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Awesomebox: a new platform for modern front-end design & development

19 points by mattinsler 13y ago

gnee 13y ago
What is it?
- fredsanford 13y ago
  An advertisement...
cypher543 13y ago
No details = no sign-up.
- mattinsler 13y ago
  Check out http://awesomebox.co/vision http://awesomebox.co/vision to see what it's all about. Sorry about that! We'll add a link to the page from the landing page so it's easier to find.
  - harmspam 13y ago
    Yeah, I read that and I still have no idea what it's about...
- neoyagami 13y ago
  same here
tylerhwillis 13y ago
Upvoted because this sounded interesting: "Our idea is simple - that anyone on your team should be able to use any iteration of your app or website with zero configuration. Awesomebox lets you create and collaborate like you would in the physical world, where it's easy to show people the real thing without having to ask someone to run code locally, install dependencies, or configure a staging server. What Heroku is to back-end development, Awesomebox is to front-end development - a platform that lets you focus on what you do best." I couldn't find that on mobile without signing up, you might want to add that to an about or FAQ page.
- mattinsler 13y ago
  Thanks Tyler! Just pushed and added it to the homepage. Here's the link: http://awesomebox.co/vision http://awesomebox.co/vision
- oceanplexian 13y ago
  While it may sound interesting this says absolutely nothing about the product. "Our idea is simple - that anyone on your team should be able to use any iteration of your app or website with zero configuration." Who is my team and what is an iteration? Zero-configuration what? "show people the real thing without having to ask someone to run code locally, install dependencies, or configure a staging server" So....a web hosting platform? "What Heroku is to back-end development, Awesomebox is to front-end development" So....a web hosting platform? "a platform that lets you focus on what you do best" I'm best at sleeping, drinking beer, and criticizing vague PR statements. In that case I guess they're right!
  - mattinsler 13y ago
    Thanks for the feedback - this is really more a case of "two hackers trying to describe what we're building" than a "vague PR statement". I think where we're struggling is narrowing down exactly what we do, without being pigeonholed into "just another hosting platform". We're really excited to talk to the many people who did signup and learn more from them, so that we can get better at this overtime. Thanks for being a "BS filter" and telling us where we're wrong - if you have more thoughts to share, we'd love to hear from you. contact@awesomebox.es
    - tehaaron 13y ago
      Would it be possible to get some sort of diagram or screenshots up that would at least give us something to look at? A theoretical, yet somewhat detailed, use-case would be great.
      - mattinsler 13y ago
        Better yet - if you sign up for the beta, we have a working product for you to try out.
RokStdy 13y ago
I don't really understand what you do. I will freely admit that I may be dumb, or not the target market, but I don't get it. I don't mean to say this to be discouraging, I am interested enough to wonder what y'all are up to so at least you've piqued my interest (admittedly not a huge prize, but I'm not trying to be a turd).
- mattinsler 13y ago
  Totally understand the confusion - this is the first time we've put this out into the world, and it's great to get feedback about which parts are or aren't clear. Here's a bit more on what we're building: http://awesomebox.co/vision http://awesomebox.co/vision If that sounds interesting, we'd love to talk to you about the pain points you have building front-ends and UIs. Feel free to send us an email at contact@awesomebox.es

19 points by mattinsler 13y ago

gnee 13y ago

What is it?

fredsanford 13y ago
An advertisement...

cypher543 13y ago

No details = no sign-up.

mattinsler 13y ago
Check out http://awesomebox.co/vision http://awesomebox.co/vision to see what it's all about. Sorry about that! We'll add a link to the page from the landing page so it's easier to find.
- harmspam 13y ago
  Yeah, I read that and I still have no idea what it's about...
neoyagami 13y ago
same here

tylerhwillis 13y ago

Upvoted because this sounded interesting: "Our idea is simple - that anyone on your team should be able to use any iteration of your app or website with zero configuration. Awesomebox lets you create and collaborate like you would in the physical world, where it's easy to show people the real thing without having to ask someone to run code locally, install dependencies, or configure a staging server. What Heroku is to back-end development, Awesomebox is to front-end development - a platform that lets you focus on what you do best." I couldn't find that on mobile without signing up, you might want to add that to an about or FAQ page.

mattinsler 13y ago
Thanks Tyler! Just pushed and added it to the homepage. Here's the link: http://awesomebox.co/vision http://awesomebox.co/vision
oceanplexian 13y ago
While it may sound interesting this says absolutely nothing about the product. "Our idea is simple - that anyone on your team should be able to use any iteration of your app or website with zero configuration." Who is my team and what is an iteration? Zero-configuration what? "show people the real thing without having to ask someone to run code locally, install dependencies, or configure a staging server" So....a web hosting platform? "What Heroku is to back-end development, Awesomebox is to front-end development" So....a web hosting platform? "a platform that lets you focus on what you do best" I'm best at sleeping, drinking beer, and criticizing vague PR statements. In that case I guess they're right!
- mattinsler 13y ago
  Thanks for the feedback - this is really more a case of "two hackers trying to describe what we're building" than a "vague PR statement". I think where we're struggling is narrowing down exactly what we do, without being pigeonholed into "just another hosting platform". We're really excited to talk to the many people who did signup and learn more from them, so that we can get better at this overtime. Thanks for being a "BS filter" and telling us where we're wrong - if you have more thoughts to share, we'd love to hear from you. contact@awesomebox.es
  - tehaaron 13y ago
    Would it be possible to get some sort of diagram or screenshots up that would at least give us something to look at? A theoretical, yet somewhat detailed, use-case would be great.
    - mattinsler 13y ago
      Better yet - if you sign up for the beta, we have a working product for you to try out.

RokStdy 13y ago

I don't really understand what you do. I will freely admit that I may be dumb, or not the target market, but I don't get it. I don't mean to say this to be discouraging, I am interested enough to wonder what y'all are up to so at least you've piqued my interest (admittedly not a huge prize, but I'm not trying to be a turd).

mattinsler 13y ago
Totally understand the confusion - this is the first time we've put this out into the world, and it's great to get feedback about which parts are or aren't clear. Here's a bit more on what we're building: http://awesomebox.co/vision http://awesomebox.co/vision If that sounds interesting, we'd love to talk to you about the pain points you have building front-ends and UIs. Feel free to send us an email at contact@awesomebox.es