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Show HN: I created Make.rs – a place where makers show what they've made

38 points| MucuMare | 4 years ago |make.rs | reply

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[+] MucuMare|4 years ago|reply
I made Make.rs as a place where makers show the world what they've made.

It's a different kind of profile page where it's not about the companies you worked for but what you've done.

It's also a place where you discover other makers like you. Get feedback or let others know what you think about their work.

It's where you get inspired and motivated.

It's where you learn and grow.

Thanks for checking and I'd love to hear your feedback!

[+] ecesena|4 years ago|reply
I'm getting CORS issues when I try to submit a project (Chrome, Safari).

> Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://api.make.rs/projects/' from origin 'https://make.rs' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.

[+] agucova|4 years ago|reply
I'm getting this same problem while trying to set my profile at the welcome screen (or by going to settings). This is on Firefox Developer Edition.

I then manually disabled CORS (I overrode it with an extension), and noticed it was failing again, but this time with an HTTP 413 to the API endpoint. I changed my image to something smaller (it was 3 MB), and it worked.

[+] MucuMare|4 years ago|reply
This is weird, you are the second one who reports this today. I really wonder what's wrong as it works for the rest, and the CORS is configured correctly IMO (but seems it's not?). Sorry :/
[+] MucuMare|4 years ago|reply
Fixed - Thank you all who gave me good pointers at what to look at.
[+] kradeelav|4 years ago|reply
Scrolling through the list... I love the personality to this page with the visual design; don't see that too often these days.

Tempted to make a page (I suppose my hand-coded html homepage at https://www.kradeelav.com would fit, as well as various zine and illustration projects).

My only big question is a lack of understanding 'which makers' are acceptable here. Those who play with code? those who play with paper? those who play with a combination of both and with the infinity other mediums that exist?

[+] MucuMare|4 years ago|reply
Thanks and really good question, I deliberately let it a bit vague at the moment. I'm a tech guy obviously, and it seems that most of those who identify themselves as makers are coming from the tech (building digital / tech products). Or it's because they are very influential on the social media.

Anyway, you can see make.rs similar to linkedin but focused on what you made instead of who you worked for. So anyone can list their creations. If the entries are really diverse I will probably add a categorisation system, because I also want to help makers exchange around their interests, to learn & grow their skills.

Hope it makes sense.

[+] DennisMaHa|4 years ago|reply
Congrats to your project.

On parts of the site you should check the responsiveness. For example I was able to scroll far to the right on the project lists (android & chrome).

When I uploaded my profile picture it was very distorted.

Overall I like it and think it is a good idea!

[+] MucuMare|4 years ago|reply
Thanks for your feedback, I'm working on improving the responsiveness and to add a resize/crop functionality to picture upload. Until then, the best format for a profile pic is a square, this will avoid any distortion.
[+] alexkwan|4 years ago|reply
I posted from HK just now. But seems the timestamp of comments is incorrect, it shows "8 hours ago"
[+] MucuMare|4 years ago|reply
Thanks, it's because it uses the server time so I will have to translate it to local time on the client. Will fix this soon.
[+] Communitivity|4 years ago|reply
Is this in Rust, or specific to Rust? That was my first impression because the .rs extension is in vogue within the Rust community.

It looks like an interesting page. As a site for makers, it would be nice if it had one of those peel back corner links that you can click and find out what the site was using (production stack, languages, tools, etc.).

My concern would be differentiating from code hubs like Github and Gitlab, but I suspect you have a plan for that.

[+] MucuMare|4 years ago|reply
Ah ah, didn't even think of that (Rust). I did it with just React & Tailwind CSS. And thanks for the suggestion, I like it :)
[+] junon|4 years ago|reply
How is this different from product hunt?
[+] MucuMare|4 years ago|reply
Well each one serves a different purpose IMO, even though some parts tend to look similar (the product list/directory for ex).

Product hunt is mainly about sharing cool things you found/discovered/hunted.

Make.rs is about YOU, what you've made, your profile page as a maker (think about LinkedIn but with the things you've done and not the companies you worked for). More features will be coming to help makers discover things, learn and grow their skills.