Val Town Projects
Dev tools
hosted javascript platform
SHOW HN2025
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#1,816of 3,837 in 2025
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How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Idea: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Long-awaited feature for Val Town users
From 1 comment
Been waiting for something like this to land in val.town for too long! Congrats to Steve and the team for shipping this.
lunarcave on HN
Fans of Val Town
From 1 comment
Love Val.Town!
campak on HN
Objections
No git-style lock-in free exit; project uses a custom system instead of git
From 1 comment
Git has the advantage for the user, that there is no lock in effect, how about your approach :)?
jcmp on HN
Requests
Git sync to and from projects
From 1 comment
Yes we do not have that. Hopefully if you're using Val Town you're getting a lot of out the interface and platform and this is just another api surface. If you want to pull your…
maxmcd on HN
Questions
Why not build on git?
From 1 comment
Git has the advantage for the user, that there is no lock in effect, how about your approach :)?
jcmp on HN
Alternatives named
Git
From 1 comment
Git has the advantage for the user, that there is no lock in effect, how about your approach :)?
jcmp on HN