I quite like your poetry IDE
But it doesn't count acronyms properly
Or syllables, "poetry" has three not two
But small complaints aside, bugs are quite few!Show HN: An IDE for poets
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Re: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#102Here is mine:
I did it!
Did I?
No, it seems
This index is a disease
Why this explain query want me to die?
Oh, I can see now... I won't cry
I will try
Mongodb Covered Index to fly
But I can't lie
It has to scan my collection hard
better a compound one, the docs reply
my expectations were too highRe: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#103This is really interesting, and a beautiful little project.
Unfortunately, I don't think it will be of any use to actual poets... Rhyming isn't really in style for modern poetry, and what there is is usually more subtle internal rhymes rather than heavy end-rhymes.
Still, this is a ton of fun to write doggrel with.
(source: my wife has an MFA in poetry)
Re: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#104This is exactly what is wrong. A poem, or a program or mathematical prove could be written down only after it has been emerged, formed to some extent, in one's mind. When people sat town to write something but having no idea that was thought over for a long time (consciously and as background processes) with hope that an IDE will help them quickly put together a program, or a poem, they will end up with a mediocre pi…
Personally, I find that pieces of writing come out in little shreds over time; I was hoping this would be something that would assist in the process of recording and putting them together, or maybe some sort of nonlinear text editor that lets you have multiple alternate phrasings for a line. But no, I guess I'll still have to write it myself.
Re: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#105I hate to be a naysayer but I'm not sure how helpful this would be to your average poet. Things like rhyme and meter counts are rarely involved in early drafts of poems. If you're shooting for a certain style or form typically you keep that in mind as you produce but I'd wager the vast majority of work being produced today doesn't follow any major scheme. This seems like a tool made for poets without the input of poe…
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after all,Re: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#106 I've got people in the Delaware D.O.C.
I send 'em 89 bucks, they send me equity!
Collaborate or compete, 'til HN's header goes sable
I'll put a cap in your ass
or put your ass in a cap table.Re: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#107This is exactly what is wrong. A poem, or a program or mathematical prove could be written down only after it has been emerged, formed to some extent, in one's mind. When people sat town to write something but having no idea that was thought over for a long time (consciously and as background processes) with hope that an IDE will help them quickly put together a program, or a poem, they will end up with a mediocre pi…
It doesn't promise to make a poet out of you, it's just a toy. You know, for fun.
People don't start anything correctly; babies don't start life running marathons or breezing through piano suites, we learn through play and toys are the tools of play. This is a toy for poetry, remarkably beautiful in its simplicity and the way in which it invites one to play.
but it seems you have never played before.
Re: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#108i think you'd have a pretty great mobile app on your hands here if you added a social/sharing side. A timeline of top poems. Instagram for poetry pretty much.
Re: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#109This is exactly what is wrong. A poem, or a program or mathematical prove could be written down only after it has been emerged, formed to some extent, in one's mind. When people sat town to write something but having no idea that was thought over for a long time (consciously and as background processes) with hope that an IDE will help them quickly put together a program, or a poem, they will end up with a mediocre pi…
I disagree with this, but am fascinated by the idea of what you're saying.
When I write (code) , I don't do so with an idea of what I'm going to say down to the word (module), but I do have a vague idea of what I want to say (do). This paragraph, for example; I knew I disagreed with you, but I had to write it out to explore why. If I'm trying to conform to some arbitrary rhyming scheme (syntax), I'm going to be faster in my writing if I can see what all of my options are.
Re: Show HN: An IDE for poets
#110This is lovely. I always get a special joy from seeing things like this. This is something I would never have thought of. It fills such an obvious hole in hindsight. It opens up a place where folk can suddenly experiment and play with something that they might have been afraid of previously. It opens things up. This reminds me of when I helped out with some teacher training in my teens waaaaay back in 1986/87. We wer…
Anecdotes like yours are one of the main reasons I read HN. Thanks for sharing.
Now back to the subject of the thread, kudos to the author. Every time I try conveying an idea into a poem I get stuck on the sounds of the words; it's rather hard to me to find the right rhymes, especially since English is not my native language and I'm used to read far more than to listen to it.
And back to another side note, I stumbled upon this writing by Joe Davis called Telescopic Text [1] a few years ago, and loved it. He also built a tool [2] to aid writing texts on the same format and, though I never managed to finish a text myself, I found the tool rather amusing too.