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Show HN: tyto - tool you take over

37 points by codez 13y ago

thinxer 13y ago
What's new about this? A Trello clone on browser cookies?
- cjbprime 13y ago
  Trello clone on HTML5 localStorage. But without a way to share a board with someone and have them see it live-update, I don't think it's cloned the most useful part of Trello yet. Jhey, have you considered rebasing the app on top of Meteor (or even somehow adding Meteor as an optional server-side component, if you care a lot about the JS client-side-only feature)? It would get you all the way to a Trello clone with regard to persistence without much extra work. Thanks for working on this -- the atom.io launch has made me realize how important it is that our core tools are open source and able to be improved, and Trello is on its way to being one of those core tools.
  - codez 13y ago
    Hey guys, Thanks for the feedback. I'm not just shamelessly sharing again so please don't think that. I've tried to implement the things people were after in the last showing in term of UI behaviour etc. and now I'm coming back to get the next round of what needs doing to be honest. With only me working on it posting here for me is the best way to get criticism for me to go forward I've found unless anyone has some other ideas for this. Thanks cjbprime, I'll look into something like Meteor(I haven't previously) Any other suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks for the feedback, it's much appreciated. @jh3y
- codez 13y ago
  It's just a tool I built for myself and for people to be able to take and host their own versions. I wanted an open source tool for people out there who want something that they have full control over. Thanks for the input thinxer.
oftenwrong 13y ago
previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6886834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6886834
- codez 13y ago
  Thanks @oftenwrong I should've put that in. This is basically for me the next iteration of feedback to get tyto further as an open source alternative for people to host themselves. @jh3y
brador 13y ago
Is there any website that collates cool Github projects like this?
- keehun 13y ago
  You can always register an account with Github and star it. Edit: Then you can access the list here: https://github.com/stars https://github.com/stars Edit 2: I now understand you want a place that showcases projects like these without you hunting for them. HN is definitely the place and I also regularly check Github's Trending page. https://github.com/explore https://github.com/explore
  - codez 13y ago
    Hey keehun, It would be cool if there was like a categories thing for HN though right because sometimes there are loads of other things on here. How hard do you think it would be to make something maybe that people could just post their projects too and then could filter by day, week, month in popularity. I'd be interested in making something like that I think. Couldn't be too hard surely.
    - keehun 13y ago
      I think what might be more useful than another HN for Github (or other code) projects only is if there was a tumblr or a microblog of curated code projects/library. There are many cons to having it curated instead of a democratized voting board, (and there may be room for both), but what would interest me with the curated stuff is that there would always be a place with good links (that is, if the curation was good). Thing with HN is that things get buried within hours. I don't think it'd be hard. Just start a tumblr or some microblogging site.. You could also just start a subreddit for this kind of stuff. There are various sites to do very specific areas of code/library listing such as https://www.cocoacontrols.com https://www.cocoacontrols.com
      - codez 13y ago
        This could be my reason to set up a tumblr lol. However, how do you decide what comes in and what doesn't without some democracy, I guess that is the issue. You almost want a shared tumblr. I could quite easily create a sub page on github pages to have an archive of links. I'd have no trouble doing so. You can get caught out though with how do people submit things they've seen to you also. If it was via email and you don't like it not sure how I feel telling someone their thing wasn't cool enough haha. But it's an idea. I'd quite happily set up a page linking to things I thought were cool with short descriptions by the side.
dangoor 13y ago
This is cool. One thing that Trello does well is scale to larger numbers of columns (because it scrolls horizontal rather than shrinks the columns). Regardless, this looks very nice for custom needs.
- codez 13y ago
  Hey @dangoor, Yeah that's certainly a valid point. I've tried to account for this on smaller viewports by having min width for the board set to like 400px I believe. I guess setting a minimum column width could be useful, on the other hand you kinda don't want people to have loads of columns because you want to keep the amount of things you're working on to a minimum right? I'd be interested to see what people think is the best approach to this. Thanks again for the feedback, it's much appreciated.
chazu 13y ago
Very neat. Nice understated design and simple functionality. Probably a good project board for personal projects. Hopefully I'll be able to try it out if I ever get time to do some for-fun coding again =D
- codez 13y ago
  Hey chazu, Thanks for the feedback! :) That is what I am going for. Just something stripped down and simple for people to use. Maybe as a slightly informal task management tool alongside something more corporate that's required for work ha. Let me know how you get on if you do! Thanks again
nayefc 13y ago
Trello?
codez 13y ago
Any reason why this has completely disappeared from the first few pages when it was at 25ish a few minutes ago??

37 points by codez 13y ago

thinxer 13y ago

What's new about this? A Trello clone on browser cookies?

cjbprime 13y ago
Trello clone on HTML5 localStorage. But without a way to share a board with someone and have them see it live-update, I don't think it's cloned the most useful part of Trello yet. Jhey, have you considered rebasing the app on top of Meteor (or even somehow adding Meteor as an optional server-side component, if you care a lot about the JS client-side-only feature)? It would get you all the way to a Trello clone with regard to persistence without much extra work. Thanks for working on this -- the atom.io launch has made me realize how important it is that our core tools are open source and able to be improved, and Trello is on its way to being one of those core tools.
- codez 13y ago
  Hey guys, Thanks for the feedback. I'm not just shamelessly sharing again so please don't think that. I've tried to implement the things people were after in the last showing in term of UI behaviour etc. and now I'm coming back to get the next round of what needs doing to be honest. With only me working on it posting here for me is the best way to get criticism for me to go forward I've found unless anyone has some other ideas for this. Thanks cjbprime, I'll look into something like Meteor(I haven't previously) Any other suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks for the feedback, it's much appreciated. @jh3y
codez 13y ago
It's just a tool I built for myself and for people to be able to take and host their own versions. I wanted an open source tool for people out there who want something that they have full control over. Thanks for the input thinxer.

oftenwrong 13y ago

previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6886834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6886834

codez 13y ago
Thanks @oftenwrong I should've put that in. This is basically for me the next iteration of feedback to get tyto further as an open source alternative for people to host themselves. @jh3y

brador 13y ago

Is there any website that collates cool Github projects like this?

keehun 13y ago
You can always register an account with Github and star it. Edit: Then you can access the list here: https://github.com/stars https://github.com/stars Edit 2: I now understand you want a place that showcases projects like these without you hunting for them. HN is definitely the place and I also regularly check Github's Trending page. https://github.com/explore https://github.com/explore
- codez 13y ago
  Hey keehun, It would be cool if there was like a categories thing for HN though right because sometimes there are loads of other things on here. How hard do you think it would be to make something maybe that people could just post their projects too and then could filter by day, week, month in popularity. I'd be interested in making something like that I think. Couldn't be too hard surely.
  - keehun 13y ago
    I think what might be more useful than another HN for Github (or other code) projects only is if there was a tumblr or a microblog of curated code projects/library. There are many cons to having it curated instead of a democratized voting board, (and there may be room for both), but what would interest me with the curated stuff is that there would always be a place with good links (that is, if the curation was good). Thing with HN is that things get buried within hours. I don't think it'd be hard. Just start a tumblr or some microblogging site.. You could also just start a subreddit for this kind of stuff. There are various sites to do very specific areas of code/library listing such as https://www.cocoacontrols.com https://www.cocoacontrols.com
    - codez 13y ago
      This could be my reason to set up a tumblr lol. However, how do you decide what comes in and what doesn't without some democracy, I guess that is the issue. You almost want a shared tumblr. I could quite easily create a sub page on github pages to have an archive of links. I'd have no trouble doing so. You can get caught out though with how do people submit things they've seen to you also. If it was via email and you don't like it not sure how I feel telling someone their thing wasn't cool enough haha. But it's an idea. I'd quite happily set up a page linking to things I thought were cool with short descriptions by the side.

dangoor 13y ago

This is cool. One thing that Trello does well is scale to larger numbers of columns (because it scrolls horizontal rather than shrinks the columns). Regardless, this looks very nice for custom needs.

codez 13y ago
Hey @dangoor, Yeah that's certainly a valid point. I've tried to account for this on smaller viewports by having min width for the board set to like 400px I believe. I guess setting a minimum column width could be useful, on the other hand you kinda don't want people to have loads of columns because you want to keep the amount of things you're working on to a minimum right? I'd be interested to see what people think is the best approach to this. Thanks again for the feedback, it's much appreciated.

chazu 13y ago

Very neat. Nice understated design and simple functionality. Probably a good project board for personal projects. Hopefully I'll be able to try it out if I ever get time to do some for-fun coding again =D

codez 13y ago
Hey chazu, Thanks for the feedback! :) That is what I am going for. Just something stripped down and simple for people to use. Maybe as a slightly informal task management tool alongside something more corporate that's required for work ha. Let me know how you get on if you do! Thanks again

nayefc 13y ago

Trello?

codez 13y ago

Any reason why this has completely disappeared from the first few pages when it was at 25ish a few minutes ago??