Who cares what you're using, I see show HN posts to be about OP's project, seems like a dick move to me to diverge attention to some other project. I just don't understand the motivation
Personally I love knowing about my competition, and it helps me with how I can differentiate and win over certain niches.
I don't know about OP, but I'm never offended by that, always grateful, helps me craft my message and delivery to the right audience and map out strategy.
I try not to over read into the open internet motivation behind end users, they may become customers, so I rather welcome them and seek to understand rather than judge.
Also, what do you really think the odds are that sigabrt.dev will still exist in 2 years from now? Or 5?
> When you show up as a marketer and say, “I need to sell you this because my commission is on the line. I need to sell you this because I’ve decided this is what I do for a living.” You’re not showing any empathy. You’re being a selfish, short-term narcissist, which is what most marketers are.
> You show up and say, “It sounds like you need this. My competitor sells that. Here’s their phone number.” You’re being a human.
> If you’re not willing to eagerly recommend a competitor who sells a solution you don’t sell, then we’ve gotten to the truth of who you are and what you’re seeking to do. If you are willing to do that, then there is somebody for who you have the right solution. Find that person. Don’t try to persuade the other people that they’re wrong.
- Seth Godin
If I find something posted here interesting I like knowing what other similar tools/services/platforms there are out there, even if they're free, so I definitely find posts like the one this thread came from to be helpful one way or another. These sorts of threads also often lead to discussion of the differences between the options, which is again very useful, especially in cases like the current one where the competing offering linked is not just a freemium SaaS platform but also as F/OSS as it can possibly be if you want to self-host and not have to pay anyone other than whoever manages your server.
If you're building a product for a market that already has solutions, your product needs to be able to hold its own against the other offerings.