Goodbye Old Editor

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cloud code editor

SHOW HN2013

68points
41comments
#369of 1,739 in 2013
Top 22%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

4 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 6 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.

Execution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Easy setup and realtime remote pair programming

    From 2 comments
    • Easy setup and realtime pair programming are great. Auto-updates are good, but only if I like the updates :) Forced updates could be annoying and potentially catastrophic if…
      WayneDB on HN
    • Well, if everything else was equal and all features implemented the "zero deployment/any device" would be a great thing, no? As I said I like the idea, not current…
      klibertp on HN
  • Impressive concept

    From 2 comments
    • That's incredible. I've been trying all morning, and do not stop to amaze me.
      g3rald on HN
    • This looks great. When will you shut up and start taking my money? I'm worried of getting too attached, that this beautiful piece of work looks like it has no business model.
      dreyfiz on HN

Objections

  • Missing vim/emacs-style features such as autocomplete and refactoring

    From 2 comments
    • After taking a look I want to ask about a few features I would expect to say goodbye to my "old" editor (I actually just migrated from VIM to Emacs). Are they there, or are they…
      klibertp on HN
    • Few things needed for me before I even consider the change: PS: I am a PHP developer using Netbeans - Autocomplete (for function names, vars and methods) - Control + Click on a…
      __xtrimsky on HN
  • Browser limits and preference for native apps

    From 1 comment
    • Are you sure that you like the idea of in-browser editors? The only feature that I see as useful is the "zero deployment/any device" and I can't imagine that feature coming in…
      WayneDB on HN
  • Requests access to private GitHub repos by default

    From 1 comment
    • This looks pretty cool and I'm going to check it out, but I'm not signing up with GitHub since you ask for access to my private repos by default. Given that I use GitHub for my…
      michaelmior on HN

Requests

  • Editor features like autocomplete, go-to-definition, and outline

    From 2 comments
    • After taking a look I want to ask about a few features I would expect to say goodbye to my "old" editor (I actually just migrated from VIM to Emacs). Are they there, or are they…
      klibertp on HN
    • Few things needed for me before I even consider the change: PS: I am a PHP developer using Netbeans - Autocomplete (for function names, vars and methods) - Control + Click on a…
      __xtrimsky on HN
  • Dropbox or Google Drive support

    From 1 comment
    • Few things needed for me before I even consider the change: PS: I am a PHP developer using Netbeans - Autocomplete (for function names, vars and methods) - Control + Click on a…
      __xtrimsky on HN
  • Self-hosted version

    From 1 comment
    • Anyone know of a self-hosted variant of this? I'd kill for the ability to toss some file on a webserver & use it to edit files locally..
      davidandgoliath on HN
  • Opt-in GitHub private repo access

    From 1 comment
    • This looks pretty cool and I'm going to check it out, but I'm not signing up with GitHub since you ask for access to my private repos by default. Given that I use GitHub for my…
      michaelmior on HN

Questions

  • How does it differ from Cloud9?

    From 1 comment
    • What is different about this from Cloud9 (genuinely interested in the answer)?
      james33 on HN
  • What is the pricing structure?

    From 1 comment
    • I'd like to see the pricing structure before I give you any data (including my Google/FB/GH credentials).
      bsimpson on HN
  • Is each app run in a new virtual machine?

    From 1 comment
    • While running the sample nodejs code, it opened a virtual terminal with the message "Building application in a new virtual machine" - Are you actually creating a new virtual…
      shrikrishna on HN

Alternatives named

  • Cloud9

    From 2 comments
    • Cloud9 IDE? https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/
      martin-adams on HN
    • What is different about this from Cloud9 (genuinely interested in the answer)?
      james33 on HN
  • Koding

    From 2 comments
    • Nice work! Have you played with Koding.com at all? This is very similar and seems to be a space that is heating up. I will definitely give this a shot. One quick piece of…
      yesimahuman on HN
    • Have you seen https://koding.com/ ?
      alpb on HN
  • Vim and Emacs

    From 1 comment
    • After taking a look I want to ask about a few features I would expect to say goodbye to my "old" editor (I actually just migrated from VIM to Emacs). Are they there, or are they…
      klibertp on HN

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