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12points
5comments
#1,602of 2,195 in 2019
Top 73%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple, focused on a single purpose

    From 1 comment
    • Played with it a bit just now. Less and more, very nice. When returning to the page, it will allow you in with the wrong password and without any complaints. This is confusing.…
      huhtenberg on HN

Objections

  • Password check accepts wrong password on return

    From 1 comment
    • Played with it a bit just now. Less and more, very nice. When returning to the page, it will allow you in with the wrong password and without any complaints. This is confusing.…
      huhtenberg on HN
  • Local copy encrypted but published copy public; expected password for backup and restore

    From 1 comment
    • Played with it a bit just now. Less and more, very nice. When returning to the page, it will allow you in with the wrong password and without any complaints. This is confusing.…
      huhtenberg on HN

Requests

  • Add import of exported JSON files

    From 1 comment
    • Yes, I like to make sure data is accessible. I'll add importing in the future.
      qrv3w on HN
  • Add password validation or backup and restore with password

    From 2 comments
    • Played with it a bit just now. Less and more, very nice. When returning to the page, it will allow you in with the wrong password and without any complaints. This is confusing.…
      huhtenberg on HN
    • Just take a random string, encrypt it with the password and save both plaintext and encrypted version in localStorage, stuff a username in one or another if needed. This will…
      huhtenberg on HN

Questions

  • Is the JSON export meant to be re-uploaded to populate the app?

    From 1 comment
    • I got a content warning when I exported, because the format is json. Is the intention to do something like draw.io, where you can re-upload the file to populate the data into the…
      tenaciousDaniel on HN

Alternatives named

  • draw.io

    From 1 comment
    • I got a content warning when I exported, because the format is json. Is the intention to do something like draw.io, where you can re-upload the file to populate the data into the…
      tenaciousDaniel on HN

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