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0 pointsbaobun5mo ago0 comments

I think you can get stronger by building your own identity (rather than "like vercel") - starts with the headline/tagline and pitch in a way that stands on its own.

"Open source X alternatives" are dime-a-dozen and put a limit on what you can be in the eyes of users. It also sets expectations such that differences easily become disappointment. Not having a global CDN can otherwise simply be out of scope but can be "missing feature" when pitched as an alternative to an established service.

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hunvreus5mo ago

Sure. I just thought it'd be easier to explain what it does at first. That was mostly a personal project initially.

sharperguy5mo ago

The trouble I have is that when I see a headline like this on hackernews my first thought is always "huh.. so what are netlify and vercel?" Maybe most people on here already use those daily but not being in web development I usually don't.

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0 pointsbaobun5mo ago0 comments

I think you can get stronger by building your own identity (rather than "like vercel") - starts with the headline/tagline and pitch in a way that stands on its own.

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hunvreus5mo ago

Sure. I just thought it'd be easier to explain what it does at first. That was mostly a personal project initially.

sharperguy5mo ago

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