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How HN took it
6 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 5 for, 6 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for adding React widgets to old or simple sites without full dev setup
From 3 comments
I do see the value in this. Especially for folks trying to add some cool react widgets without doing the full dev - specially for some old code-base. Respect!
devsatish on HNHey good job! Can't identify with the opposition in the comments, this looks useful to add a fancy feature to a simple website.
jdthedisciple on HNYeah this is a really handy shortcut to doing all that! I work with collaborators hosting their sites on old legacy pages (in Academia, hosted on university systems); this could…
yawnxyz on HN
Simple way to get a React build without tooling
From 1 comment
I am confused. It says I can paste React components into any website, but what do I do with the generated script tags? how can do I paste this into github.com or…
dmak on HN
Objections
Webpack-as-a-service adds complexity; plain script tags or CRA are simpler
From 3 comments
I'm sorry, but what problem does this solve? Seems like this makes the developer experience worse in every way.
bdorn on HNThat works, I was more responding to using this random site instead of just CRA locally. Just seems odd.
bdorn on HNI'm not following - even manually inserting script tags to mount the component is better than relying on another site like this to bundle it.
bdorn on HN
Unclear what problem it solves for developers
From 2 comments
I'm sorry, but what problem does this solve? Seems like this makes the developer experience worse in every way.
bdorn on HNI'm confused why you need a tool for this. If you are writing the react code, and adding the script to your web page... this tool just seems to be an alternative to webpack? It…
codingdave on HN
Output script tags only work on sites that run JavaScript, not comment sections
From 2 comments
I am confused. It says I can paste React components into any website, but what do I do with the generated script tags? how can do I paste this into github.com or…
dmak on HNIt outputs JavaScript so you can only put it in places that interpret the JavaScript like GitHub pages or your own site. GitHub comments for instance or hackernews comments won’t…
jimhi on HN
Requests
Support for other frameworks such as Vue
From 2 comments
My comment wasn't a critique on your product. I can totally see how this could be handy and I'll keep it bookmarked. I was mostly critiquing that web devs nowadays always seem to…
sibit on HNVue would be pretty easy. From personal experience it’s mostly react that’s has all these open source things someone might want. Was there one you were thinking of?
jimhi on HN
Page load performance metrics
From 1 comment
Can you show some page load metrics between a page without any of these and the same page with several different widgets packaged with this? Interested in things like kB…
eurasiantiger on HN
Clearer messaging on what to do with the generated script
From 1 comment
I am confused. It says I can paste React components into any website, but what do I do with the generated script tags? how can do I paste this into github.com or…
dmak on HN
Questions
Why not just use a local CRA project or manual script tags
From 2 comments
I'm confused why you need a tool for this. If you are writing the react code, and adding the script to your web page... this tool just seems to be an alternative to webpack? It…
codingdave on HNI'm not following - even manually inserting script tags to mount the component is better than relying on another site like this to bundle it.
bdorn on HN
Does it work for injecting components into WordPress
From 1 comment
this is pretty neat! Does this mean you can inject random React components into something like a Wordpress site?
yawnxyz on HN
Alternatives named
Create React App or building a bundle locally
From 2 comments
Funny enough I ran into this exact use case recently. We have a marketing site for a client done with webflow..But we needed to add a third party widget that only had an react…
kclay on HNYou can just build your react components into a bundle and reference that. Just like this tool is doing behind the scenes. That's how most people use React.
andix on HN
Manually inserting script tags with ReactDOM
From 1 comment
I'm not following - even manually inserting script tags to mount the component is better than relying on another site like this to bundle it.
bdorn on HN
Mustache/handlebars templates in SnipCSS
From 1 comment
Converting all jsx/javascript from one framework to another would be extremely hard. It's easier to start with something more basic like a mustache/handlebars template - and then…
mrieck on HN