Show HN: Ringer – Get and provide expert help on Open Source Software

Re:Show HN: Ringer – Get and provide expert help on Open Sou... by danielvaughn on Thursday September 08, 2022 @02:11PM (#32769520)

I was just in an exact situation that called for something like this. About a month ago, I was trying to implement a collaborative text editor for a freelance client. This was my first time working in the CRDT/conflict resolution space, and I was completely unprepared for how complex it was.

I was using a few open source packages - TipTap, YJS, ProseMirror - but I had a particular use case that the docs simply didn't address (long story). It was the kind of help that would really require at least an hour sit-down with a very experienced developer to brainstorm with me on a solution, but there's not an obvious marketplace for that kind of touchpoint.

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Re:Show HN: Ringer – Get and provide expert help on Open Sou... by adigau31 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:02PM (#32770417)

Hey danielvaughn, I was curious if you ever considered Liveblocks for CRDT/conflict resolution?

They released an example for a block based text editor here: https://liveblocks.io/examples/block-text-editor-advanced/ne...

And as for CRDT and conflict resolution they have the Storage Block that's handling all of this. You can do offline/online and undo/redo quite easily.

I keep sending you example cause I'm a visual person :P, but look at that interactive article and let me know what you think: https://liveblocks.io/blog/how-to-build-undo-redo-in-a-multi...

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Re:Show HN: Ringer – Get and provide expert help on Open Sou... by danielvaughn on Thursday September 08, 2022 @04:08PM (#32771351)

Wow, this is very cool. I had not seen this before. Bookmarking for later. Are you affiliated with them?

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Re:Show HN: Ringer – Get and provide expert help on Open Sou... by Marta_B on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:25AM (#32837685)

Did you try CKEditor 5 with collaboration features? It is quite ready to use: https://ckeditor.com/collaboration/

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Re:Show HN: Ringer – Get and provide expert help on Open Sou... by mintone on Thursday September 08, 2022 @02:29PM (#32769859)

Now there is! ;-)

Yeah - this is where I see us fitting well. It's not really the standard install/import and you're done issues that docs deal with. It's the niche problem <> niche expertise area where I believe we can excel - these tend to be very competent teams or developers who would be willing to take that hour and pay for it because the value is high enough.

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