Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

supermatt•10 minutes ago

The 280 char limit seems arbitrary, given you cant even keep the about page within that limit: https://textlog.cc/about

If you are going to limit it to short posts, maybe the length of a short post is the length to limit it to, rather than emulating the 2xSMS of every twitter clone?

Other than that, it looks really clean and neat - I just dont think being 280 chars adds anything other than resulting in people posting with pagination as per X 1/3.

stagas•5 minutes ago

It needs to be short - there is already a limit that worked well - why bikeshed it more?

supermatt•2 minutes ago

A limit that worked well for who? twitter/x is FULL of people labelling their posts "X of Y" - or they just exceed the 280 char limit with pro accounts. You can see it yourself: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=x.com Ive just looked at 30 and each of them exceed 280 chars by far.

CitrusFruits•3 minutes ago

I think this is the opposite of bikeshedding, it's literally a core feature and constraint.

anoojb•23 minutes ago

I really like this approach. I wonder if it needs such complexity for the rendering. Could you have built this as a SSG template?

stagas•18 minutes ago

Hi, thanks! There is a lot of nuance on the rendered pages, I figured server-side React was the best choice - plus it's a technology I'm comfortable with and might also encourage contributions.

anoojb•14 minutes ago

Would you be okay if I directed Claude to leverage your design and build a very simple Hugo template against it for my own personal use?

stagas•10 minutes ago

Why not, try it :)

toplinesoftsys•30 minutes ago

I like this project. Simple, open-source, nice UI.

Natfan•1 minute ago

Claude ui

digitalWestie•about 1 hour ago

Yes! I've always said twitter was better before images/multimedia!

cgannett•6 minutes ago

Old web vibes!

BeetleB•37 minutes ago

Reminds me of org-social (https://github.com/tanrax/org-social)

> Notes are limited to 280 characters. The constraint keeps them quick to write and read, making room for one thought at a time.

No thanks.

stagas•34 minutes ago

Hi, I'm sorry you don't like the limitation :( this is for short thoughts you want to share, not really huge conversations, there are better places for that IMO.

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