ConsoleChat
Dev tools
website embeddable chat
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
10 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 17 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Idea: 7 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 8 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 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
Fun and original idea
From 3 comments
This is so utterly useless... but I love it! Really great work building something silly :)
gkoberger on HNBecause it's fun and original. And it's usable for me at the moment.
justusthane on HNvery cool
peterpost2 on HN
Good potential for dev chats or IRC-like use
From 3 comments
I think it has heaps of potential. Make it like IRC, I'd often pop open my console just to have some dev chats. ===== I've been throwing my open source projects API requirements…
thomasfromcdnjs on HNCool project, I keep getting booted but seems like it would be a fun little toy for a secret dev community or an interesting way to converse with your more tech oriented users…
kxrm on HNNice idea. I like it. I think it could be especially helpful on open source projects. Especially ones that have a lot of developers contributing. Also, there's a typo in the text…
nutinatree on HN
Objections
Blocked by CORS for many users
From 5 comments
For me it's all blocked because of CORS
growt on HNsame
Icyphox on HNSame here
jlis on HN+1
drorwolmer on HNTHiS is sO aWeSoMe! But it blocked - CORS. I just tried if loop works. I guess it did get me kicked.
goku99 on HN
Spam and server overload, including ASCII porn and loop spam
From 3 comments
Was awesome until the loop spam began. I think your server just crashed too. Never thought I'd say this, but please add rate limiting. :)
KhoomeiK on HNIt didn't take long for the ASCII porn to start. But otherwise, a fun couple of minutes.
radicalriddler on HNIt's 506ing for me now.
quickthrower2 on HN
Not usable in its current state
From 2 comments
How is a broken product (per the creator's confession) still being upvoted?
ronyfadel on HNIt's not usable or even demo-able, I'm candidly wondering what people are upvoting.
ronyfadel on HN
Requests
Add rate limiting
From 1 comment
Was awesome until the loop spam began. I think your server just crashed too. Never thought I'd say this, but please add rate limiting. :)
KhoomeiK on HN
Unicode input sanitising
From 1 comment
Please do some unicode sanitising on user input. so we don't get Ě̼͔̠͈̯̲̪̻̦͔ͯ̎̿̊̂̈́̃̈́̓̇̾̏̉ͅͅ…
deepstack on HN
IRC-like capabilities
From 2 comments
I think it has heaps of potential. Make it like IRC, I'd often pop open my console just to have some dev chats. ===== I've been throwing my open source projects API requirements…
thomasfromcdnjs on HNCool project, I keep getting booted but seems like it would be a fun little toy for a secret dev community or an interesting way to converse with your more tech oriented users…
kxrm on HN
Federation between working sites
From 1 comment
congrats, its awesome! maybe a way to federate between other known-working sites would be a fun idea
cbluth on HN
Questions
How to sanitise Unicode input across languages
From 1 comment
Not the OP, but any suggestions on libraries/algorithms for doing so? Seems like if you want to support a wide range of languages, you have to be careful how you do this.
michaelmior on HN
Alternatives named
Relaychat
From 1 comment
Relaychat has been around for alot longer.
hypervisorxxx on HN
Supabase for realtime chat backend
From 1 comment
Shameless plug: i'm the cofounder of Supabase (https://supabase.io an open source Firebase alternative). I'd be happy to help you convert this over to if you want to avoid the…
kiwicopple on HN