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Pullup, the site you join via pull request

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Re: Pullup, the site you join via pull request

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Post by zheng »

From the about page

> We figured pretty much everybody knows JavaScript

Even with the implied "everybody" being "everybody that would be interested in joining our site", this is a poor assumption. Not everyone is a ninja-rockstar web developer. In fact, some of the best content on HN comes from people who most likely don't know JS. I get the idea for the site, but the description seems very naive.

(FWIW, I do know JS)

Re: Pullup, the site you join via pull request

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Post by pents90 »

zheng wrote: post #2

From the about page > We figured pretty much everybody knows JavaScript Even with the implied "everybody" being "everybody that would be interested in joining our site", this is a poor assumption. Not everyone is a ninja-rockstar web developer. In fact, some of the best content on HN comes from people who most likely don't know JS. I get the idea for the site, but the description seems very naive. (FWIW, I do know JS…

> (FWIW, I do know JS)

Assumption confirmed!

Re: Pullup, the site you join via pull request

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Post by krapp »

zheng wrote: post #2

From the about page > We figured pretty much everybody knows JavaScript Even with the implied "everybody" being "everybody that would be interested in joining our site", this is a poor assumption. Not everyone is a ninja-rockstar web developer. In fact, some of the best content on HN comes from people who most likely don't know JS. I get the idea for the site, but the description seems very naive. (FWIW, I do know JS…

I know javascript too, and i've been contributing, but I don't know much about Node.js apps, Express, Mongoose, MongoDB or Jade, so my contributions have been pretty meager.

I'm still not entirely convinced that it serves as an adequate social filter, however, and I agree it might be too technically limiting to lead to a diverse userbase, but as an experiment I think it's worth watching.

Re: Pullup, the site you join via pull request

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Post by betawolf33 »

Interesting idea.

One thing that this would be good for is almost by default members get experience working with the technologies the site is running -- they learn to use Github, deploy node.js, etc. It gives them a working technology base for their own projects.

One problem I foresee is that without a clear discussion about where the site is going, it could quickly become rife with lots of poorly-interacting features. Another is that delays in merging might well turn away valuable members.

Still, interesting project.

Re: Pullup, the site you join via pull request

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Post by rpedela »

zheng wrote: post #2

From the about page > We figured pretty much everybody knows JavaScript Even with the implied "everybody" being "everybody that would be interested in joining our site", this is a poor assumption. Not everyone is a ninja-rockstar web developer. In fact, some of the best content on HN comes from people who most likely don't know JS. I get the idea for the site, but the description seems very naive. (FWIW, I do know JS…

Can't the about page be improved with a pull request?

Re: Pullup, the site you join via pull request

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Post by grannyg00se »

zheng wrote: post #2

From the about page > We figured pretty much everybody knows JavaScript Even with the implied "everybody" being "everybody that would be interested in joining our site", this is a poor assumption. Not everyone is a ninja-rockstar web developer. In fact, some of the best content on HN comes from people who most likely don't know JS. I get the idea for the site, but the description seems very naive. (FWIW, I do know JS…

You don't need to be a ninja-rockstar web developer to know js. But more importantly, I think it would be useful to emphasize the fact that pull requests don't necessarily need to be about improvements to code.
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