Show HN: A new image sharing service

Re:Show HN: A new image sharing service by pwython on Monday March 14, 2016 @02:55PM (#11284707)

Looks extremely similar to Imgur, including the colors and modals. What would you say separates it from Imgur? Why did it takes a year to develop?

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Re:Show HN: A new image sharing service by bosdev on Monday March 14, 2016 @03:16PM (#11284857)

> Why did it [take] a year to develop?

I believe this is your answer (from the About page):

> Almost every piece of code is ad hoc, built from the ground up to be as lightweight and efficient as possible.

My opinion is they most likely built many things which were already available in the open-source world.

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Re:Show HN: A new image sharing service by CaptSpify on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:10PM (#11286274)

> ...built from the ground up to be as lightweight and efficient as possible.

This is my favorite part. So many sites start out this way, then become slow, unresponsive and bulky. Here's to hoping it stays slim and quick.

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Re:Show HN: A new image sharing service by jdc0589 on Monday March 14, 2016 @03:12PM (#11284831)

> What would you say separates it from Imgur?

It's not blocked by my company firewall yet, so that's nice.

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Re:Show HN: A new image sharing service by brixon on Monday March 14, 2016 @03:42PM (#11285021)

Mine is blocked already...

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Re:Show HN: A new image sharing service by emily_b on Monday March 14, 2016 @08:04PM (#11286519)

Finding a way to provide viable (fast and high quality) image resizing on phones was one of the biggest challenges.

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