Codelines

Dev tools

code article writing extension

SHOW HN2019

45points
21comments
#849of 2,195 in 2019
Top 39%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

2 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.

Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea for sharing code knowledge

    From 3 comments
    • Hi, OP here. My friend and I created this because we think the current state of how we share programming knowledge on the internet is broken and mostly neglected. We just got…
      mlejva on HN
    • This feels like a great solution to a different problem - documentation of a codebase for internal team usage.
      codingdave on HN
    • Makes sense! Love this project. And thanks for trying to solve something that I also struggled with.
      hiaux0 on HN

Objections

  • Sharing only works by sending the whole project

    From 1 comment
    • Currently, you can only share the whole project. Codelines creates .codelines folder when first activated. So by sending someone the whole project, they can start the extension…
      mlejva on HN
  • Line comments may already do this

    From 1 comment
    • I might be missing something, but why not just use line comments. It will help you and the person you share it with. You can then show the comments in the separate view if needed.
      s_y_n_t_a_x on HN

Requests

  • Example article and how sharing works

    From 1 comment
  • Importers for existing code annotation formats

    From 1 comment
    • Any plans to add importers for common code annotation formats?
      sansnomme on HN

Questions

  • Will it be open source?

    From 1 comment
    • Will this project stay closed source? (because I couldn't find any reference to a repo on the website and on your github, assuming that's you:…
      hiaux0 on HN
  • How is text shared with bindings?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • ourcodestories.com

    From 1 comment

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