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11points
31comments
#1,314of 1,739 in 2013
Top 76%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.

Design: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, simple, beautiful design

    From 3 comments
    • I like this a lot. It's super simplistic and ultimately out-of-the-way. The design is nice. A couple things I would add would probably be some way to do syntax highlighting and a…
      Posibyte on HN
    • I never thought I'd find a paste bin to be beautiful but damnit, wrong again.
      jimmytucson on HN
    • Pretty Nice. Couple of small issues I noticed: If you try to save an empty Paste you get a server error. Also, The Save Icon itself feels very 1990s to me, you might want to…
      bradsmithinc on HN

Objections

  • Blank page without JavaScript

    From 2 comments
    • Loads to a blank white page with JavaScript disabled. Utter failure.
      mfincham on HN
    • You're right, "utter failure" might be taking things too far. "Consider the target audience of this. It'll be more technically inclined people. It's again safe to assume these…
      mfincham on HN
  • Syntax highlighting detection is weak and has bugs

    From 2 comments
    • It does have syntax highlighting, but the detection is not very good yet. At any rate, you can always change the extension on the URL and it will try to highlight that language.…
      jdiez17 on HN
    • There's a bug in google code prettify which your syntax highlighting also shows: http://paste.pm/134.sh relevant bug:…
      niggler on HN
  • Empty paste causes server error

    From 1 comment
    • Pretty Nice. Couple of small issues I noticed: If you try to save an empty Paste you get a server error. Also, The Save Icon itself feels very 1990s to me, you might want to…
      bradsmithinc on HN

Requests

  • Shell client for piping output into pastes

    From 1 comment
    • hastebin has shown me what a good paste service should support. The most important thing is a shell client (`do_something | haste`). What is the analogue for this service?
      niggler on HN
  • Named paste URLs instead of numeric IDs

    From 1 comment
    • Im using the web interface, and every time i save it seems to default to a number (e.g. http://paste.pm/108)
      niggler on HN

Questions

  • Is there syntax highlighting for shell scripts?

    From 1 comment
    • Is there syntax highlighting for shell scripts (.sh)?
      niggler on HN

Alternatives named

  • hastebin

    From 1 comment
    • hastebin has shown me what a good paste service should support. The most important thing is a shell client (`do_something | haste`). What is the analogue for this service?
      niggler on HN
  • writeapp.me

    From 1 comment
    • It's funny you mention that because I'm working on it now. Maybe it's not exactly what you're looking for but it might be close. It's https://writeapp.me Before (or if) you check…
      bpatrianakos on HN

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