Ray.so

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code screenshot generator

SHOW HN2021

384points
123comments
#81of 2,533 in 2021
Top 4%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

13 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 16 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.

Design: 6 for, 6 againstIdea: 6 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good looking, useful for presentations and social posts

    From 3 comments
    • I love it. Will definitely use this for presentations. The only missing feature I really need is Elixir syntax support (even though Ruby works for most examples)
      leifg on HN
    • Neat! This solves a problem for me with generating slides that include code snippets. I'm sure it helps with social media images and whatnot as well. It'd be great if you could…
      FunnyLookinHat on HN
    • Love it! Congrats and cool project. I think you killed this and have something awesome in your portfolio for a long time. My only suggestion is these code snippets are fire on…
      WORMS_EAT_WORMS on HN

Objections

  • Code in images is not accessible or copyable

    From 3 comments
    • I may be rather opinionated on this, but there are literally community efforts to transcribe memes and other pictures containing text so visually impaired people get access to…
      alpaca128 on HN
    • Beautiful but useless, I prefer sharing code with simple code tag rather than code in images, so people can copy test correct etc. For me code should be compiled, so it should be…
      hatemben on HN
    • Name one social media/image hosting site that lets you set an alt attribute. And when you actually have control over the content you can use some nice CSS to get the same look…
      alpaca128 on HN
  • Missing syntax highlighting for some languages such as C++, HTML and Elixir

    From 3 comments
    • Either I'm doing something wrong or there isn't really any syntax highlighting for C++, other than numbers and strings. Also, there's no syntax option for plain C, but that's an…
      moth-fuzz on HN
    • Very pretty, though syntax highlighting for HTML seems to be conspicuously absent.
      r1ch on HN
    • I love it. Will definitely use this for presentations. The only missing feature I really need is Elixir syntax support (even though Ruby works for most examples)
      leifg on HN
  • Hard to tell the text is editable

    From 2 comments
    • Looks great! I know it should have been more obvious, but I didn't realize the text was editable. I was looking for an 'upload your code' button. Maybe put one of those "Try Me!"…
      kirktrue on HN
    • How can you make text look editable?
      chrisseaton on HN

Requests

  • SVG export

    From 2 comments
    • Would be awesome if this supported SVG for better accessibility/making code copyable!
      tkzed49 on HN
    • It begs for SVG export.
      psz on HN
  • API

    From 1 comment
    • Really nice project! This could be very useful for technical / programming blogs. Are you planning to offer a REST API?
      mechero on HN
  • Font selection and font size options

    From 2 comments
    • Fun to play with. Most surprising is the auto-indent when typing Clojure code. The #1 missing feature is the ability to select a different typeface. #2 would be the ability to…
      whalesalad on HN
    • font size =)
      RocketSyntax on HN
  • Accessibility support

    From 1 comment
    • Neat! This solves a problem for me with generating slides that include code snippets. I'm sure it helps with social media images and whatnot as well. It'd be great if you could…
      FunnyLookinHat on HN

Questions

  • What is the use case for code images versus plain text?

    From 2 comments
    • Not trying to be argumentative but this is completely over my head and I do not understand the purpose. Is there some way to get a CSS snippet out for publishing in a…
      shuntress on HN
    • I have to say this feels rather strange next to the functionality of my PrintScreen key. Maybe I'm missing the point. I get that it's easier to look at than pastebin, but I'm…
      qq4 on HN

Alternatives named

  • Carbon (carbon.now.sh)

    From 2 comments
    • Similar website: https://carbon.now.sh/ . They probably have more themes but I like this conciseness.
      zardinality on HN
    • Why? There is already Carbon (https://carbon.now.sh) for that.
      paveloom on HN
  • Source Code Shots

    From 1 comment
    • If you're looking for this, but with an API, I built https://sourcecodeshots.com to power syntax highlighting and Open Graph images of code for https://essay.dev. I initially…
      dwwoelfel on HN
  • codekeep

    From 1 comment
    • Our screenshot tool provides additional functionalities and predefined templates, which allows users to share stunning images and by saving them on codekeep , users can link to…
      jp1016 on HN

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