Staart
Dev tools
starter template
SHOW HN2019
4points
6comments
#2,082of 2,195 in 2019
Top 95%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for a starter template
From 1 comment
Great idea, but I agree with codingdave. Too opinionated and only makes things more difficult. The more important things to a SaaS is the actual product and not the…
madamelic on HN
Objections
Too opinionated; ties users to specific databases and auth
From 2 comments
I love starter templates like this. But I have yet to use them in real products, because they are inherently opinionated. And I like my tech choices to be driven by product…
codingdave on HNGreat idea, but I agree with codingdave. Too opinionated and only makes things more difficult. The more important things to a SaaS is the actual product and not the…
madamelic on HN
Too much auth and cruft for an early-stage MVP
From 1 comment
Great idea, but I agree with codingdave. Too opinionated and only makes things more difficult. The more important things to a SaaS is the actual product and not the…
madamelic on HN
Hard to adopt and build on; merge conflicts when updating
From 2 comments
Great idea, but I agree with codingdave. Too opinionated and only makes things more difficult. The more important things to a SaaS is the actual product and not the…
madamelic on HNThanks, madamelic. Like I said to codingdave, Staart was built as a tool for me, and I published it to see if others might want to use it too. I agree with you that 2FA, auth…
anandchowdhary on HN
Requests
Make it database-agnostic, e.g. use a query builder like Knex
From 1 comment
Why didn't you use a querybuilder (like knex) that is db agnostic? Here users are stuck with MySQL.
ecares on HN
Let users pick and choose features (a builder)
From 2 comments
I understand and this makes a lot of sense. For me, Staart was a way to streamline my own build-and-launch process and I designed the Stack to fit my personal needs. Based on…
anandchowdhary on HNThanks, madamelic. Like I said to codingdave, Staart was built as a tool for me, and I published it to see if others might want to use it too. I agree with you that 2FA, auth…
anandchowdhary on HN
Lighter landing page template
From 1 comment
Great idea, but I agree with codingdave. Too opinionated and only makes things more difficult. The more important things to a SaaS is the actual product and not the…
madamelic on HN
Questions
Why not use a db-agnostic query builder like Knex
From 1 comment
Why didn't you use a querybuilder (like knex) that is db agnostic? Here users are stuck with MySQL.
ecares on HN