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SHOW HN2024
172points
75comments
#468of 3,515 in 2024
Top 14%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 14 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Execution: 1 for, 5 againstIdea: 1 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple homepage and UI
From 3 comments
Two thoughts: - I like the no-nonsense landing page, but what I'd like more is to be able to see what the product actually looks like without having to sign up. At least…
justusthane on HNI love the homepage, simple and clean! Any screenshots of how it looks for logged users? I noticed it uses MongoDB. That seems like an overkill to me, have you considered SQLite?…
avinassh on HNNice, looks like you're off to a great start. Here are some features I love about Pinboard.in that you could consider adding to Webtag as it grows: - iOS/Android share extension,…
jchook on HN
Open source and self-hostable
From 2 comments
This is open-source, you can spin up your own instance.
vasanthv on HNLooks like the source code is all public, so self-hosted is probably an option: https://github.com/vasanthv/webtag
TehShrike on HN
Objections
Sign-up fails with errors or rate limits
From 3 comments
When I try to sign up I just get "something went wrong please try again"
oneeyedpigeon on HNGetting “something went wrong please try again” on sign up page. Safari, iPadOS.
JMiao on HNAll attempts to create an account fail with "429 Too Many Requests".
huhtenberg on HN
Trust concerns about storing bookmarks on a third-party server and long-term funding
From 2 comments
Sounds cool, but my bookmarks are too valuable to save on the servers of someone I'm not paying a subscription to :-x
TehShrike on HNNice, looks like you're off to a great start. Here are some features I love about Pinboard.in that you could consider adding to Webtag as it grows: - iOS/Android share extension,…
jchook on HN
No GDPR statement and account deletion is hard
From 1 comment
No GDPR mentions, cannot delete account easily :-(
911e on HN
Requests
Screenshots or a demo before signing up
From 2 comments
Two thoughts: - I like the no-nonsense landing page, but what I'd like more is to be able to see what the product actually looks like without having to sign up. At least…
justusthane on HNIt would be nice to have some sort of demo
tandav on HN
Public bookmark pages option
From 1 comment
Two thoughts: - I like the no-nonsense landing page, but what I'd like more is to be able to see what the product actually looks like without having to sign up. At least…
justusthane on HN
Browser extension and mobile share support
From 1 comment
Nice, looks like you're off to a great start. Here are some features I love about Pinboard.in that you could consider adding to Webtag as it grows: - iOS/Android share extension,…
jchook on HN
Automatic archiving of saved pages
From 2 comments
I love the homepage, simple and clean! Any screenshots of how it looks for logged users? I noticed it uses MongoDB. That seems like an overkill to me, have you considered SQLite?…
avinassh on HNNice, looks like you're off to a great start. Here are some features I love about Pinboard.in that you could consider adding to Webtag as it grows: - iOS/Android share extension,…
jchook on HN
Docker image for self-hosting
From 1 comment
Wish this had docker image. I don't want to install npm to spin this up.
quaintdev on HN
Questions
Where and how is data stored
From 1 comment
I'm curious, where and how is the information stored as part of the service. Would be nice if you can share the deployment strategy that is being used as it suggests the…
thinking_banana on HN
How the project will be funded long term
From 1 comment
Nice, looks like you're off to a great start. Here are some features I love about Pinboard.in that you could consider adding to Webtag as it grows: - iOS/Android share extension,…
jchook on HN
Alternatives named
Pinboard
From 2 comments
Two thoughts: - I like the no-nonsense landing page, but what I'd like more is to be able to see what the product actually looks like without having to sign up. At least…
justusthane on HNI've been been a Pinboard fan for years. I paid $11 for lifetime access back in 2011, and "upgraded" to an annual plan with archival in 2021 (mostly because I wanted to support…
justusthane on HN
Linkding
From 1 comment
I use linkding for that? Have you tried it? https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding
GGO on HN
Buku
From 1 comment
Hey folks, another option that I've settled on (after messing with shaarli, shiori and a few others) is Buku. Usually I really like plain text instead of dbs, but the killer here…
jrm4 on HN
Raindrop.io
From 1 comment
I'm currently paying Raindrop.io 28$/year. I would easily pay 100$/year for a good bookmarking service that archives the pages that I bookmark (which Raindrop is doing well for…
TehShrike on HN
Zotero
From 1 comment
Sounds like you're after zotero.
account-5 on HN