I wanted to make JSON/YAML configuration language for my projects. And i wanted a strict specification. This is want i created, now with specification and 100% coverage, reference implementation it’s just one prompt to reimplement parser in another language.
The offline community does not have a problem with spammers/impersonators. For online communities this is much more difficult. I don't know what kind of struggle and filtering HN implemented to deal this it. But I do not want to build complicated anti-abuse systems. Right now registration is open, after certain size i will "restrict" registrations.
The https://crow.watch is heavily inspired by lobster. basically same algorithm, same flagging, amd tag filtering. one key difference is [show] tag with dedicated "Show" page. A feature from HN, which lobster does not have. Invite-only where is only to prevent spam in the future. I will rephrase the login page. Will make it "open" and as we see spammers will close down.
I was a lobster user for 7y. but i find it now way to big, and moderation is strange sometimes. I think, having an additional community is nice. No need to concentrate everybody in one or two website. And there are multiple communities already! I thought I can build one with not such restrictive self-promo rules as on lobster.
it's just that most of the self promotion going on over here is ai slop nowadays (oh you vibe coded an app? the whole "point" of it is that anyone can do it, so your vibecoded thing is completely uninteresting).
And you want more of that? Does not compute, for me
I wanted to make JSON/YAML configuration language for my projects. And i wanted a strict specification. This is want i created, now with specification and 100% coverage, reference implementation it’s just one prompt to reimplement parser in another language.
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