I'd like to encourage HN to stop doing the "yeah thats nice, check out this other thing that everyone approves of" or even worse, "yeah thats nice, but have you heard about my startup that is launching next week?"
When we are discussing something that sucks, or angers the community, please supply alternatives. But when someone does a Show HN thats like someone baking you a cake, and without so much as taking a bite you pull a fucking twinkie out of your pocket like "nah thanks". Please do better.
If a tool is presented that could fill a need that I have, knowing about other alternatives is helpful. It's easier to evaluate multiple options in the beginning rather than change directions in the future.
This is a Show HN. Don't go to someone else's birthday and then mention that it's also President's Day or Free Foot long Day at Sonic. It is poor taste, doesn't matter what you're needing because it is a thread dedicated to this thing someone else did.
Nobody drives to a Chevy dealer to talk about how their truck back home is Built Ford Tough. Sure you can do it and some folks are polite enough to stay silent but don't let that skew your perception of it.
I second this so much. We all understand how much effort we put into bringing our work into HN, bc we know how critical it can be. But we do it because we expect the critique to be genuine and useful. This “what about me” behavior is discouraging and needs to stop.
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[ 1.2 ms ] story [ 28.3 ms ] threadWhen we are discussing something that sucks, or angers the community, please supply alternatives. But when someone does a Show HN thats like someone baking you a cake, and without so much as taking a bite you pull a fucking twinkie out of your pocket like "nah thanks". Please do better.
Nobody drives to a Chevy dealer to talk about how their truck back home is Built Ford Tough. Sure you can do it and some folks are polite enough to stay silent but don't let that skew your perception of it.