Gistlicious
Dev tools
code comparison voting
SHOW HN2012
54points
26comments
#433of 1,677 in 2012
Top 26%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
5 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 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, addictive idea
From 3 comments
Okay, 2 minutes of use and I'm addicted. Please add logins and comments and I will be your first sign up. ----------------------- Public response: Most people I show say the same…
shane_armstrong on HNCool idea! Was also pleasantly surprised to find my Python A* gist near the top of the toplist :) https://gist.github.com/1687840
jdp on HNSo a random gist from a lang on each side -- the real "my coding choice is better" metric This is a lot of fun.
emehrkay on HN
Shows favourite gists
From 1 comment
Cool idea! Was also pleasantly surprised to find my Python A* gist near the top of the toplist :) https://gist.github.com/1687840
jdp on HN
Objections
Many gists are not application code (diffs, build logs, empty files)
From 4 comments
It's a cute idea, but I keep getting things like thousand-character Javascript one-liners, pieces of build logs, dependency lists, stack traces, and empty or deleted files. A…
ken on HNI seem to be getting a lot of gists that are distinctly not application code (ie diffs, make files, random text). I think you could really improve the signal:noise if you let…
mwhooker on HNValueError ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '' The debugger caught an exception in your WSGI application. You can now look at the traceback which led to the…
cncool on HNAfter a few tries one of the gists was empty; I wanted to vote for it (because the best code is no code) and got an Internal Server Error.
draven on HN
Renders oddly on iPad
From 2 comments
Renders a bit strange on the iPad. See screenshot here: http://puu.sh/wQlm
Zombieball on HNThe page looks quirks on my iPad. Maybe it's a gist width problem.
clippit on HN
Comparing different languages is hard
From 1 comment
The idea seems fun enough, but I'd like to see the same languages used on either side. Comparisons between different languages are a bit harder for me, especially since I'm not…
wsc981 on HN
Requests
Filter out non-code and empty gists
From 2 comments
It's a cute idea, but I keep getting things like thousand-character Javascript one-liners, pieces of build logs, dependency lists, stack traces, and empty or deleted files. A…
ken on HNI seem to be getting a lot of gists that are distinctly not application code (ie diffs, make files, random text). I think you could really improve the signal:noise if you let…
mwhooker on HN
Add a Meh or Not applicable vote option
From 2 comments
There needs to be two other buttons: "Meh": which means I wouldn't use either. "WTF??": (one for each side). This isn't just a "not vote up", but is a "major vote down".
SoftwareMaven on HNI seem to be getting a lot of gists that are distinctly not application code (ie diffs, make files, random text). I think you could really improve the signal:noise if you let…
mwhooker on HN
Search or filter by language
From 1 comment
Search by language would be lovely, if you ever get to it.
Peteris on HN
Add logins and comments
From 1 comment
Okay, 2 minutes of use and I'm addicted. Please add logins and comments and I will be your first sign up. ----------------------- Public response: Most people I show say the same…
shane_armstrong on HN
Questions
Is the site working or down?
From 2 comments
Ahh darn, the site is down before I got to play with it. Time to fire up a few more EC2 instances! get to it!
kenrikm on HNNot down for me, must be a local DNS solving or connection issue. Either that or it is client side, refresh your cookies/cache.
shane_armstrong on HN
Alternatives named
Rosettacode
From 1 comment
It could be a way to filter down to the most popular gist's. Or it could be some sort of language popularity measure. Put two one-liners that do the same thing (not necessarily…
h84ru3a on HN
Readability study project at UVA
From 1 comment
It's a cute idea, but I keep getting things like thousand-character Javascript one-liners, pieces of build logs, dependency lists, stack traces, and empty or deleted files. A…
ken on HN