Builder.io
Web and SaaS
site builder
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
10 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.43.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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
Impressive work by a single person
From 3 comments
As in a single person made this? Even for a team of 10 that is simply amazing: - Attractive and professional landing page - Fully featured demo site, free to try - [1] Over 10…
gitgud on HN...I did spend almost a full year beforehand just trying to figure out how to approach/solve this problem in the first place I wanted to point out how smart this approach is for…
SteveMR on HNI know we're only supposed to use up votes here and never use comments just for praise but if you built this by yourself you deserve far more credit than a simple upvote of…
yodon on HN
Useful, fascinating tool
From 2 comments
What a fascinating tool. Thank you for sharing it.
johnday on HNGreat tool - super useful.
ashishw on HN
Headless CMS approach is well thought out
From 1 comment
Yeah damn it’s good, I was assuming this was a company posting? Also the plans are good value. And backend/front end integration is well thought out. My concern for you is there…
quickthrower2 on HN
Objections
Many GUI site builders exist; unclear how this stands out
From 2 comments
Yeah damn it’s good, I was assuming this was a company posting? Also the plans are good value. And backend/front end integration is well thought out. My concern for you is there…
quickthrower2 on HNwhat is different from site builders like wix, weebly etc.?
ckpm on HN
Free plan could be abused via caching; pricing model concern
From 2 comments
One concern for you about pricing. If I stick a varnish cache or cloudflare in front of my site (or your api), I’m unlikely to need a big plan. Free plan could do for a very…
quickthrower2 on HNNo problems. What made me think of it wasn't so much trying to avoid paying for the service, but because I'd want to run a cache for speed of the initial page load. If you are…
quickthrower2 on HN
Requests
Embeddable editor for other SaaS applications
From 2 comments
Looks great. Is this embeddable (editor) in other SaaS applications? This can open new opportunities.
abhishektwr on HNLooks really promising! That would be great to have licensing where one can pay a fee (subscription) without having API vendor lock (so it can be integrated into internal software)
pySilver on HN
Licensing without API vendor lock-in
From 1 comment
Looks really promising! That would be great to have licensing where one can pay a fee (subscription) without having API vendor lock (so it can be integrated into internal software)
pySilver on HN
Post on Indie Hackers and Product Hunt
From 2 comments
Cool! You should post this on indie hacker as well. How long did it take you to complete this?
jklepatch on HNQuite nice! You may want to submit to 10words.io and producthunt.com also.
MetaPrem on HN
Questions
How long did it take to build?
From 3 comments
Good stuff and congrats! How long did it take you to build this and how did you find your first customer?
jmswalter on HNMay I ask how much time it took you to build it.
codesternews on HNCool! You should post this on indie hacker as well. How long did it take you to complete this?
jklepatch on HN
How did you find your first customer?
From 1 comment
Good stuff and congrats! How long did it take you to build this and how did you find your first customer?
jmswalter on HN
Can code and builder content be mixed in a React/TypeScript workflow?
From 1 comment
If I start messing with a page in Builder, does that make it difficult to go back and start coding like normal again on it? For instance, if I want to do the page layout first in…
rytill on HN
Alternatives named
Wix
From 1 comment
what is different from site builders like wix, weebly etc.?
ckpm on HN
Weebly
From 1 comment
what is different from site builders like wix, weebly etc.?
ckpm on HN