Watch out, the .so domain presents a lot of headaches
libgc.so :D
Readme.so – Easiest Way to Create a Readme
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess if you normally create your READMEs on the phone, then no. But then, how often do you create READMEs on a phone? I can count on no hands the amount of times I've done that in my life.
I'm also on mobile. No, I've probably never had a need to create a README from my phone, but it would be useful to be able to learn about this service. I wonder what they're doing that's so complicated it doesn't work on mobile...
The mobile version is in progress. The layout doesn't quite work on mobile, and the editor library I used doesn't work on mobile, so it requires some tweaks.
The reason it's not done yet is because I have a job and this is a side project :)
Re: Readme.so – Easiest Way to Create a Readme
#23Why is this easier than opening a text editor?
It is not about opening a text editor. It's about what you would type into that editor. The value provided is in the templates, not in the editor.
Re: Readme.so – Easiest Way to Create a Readme
#24A VSCode extension (triggered on README.* files) that does this would be very nice to have
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#25To me the biggest thing is that I don't make a lot of tables in markdown so being able to drag and drop that would be easier than looking it up. Although having a list of potential sections is helpful too.
I am wondering if there is something like a snippet database plugin for any text editor that would allow you to easily look things up without googling into Stack Overflow. Or maybe it would literally do that behind the scenes.
Because there are so many times where you just need a short example of how to use something so you get the syntax and core parameters or whatever right. Even for basic things like making a table in markdown. Which I think uses the pipe bar and hyphens but not sure.
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#27Watch out, the .so domain presents a lot of headaches
Like what?
Some years back, I used to be the proud owner of "libgoliath.so", but then they suddenly decided to hike the price to IIRC Euro 80,- per year (either that, or prove that I have a Somalian citicenship). So I dropped that.
So now I'm the proud owner of "goliath32.com", which I currently keep parked until I finally, hopefully get around to overhauling my 10 year old personal site.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like what?
Some years back, I used to be the proud owner of "libgoliath.so", but then they suddenly decided to hike the price to IIRC Euro 80,- per year (either that, or prove that I have a Somalian citicenship). So I dropped that. So now I'm the proud owner of "goliath32.com", which I currently keep parked until I finally, hopefully get around to overhauling my 10 year old personal site.
"Price hike", really? I would not exactly call 6.67 euros a month a rip-off. Given your reaction to it, it seems like a very reasonable policy to ensure that people claiming a URL really have plans with it, while keeping out foreigners parking on Somalian webpace for the lulz.
EDIT: some context that is probably relevant to this topic that I should not presume to be familiar with everyone is the controversy surrounding .io domains:
https://gigaom.com/2014/06/30/the-dark-side-of-io-how-the-u-...
Re: Readme.so – Easiest Way to Create a Readme
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some years back, I used to be the proud owner of "libgoliath.so", but then they suddenly decided to hike the price to IIRC Euro 80,- per year (either that, or prove that I have a Somalian citicenship). So I dropped that. So now I'm the proud owner of "goliath32.com", which I currently keep parked until I finally, hopefully get around to overhauling my 10 year old personal site.
"Price hike", really? I would not exactly call 6.67 euros a month a rip-off. Given your reaction to it, it seems like a very reasonable policy to ensure that people claiming a URL really have plans with it, while keeping out foreigners parking on Somalian webpace for the lulz. EDIT: some context that is probably relevant to this topic that I should not presume to be familiar with everyone is the controversy surroundi…
I'm old enough to remember personal websites being a thing, before everyone and their company went over on that Face Site. I had a personal site back than which IIRC 2010 or 2011-ish I moved to the domain I mentioned, and, at the time, I kept updating the site somewhat regularly (before than I had a .de domain, which was really darn cheap and the site was in German only).
The .so NIC "adjusted" the price IIRC around 2014 or so.
Most of the domains I have, or ever had, cost somewhere When it gets closer to Euro 100,- per year (IIRC!) it does start to get painful and I start thinking if that is really worth paying out of my own pocket for my spare time stuff that people nowadays may not even look at at all. At that point I start thinking "I'd rather have a tilde-directory some place and eat a couple Pizzas a year for the money instead".
I migrated that stuff to goliath32.com and, after I simply ran out of time/enthusiasm to maintain a blog, I eventually decided to split the software projects up to a separate, more professional looking place, under "infraroot.at" (a TLD in the country where I live). As I said, I still want to get my act together on the personal stuff and eventually bring the goliath32.com back to live, which I have currently shelved since the interesting stuff was moved elsewhere.
Politics and country matters are something to keep in mind, of course, when you get yourself a fancy two-letter TLD (thanks for pointing out the .io controversy), but please don't try to spin a glorified database entry for which I'm not willing to pay for through my nose into some kind of ad-hominem attack.