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3 pointsne018y ago6 comments

Hi HN,

https://www.sunsed.com is a programmable website builder (like Weebly but for developers).

It has a cool programming language that allows you to create your own HTML tags to abstract different parts of your websites (something like React.js but server side).

The product is at it's early stage, and I'm in desperate need of your help and feedback!

Just open an account, then write about what you think on your blog, tweet about it or shoot us an email yourfriends@sunsed.com and we will thank you with a ~2 years free account.

Thank you so much!

-Sed :)

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smt888y ago· 2 in thread

- loads very slowly (Pixel 1, latest Firefox, latest Android) and renders slowly/choppily

- Custom languages would be a dealbreaker for me. Just use XML or HAML or something.

- Why use this over SquareSpace (for non-devs) or almost-free S3 (for devs)?

- Why a custom cloud editor?

ne01OP8y ago

Thank you for your comment!

Except your first point (I don't know why it was slow on your side), we are working on the rest by adding more value with useful libraries that makes web development easier for developers.

smt888y ago

It's probably slow because the page is loading almost 3MB, and it has a ton of JavaScript. It's an informational page -- what is all that JS doing?

Also, I'm still wondering what niche you're trying to fill. For someone who doesn't want to touch code, there's SquareSpace (which I believe is cheaper).

For someone who doesn't mind code, there are a million static site generators that will deploy to S3 or Digital Ocean or whatever. They get the same amount of customization and it's almost totally free.

So what is someone paying for when they pay you?

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