Doctor
Dev tools
documentation server
SHOW HN2016
12points
6comments
#1,611of 2,264 in 2016
Top 72%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Needs Postgres for a tool that just serves documents, unlike Gollum which uses the file system.
From 2 comments
It seems somewhat ironic that a "simpler" tool that lets something else "do the heavy lifting", needs a Postgres database, whereas gollum just uses the file system (holding a git…
stephenr on HNCan someone explain the key differences between this and say gollum, which doesn't need postgres installed just to serve rendered markdown documents?
stephenr on HN
Serving Markdown content is not a niche use case.
From 1 comment
Serving markdown content isn't a niche, within the set of what gollum does. I honestly don't understand what "aggregating/associating" you're talking about, that isn't possible…
stephenr on HN
Requests
Use a lighter database such as SQLite.
From 1 comment
Serving markdown content isn't a niche, within the set of what gollum does. I honestly don't understand what "aggregating/associating" you're talking about, that isn't possible…
stephenr on HN
Questions
What are the key differences from Gollum?
From 2 comments
Can someone explain the key differences between this and say gollum, which doesn't need postgres installed just to serve rendered markdown documents?
stephenr on HNDoctor is way simpler. You create categories or headings. Copy paste links to your documentation files (MD) from github.com into Doctor's Dashboard. There is no creating, editing…
deekoder on HN
Alternatives named
Gollum
From 2 comments
Can someone explain the key differences between this and say gollum, which doesn't need postgres installed just to serve rendered markdown documents?
stephenr on HNDoctor is way simpler. You create categories or headings. Copy paste links to your documentation files (MD) from github.com into Doctor's Dashboard. There is no creating, editing…
deekoder on HN