[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":509},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-8011081":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":45,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":116,"maker_in_thread":259,"shape":269,"grid":273,"attempts":472,"same_week":473,"maker_shows":38,"maker_hidden":501,"reader_version":502,"card":503},"8011081","Sysadmin Casts","simple bite-sized sysadmin screencasts","title","Show HN: Sysadmin Casts – simple bite-sized sysadmin screencasts","http:\u002F\u002Fsysadmincasts.com","sysadmincasts.com","WestCoastJustin",1404927866,2014,443,80,15,2272,1,"legend","learning_science","screencast tutorials","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"sysadmin","linux tutorials","screencasts","unix training","mixed",0.236,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},16,19,3,6,44,{"execution":37,"pricing":39,"idea":40,"docs":41,"design":43,"performance":44},{"positive":33,"critical":38},2,{"positive":33,"critical":18},{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":42},0,{"positive":18,"critical":42},{"positive":42,"critical":42},[33,33,33,33,42,33,42,42,18,33,46,33,42,46,46,33,46,46,33,42,46,46,46,46,46,46,33,33,18,33,33,18,46,18,46,46,33,33,18,46],5,null,{"problem":49,"audience":61,"pricing":73,"motivation":83,"time_to_build":89,"stack":93,"openness":113,"stage":114,"team_size":115},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Hard to learn practical sysadmin and Linux skills from scratch","commenter",[53,57],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},"8014351","Naushad","Would just say Thanks for such simple casts which explain concepts from scratch and using visual illustrations and not just voiceover and commands. A boon for someone trying to…",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"8011856","kureikain","Great resource. Free. What can I say more. I think one of issue of SysAdmin is that when you read a tutorial and type the command the result, the output is just different and you…",{"value":62,"source":51,"evidence":63},"Sysadmins and developers learning Linux and UNIX administration",[64,68,72],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"8011492","rakoo","That is excellent material, not only for sysadmins, but for anyone interested in diving in the UNIX world. Great work ! I see you have direct download for videos, really good. It…",{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"8012971","endlessvoid94","Excellent. Just excellent. Now that many web developers use heroku right out of the gate, they've never had to really dive too deeply into unix (newbies, that is). Throw a stripe…",{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"value":74,"source":75,"evidence":76},"Free; maker is considering sponsors or donations","maker",[77,80],{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},"8012783","Thanks very much for your feedback! You have several very good points that I will explore, specifically the various models that might work. Ideally, I'd like to keep the site…",{"id":81,"by":11,"text":82},"8015380","Thanks for the kind words. Originally, I didn't even want to host a mailing list (via \"get notified\" link in the header), but tptacek convinced me it was a good idea [1], and he…",{"value":84,"source":75,"evidence":85},"Sharing knowledge; the maker had long sat on ideas and wanted to build one",[86],{"id":87,"by":11,"text":88},"8011096","Here's a site I've been working on for over a year now. Actually posted to HN asking for feedback on the idea [1]. So far, it's been a slow road, no over night success or…",{"value":90,"source":75,"evidence":91},"over a year",[92],{"id":87,"by":11,"text":88},[94,100,107],{"value":95,"source":75,"evidence":96},"AWS S3 and CloudFront for video hosting",[97],{"id":98,"by":11,"text":99},"8012281","I am using AWS S3\u002FCloudFront (should probably do an episode on it ;). Just to give you an idea of how awesome it is. There were 200+ people on the site when this hit the front…",{"value":101,"source":51,"evidence":102},"SublimeVideo player",[103],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"8011559","JoshTheGeek","Your video player does not show controls (http:\u002F\u002Fcdn.sublimevideo.net\u002Fjs\u002F03un6j5a.js as linked in the HTML redirects to http:\u002F\u002Fsublimevideo.net, not JS)",{"value":108,"source":75,"evidence":109},"Kazam, Audacity, Kdenlive and GIMP for production",[110],{"id":111,"by":11,"text":112},"8011640","First, I get the idea. Either through suggestion or something I'm working on. Then the workflow looks like a storyboard with some research. For the videos, I'm using ubuntu as my…","free","launched","solo",{"praise":117,"objections":148,"requests":172,"questions":217,"alternatives":239},[118,133,141],{"value":119,"source":51,"evidence":120},"Clear audio, well-produced videos and transcripts",[121,125,129],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"8011544","haxxorfreak","Really nice and easy to follow, I love the clear audio and well cropped screencasts. The transcripts and documentation is just the cherry on top. Might I ask what you are using…",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"8012163","danso","Really happy to see this project get more attention (I just heard about it today). The screencasts alone are well-produced enough to make it worth bookmarking, but the impressive…",{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"8011622","h1fra","Very nice, as a casual sysadmin I find it very interesting. Videos are cool and very well edited. Good job !",{"value":134,"source":51,"evidence":135},"Simple, bite-sized casts that teach concepts visually",[136,137],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"8014204","Nux","Good job! Watched a couple of your videos, well done; I like the style and the fact you offer files for download as well as text descriptions.",{"value":142,"source":51,"evidence":143},"Refreshing free site with no sales pitch",[144],{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"8015334","jordan0day","There's something about this site that's very www-of-1996 for me, in the best way possible. That is, here's a site full of useful information, obviously created by someone who is…",[149,160,167],{"value":150,"source":51,"evidence":151},"Content is too junior for experienced sysadmins",[152,156],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"8012857","mrmondo","While I like the idea, the content seems to be aimed at a very junior audience, almost really for desktop support techs that are thinking of career progression. It would be great…",{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"8012115","peterwwillis","Comment: There are thousands of guides, HOWTOs, forums, mailing lists, etc out there to teach you how to set up basic tools in Linux. To me this doesn't constitute being a…",{"value":161,"source":51,"evidence":162},"Releases are irregular",[163],{"id":164,"by":165,"text":166},"8011518","incision","Great work, the content looks solid and I love that you've already covered several frequently omitted, but very useful features (transcripts, mobile usable video downloads,…",{"value":168,"source":51,"evidence":169},"Video controls do not show in some browsers with blockers",[170,171],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},[173,185,193,200,207],{"value":174,"source":51,"evidence":175},"Charge a subscription or add donations",[176,180,181],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"8019385","msaspence","\"Shut up and take my money!\" PLEASE CHARGE MONEY for this, as great as the stuff you have up looks already I can't help think how much more time and energy you could devote to…",{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"8013245","joshdotsmith","Please charge money for this.",{"value":186,"source":51,"evidence":187},"Cover advanced topics such as SELinux, clustering and network tuning",[188,192],{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"8011119","dmix","Subscribed. Could you do one on using MAC such as SELinux or ideally GRSecurity? Too many people end up disabling them and putting their box at a much higher risk of compromise.",{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},{"value":194,"source":51,"evidence":195},"Podcast RSS feed with media enclosures",[196],{"id":197,"by":198,"text":199},"8015131","rwl4","Neat videos! Have you considered adding media enclosures to your RSS feed so it is a podcast? I usually watch videos like these on the go.",{"value":201,"source":51,"evidence":202},"Playback speed control",[203],{"id":204,"by":205,"text":206},"8014706","netcraft","This looks great, and super useful! My only suggestion would be to enhance the player to allow me to playback at 1.5x and 2x speed. The HTML5 player on youtube has this and once…",{"value":208,"source":51,"evidence":209},"Episode voting or topic list",[210,214],{"id":211,"by":212,"text":213},"8011626","caio1982","Oh, that's really neat! 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How are you handling hosting for your videos and are the costs manageable?",{"value":233,"source":51,"evidence":234},"What is the maker's background",[235],{"id":236,"by":237,"text":238},"8015212","larrys","I wonder if you could post on your \"about\" page more about yourself (or detail it here). In particular what your expertise is and how much experience you have in what you are…",[240,248,255],{"value":241,"source":51,"evidence":242},"Railscasts and Laracasts",[243,247],{"id":244,"by":245,"text":246},"8013136","locusm","Have a look at the laracasts site, they have a good mix of free\u002Fpaid content and the price is very reasonable.",{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},{"value":249,"source":51,"evidence":250},"CreativeLive",[251],{"id":252,"by":253,"text":254},"8012358","pchristensen","Easy, charge $$ for them. This is great stuff, and people value it highly. You will have more time to work on them if there's income coming from them, and your customers will…",{"value":256,"source":51,"evidence":257},"ServersForHackers",[258],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"comments":260,"answered":34,"key":261},22,[262,263,266],{"id":87,"text":88},{"id":264,"text":265},"8011515","Interesting, I can see the controls (ubuntu firefox\u002Fchrome), but I have had reports that adblock\u002Fflashblock is doing something. I'll need to investigate this further. Thanks for…",{"id":267,"text":268},"8011599","Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, I totally want to put more episodes out, just a juggling act right now. 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