users? What incentive does your users have in order to communicate with you back and forth trying to build a better product?

Ty! Open source is a very important part of our philosophy.

1. We track which GitHub usernames and repos that use Watermelon, it's the only thing we track. This allows us to go to people and ask them for more detailed feedback. We also get feedback from stargazers and forkers. Because we're open source, people also leave GH issues.

2. The incentive is something very basic: They wanna see a better version of this out there in the world.