+1, I expected some software toolset for managing natural parks or the wood industry, at most.
I agree. I'm always confused how non-descriptive stories make it to the frontpage of HN though...
Getting friends to upvote their submissions, I'd guess.
I wish. This took us by surprise. We didn't know it was submitted until it was already on the front page.
Re:Forestry.io
by achairapart on Sunday July 03, 2016 @11:13AM
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Sorry, my fault, and I agree with you. I quickly submitted this just before bed as a reminder and found it on the front-page today. Also, I'm not linked with the creators in any way, just genuinely interested about the service itself.
I'm the opposite. When it's just a name I become intrigued, always thinking "is this the next big thing?" and thrilled to find out what it is.
Re:Forestry.io
by semi-extrinsic on Sunday July 03, 2016 @06:53AM
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Was expecting some IoT SAAS for actual forest/garden management. Was disappointed.
Re:Forestry.io
by throwaway6436 on Sunday July 03, 2016 @05:44AM
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Just skip anything that's on an .io TLD. You'll be fine.
It's probably a Heartbleed style GitHub Pages site for the latest bloat-free Rust rewrite of leftpad, anyway
@jpatters: if you care about this, move it to a .com. I winced.
Edit: I have looked at the site, and indeed it has nothing to do with forestry. You would do well to include in the headline the straightforward description that is already in use on the page:
"Forestry: A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites"