Re:Show HN: Online C/C++ Code Browser
by kjksf on Monday March 07, 2016 @08:17PM
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My 2 suggestions for making money:
1. Offer a hosted version where I can log-in with my github login, select a repo with C++ and have it indexed.
Use github model: open-source repos are free (and act as advertising for you) and charge for private repos.
Alternatively, create an index for a current version at the time of importing but charge for re-indexing new checkins. Allow people to sponsor a given repo (i.e. anyone could sponsor indexing a public repo, not only the owner).
2. Put more effort into making self-hosted version easy to use, e.g. provide a docker image.
Independently, there are possible UI improvements, like:
* a keyboard shortcut for going to search field (see how I use '/' or Esc for activating search field in https://quicknotes.io/u/w9Yw/kjk)
* tabs. When e.g. doing a search for all usages of a symbol, I usually don't want to loose focus. This is additional information but currently it replaces what I'm looking at. It should be launched in a separate tab or split into 2 windows and have the results in a side window
1. Offer a hosted version where I can log-in with my github login, select a repo with C++ and have it indexed.
Use github model: open-source repos are free (and act as advertising for you) and charge for private repos.
Alternatively, create an index for a current version at the time of importing but charge for re-indexing new checkins. Allow people to sponsor a given repo (i.e. anyone could sponsor indexing a public repo, not only the owner).
2. Put more effort into making self-hosted version easy to use, e.g. provide a docker image.
Independently, there are possible UI improvements, like:
* a keyboard shortcut for going to search field (see how I use '/' or Esc for activating search field in https://quicknotes.io/u/w9Yw/kjk)
* tabs. When e.g. doing a search for all usages of a symbol, I usually don't want to loose focus. This is additional information but currently it replaces what I'm looking at. It should be launched in a separate tab or split into 2 windows and have the results in a side window