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Show HN: Bootstrappers.io – A community for business bootstrappers

161 points| nickhould | 11 years ago |bootstrappers.io | reply

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[+] cheepin|11 years ago|reply
Remove the unsafe package asap, and do database operations the safe way.

edit: For downvoters, the author has the 'development mode' package still in the project which allows you full read/write to the database without any credentials from the web console. All that is necessary is for someone to guess the name of one of the collections.

[+] sgdesign|11 years ago|reply
What made you say that? Maybe it's changed now but I don't think the site had that package? Were you able to modify content through the browser console?
[+] sgdesign|11 years ago|reply
I'm the main maintainer of Telescope. Great use of the app! I'm always excited to see a Telescope site make the front page of HN :)
[+] junto|11 years ago|reply
Out of interest, can Telescope do standard paging rather than "endless mores"?
[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
Sacha, awesome job on Telescope. Looking forward contributing to the project.
[+] henrygrew|11 years ago|reply
i'm afraid i gave up on telescope once i tried it on a mobile browser, i was dissapointed.
[+] ahmadss|11 years ago|reply
unrelated, but are you still actively maintaining Folyo?
[+] konradb|11 years ago|reply
Do you guys have a different audience/different emphasis than bootstrapped.fm?

Either way, I saw some interesting links there. Thanks and best of luck!

[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
The audience we are targeting is very similar to Bootstrapped.fm. However, the type of community we aim to build is somewhat different: we want to be the Hacker News for bootstrappers, the site you go check on a daily basis to get the latest news of the community. Bootstrapped.fm discussions are a bit more forum-like.
[+] samsolomon|11 years ago|reply
Hey Nick, cool to see one of your projects pop-up! I've been wondering what you've been up to.

A bit of feedback—Unfortunately, it appears that the site is continuously loading. I'm sure its because you're on the front page.

Also, having the user manually add callbacks for Twitter seems odd.

[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
Hey Sam,

I did a few fixes that should enable the loading of the site. Wasn't expecting 10K+ page views in a few hours. I will look into the Twitter issue.

Thanks for the feedback!

[+] sgdesign|11 years ago|reply
> Also, having the user manually add callbacks for Twitter seems odd.

That does sound very odd. Can you describe the problem? When did that happen?

[+] faizshah|11 years ago|reply
One thing I like about the way subreddit's pages are is they often have a sidebar wiki that contains a recommended book list, some recommended reading, beginner tutorials, related communities and forums etc.

It might be a good idea to add something similar, just an idea.

[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
Great idea. Any specific ressources you are thinking about?
[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
I'm looking for moderators of the community. Please reach me at nick.hould [@] gmail.com.
[+] untothebreach|11 years ago|reply
Love it! Only gripe is the plaintext HTTP login form. Any plans to support HTTPS?
[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
Thanks for the feedback! It's in the plans to add HTTPS support.
[+] lquist|11 years ago|reply
First: Thanks for creating this!

Second: IMHO, I really do think this suffers from being a single page app. It's essentially an HN clone. Would HN be better if it was a single page app? No, it would probably be worse.

[+] sgdesign|11 years ago|reply
Telescope creator here. You're not wrong, there's definitely some downsides to Telescope being a single-page app. The two big ones are a longer initial loading time, and making it harder to cache the app.

That being said, there are also advantages: for example, once the initial load is done, the next page loads are pretty much instant.

In any case, I'm hoping that Meteor eventually implements server-side template rendering. When that happens, Meteor apps like Telescope will in theory benefit from the advantages of both static and single-page apps.

[+] fookyong|11 years ago|reply
Not sure why but for me (Mac/Chrome) the page keeps jumping to the top every 5 seconds when I'm viewing a comment thread on Bootstrappers.io
[+] sgdesign|11 years ago|reply
That's actually my fault, it's a Telescope bug. It was fixed in one of the recent updates, but I guess the site was probably running a slightly outdated version.
[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
Will dig into this. Any other persons experiencing this issue? The project still might have a few glitches. By the way, thanks for the feedback.
[+] instakill|11 years ago|reply
I usually experience this with Firefox and it has to do with forms having focus set to true/default.
[+] basher|11 years ago|reply
ditto on mac safari.
[+] rosspanda|11 years ago|reply
Does it have a lag or admin approval on the stories, i just posted a blog post and it does not show.
[+] himanshuy|11 years ago|reply
Nice site Nick. I am learning meteor these days. Good use of the Telescope application.
[+] hotgoldminer|11 years ago|reply
Not sure, I believe HN has choked the site? Trying to register and hangs.
[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
Should be fixed. My current setup doesn't really support the load of HN + ProductHunt
[+] enriquegonzalez|11 years ago|reply
Awesome job Nick! I've been meaning to get into Meteor.
[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
Thanks for the feedback Enrique.
[+] koomerang|11 years ago|reply
Looks interesting :)

What did you use to build site?

[+] nickhould|11 years ago|reply
We used telesc.pe. It's a great open source project. For this initial version of Bootstrappers.io, the site is basically what you get out if the box from telesc.pe. Major props to the makers of this open source project.
[+] sschueller|11 years ago|reply
Looks like it is built on Meteor.js. Has anyone used Meteor.js in production? What are some of the cons to watch out for?