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Re: Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator

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It sounds great, but the permissions it needs is too much for me: > Repositories > Public and private > This application will be able to read and write all public and private repository data. Would it be possible to use deploy keys for specific repositories instead?

Private repos have to remain private. I don't own that code, I can't give it away. I was really excited to try this, too. Please fix this, I really want to give Primo a shot. :)

Re: Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator

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Hi HN. primo is an IDECMSCLSSG (short for IDE, CMS, Component Library, Static Site Generator) I’ve been working on for a few months. The idea came from wanting to host a Notion page at a domain name and not being able to. Once I made the initial version - a basic text editor - the rest of the features just came naturally (except for the SSG, which came from not wanting to deal with hosting). I’d written off freelance…

Free, but why do I need to login with GitHub to even try it?

I think they're just using it as a simple login solution so they don't have to use Google or Facebook for now. Since most developers have a GitHub account, it seems reasonable to me. Also it looks pretty heavily integrated with GitHub pages, which would require a GitHub account to work anyways.

Re: Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator

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Thanks! Couldn't believe my luck on that one

Does Google treat .af (Afghanistan) as an international domain though? Not sure if they take the TLD into account much anymore when determining the regional focus of a page, I know some TLDs like .io and .ai are treated as non-regional, not sure about .af though. Problably not a large problem though, just haven't seen many .af product sites so far (really great, short domain name otherwise).

Good question, no idea. The main domain is primo.so, so I think at the very least that should be safe.

Re: Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator

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Why give this away? You could have a good business. You’re leaving money on the table.

I'd research that claim before putting too much into monetizing a product like this. There are a veritable boatload of CMS tools available these days, most of which are free. You pay more for making it easy for non-tech folk to use, but at some point the market drives people to hire a webmaster, not pay license fees for a tool.

I've told the story before, but we did a CMS very similar to this back in 1999/2000, and was able to charge 5-6 figures to Fortune 500 companies for a license. But that market crashed. CMS is just a specific flavor of CRUD apps, and most web devs can make one, so they just don't have the same price point as they used to.

That doesn't invalidate the work put into this CMS. I like what I can see of it. It looks like a good piece of work. But most CMS successes these days do give away the core tool for free, then make money on plugins, hosting, and services.

Re: Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator

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It sounds great, but the permissions it needs is too much for me: > Repositories > Public and private > This application will be able to read and write all public and private repository data. Would it be possible to use deploy keys for specific repositories instead?

Definitely. I thought I'd made it so you only need to give full permission on build, but either way individual repo access is ideal; I'll work on that next. Thanks.

Okay, you should be able to log in with just public repo access now. Still working on individual repo access.

Re: Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator

#127

It sounds great, but the permissions it needs is too much for me: > Repositories > Public and private > This application will be able to read and write all public and private repository data. Would it be possible to use deploy keys for specific repositories instead?

Private repos have to remain private. I don't own that code, I can't give it away. I was really excited to try this, too. Please fix this, I really want to give Primo a shot. :)

idk how this didn't occur to me. at any rate, you can log in with public access now, still working on individual repo permissions

Re: Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator

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.af (as fuck), pronounced "ah-foo" is cool af sounding tld. [0] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=af

Where does the "ah-foo" pronunciation come from? I've never heard this before.

Some people say A.F. some people pronounce it as a word.
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