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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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ne018y ago· 2 in thread

Except for the syntax highlighter (prism.min.js) and YouTube video I think there is no other JavaScript library.

Could you please double check the performance on Firefox? I think the issue was with grayscale filter in CSS.

> 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.

You are right! The competition is crazy! I HOPE that creating tags that make it easier for designers/developers to build websites faster/easier could be the reason.

So for example, to create a slideshow in HTML all you have to do is to use <remark:it> tag and put the slideshow content inside that tag.

And here is the source code for that tag: https://github.com/SunSed/remark

So imagine if there was 1000s of tags like that one that makes web development like Lego peaces that you put together.

What do you think?

Can I email you and continue the chat over email? :)

smt88OP8y ago

Sure, feel free to email me.

> So imagine if there was 1000s of tags like that one that makes web development like Lego peaces that you put together.

For marketing, e-commerce, blogs, etc., this experience already exists with SquareSpace and its competitors (Wix, Weebly, WordPress, Drupal, etc.) Those platforms can all be pretty close to drag-and-drop without any coding required, but with all the necessary hooks for people who know HTML/CSS/JavaScript.

ne018y ago

Thanks! I'll email you! Connect with me on Twitter @sed_seyedi

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