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Shown by louisstow on Mar 8, 2014. Click the card to turn it over.

29points

20comments

#1,005of 2,272 in 2014

Top 45%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.60.

Docs: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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Helpful guides for different app types
From 1 comment
- Some guides for different types of apps you can build: - Reddit (https://getsproute.com/docs/reddit) - Chat App (https://getsproute.com/docs/chatapp) - Blog…
  louisstow on HN
Support fixed login problem quickly
From 2 comments
- Email sent. Created a new space and it's functioning appropriately. Thanks!
  ehaughee on HN
- Good to hear. I removed the old account and created a new premium one for you. Feel free to send any feedback!
  louisstow on HN

Email vs username labels confusing at login
From 1 comment
- In the signup you ask for 'email', but on dashboard login you ask for 'username'. It took me way too long (and had to watch your video) to determine these are the same thing.…
  mgkimsal on HN
Unclear meaning of 'free forever'
From 1 comment
- ``` Free forever ``` How do they define 'forever'? Google Fiber defines 'forever' to be seven years.
coherentpony on HN
Free page limit too low for tutorial
From 1 comment
- I can't even complete the most basic reddit tutorial on the free account, when I try to create the seventh page (subreddit) it tells me I went over the limit. On the page is says…
  mnx on HN
Unclear what the product is
From 2 comments
- I'm sorry. I don't get this.
  dlsym on HN
- A FAQ and about page would be extremely useful here. What is it? What are it's limitations? Who are you building this for? What happens if sproute goes out of business? I'm sure…
  jaxomlotus on HN

Add FAQ and about page
From 1 comment
- A FAQ and about page would be extremely useful here. What is it? What are it's limitations? Who are you building this for? What happens if sproute goes out of business? I'm sure…
  jaxomlotus on HN
Export sites to ZIP for self-hosting
From 2 comments
- Great idea! Will add it. The video was an attempt at a good introduction but a FAQ makes sense to me. The framework will be released as open-source very soon and I will…
  louisstow on HN
- I define forever as the lifetime of the app. Also I will be adding a feature to export sites for use on private servers
  louisstow on HN

What happens if the company goes out of business
From 1 comment
- A FAQ and about page would be extremely useful here. What is it? What are it's limitations? Who are you building this for? What happens if sproute goes out of business? I'm sure…
  jaxomlotus on HN