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Is http://getsimpleform.com/ too basic? No affiliation, I came across it when making something similar

Looks like the homework is to make an OCaml client for reading the spool files. Perhaps this is the start of a poignant guide to OCaml?

Pretty hard to read any text with that going, it's a shame it doesn't respond to <esc>.

Thanks, that would be a good approach, mine is currently very barebones! just trying to get the syntax right and get a feel for using it in actual projects - hope to put up a real sample soon.

I've been playing with a similar syntax: https://github.com/maplambda/py-htmlout/blob/master/htmlgen.... I need to provide better examples, tests and form handling. I'm finding it nice to work with.

Always enjoy reading johns posts.

The on request sever design is an interesting approach. It seems like it would provide a good framework for a small personal site. I wonder where this fits between using a site generator and pushing to github (or similar push based cloud provider) vs running a full webstack. I guess it comes down to preference and requirements. Good way to provide server stats via http though.

I've wondered why I never see a gosu reference when comparing jvm languages. I was quite pleasantly surprised when I checked it out.. Looking forward to having a play in the near future.

Some of the lisp style stacks get very close as do some smalltalk environments (squeak). Of course this means generating the markup from code but seems to work well enough.

HN is an example (see hn challenge) as is teepeedee2 (http://john.freml.in). Maby clojure is worth a look.

I hope that this style catches on - better than the blog templates most people use. Being a bike store I would have thought they'd list brands and specialities though.. It seems the site would only be useful if you know the shop.

Thanks! :)

Seeing projects like this puts suggestion of hn quality going down to the back of my mind, really excited to try this out. Is there a framework which inspired this?

Really? Cool... Havnt been following but thought Apple were rejecting REPL applications.

I agree, though what you wrote works really well in terms of selling yourself - could keep it in mind for some kind of landing page to use with the services suggested above.

late reply I know, something along the lines of what 37signals offer for their pages api (backpack) would be great! Generally just the ability to post a page - ability to hack up an offline system/ personal backups would be nice!

I've been using wpf and xaml for making nice quick applications for windows. I need a dsl for the xaml or a ruby wrapper for the API - Which I'm currently investigating. Too bad mono doesn't support wpf.

I've been looking at shoes by _why with some interest but think a dsl/swing (jvm) comboo would be the quickest and easiest cross platform option.

The method I described would only have the same amount of traffic as an RSS feed as it would just be updating headlines.

I guess it just depends on use. I never got into using an rss reader but follow a bunch of projects/people/companies on twitter and can quickly browse their updates, and follow a shortened link. I like the portability of twitter over different platforms too.

Just suits how I work.

I'd been thinking the exact same thing on the drive home today, expanding on an earlier thought I had that twitter is RSS done right. http://twitter.com/catch404/status/24605947455

I think they did this by providing a consistent format (both data format and by enforcing limits), a central view and a usable api. RSS/ATOM just didn't get this right. Twitter forces people to get their message across in a small amount of characters. RSS/ATOM again is inconsistent in mainly due to it trying to be a portable medium (reading full stories in a reader). I guess the twitter model is more natural?

Perhaps there is a place for adopting a twitter based format for future rss feeds and making viewers around this.

I personally like the idea of sites having a dedicated twitter account to post updates to, I don't use rss feeds but like getting information via twitter.

Quite possibly the geekiest hn comment I've read :)

Also do you plan custom domain support? I'd imagine that could be a money earner if you made it exremely simple for customers

Is there a Twitter account to follow updates?

Really like it and agree with your wiki point! are you planning to offer ssl and an API? That's all it would take to move from my ugly backpack page

I didn't make it past 11 :) i jott things down in my backpack account.. If it Has any potential to make money I'll run it past my dad and a few mates.

Making a day to celebrate some ideas _why made popular isn't such a bad thing.

Anyone used a Litl? They seem kinda cool just don't know about the flash sdk.. JavaScript would be more appealing.

Cool site, nice and easy to use

Bike lock, clip on red bike light, camera (digital point and shoot) ipod, ipod cable, headphones every now and then. Pen and notepad. Bike stuff just stays in bag even though I commute by car/ walk to work.