[HN Gopher] Show HN: Scipress.io - a Markdown writing platform l...
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Show HN: Scipress.io - a Markdown writing platform like Notion
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Scipress is a writing platform with VS code editor built into the
browser. It lets you make beautiful blog posts and programming docs
with Markdown. Scipress supports code blocks with syntax
highlighting, Katex, Tailwind CSS, images & videos, admonitions,
popovers, blur screens, private posts, and a bunch of other cool
stuff. You can also monetize via paywalls, if you want. I started
this project almost a year ago to the date. This is my first time
posting about it on HN. And if you're curious, I have made $0 from
this project (but not for lack of trying).
Author : neb519
Score : 77 points
Date : 2024-06-07 14:12 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.scipress.io)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.scipress.io)
| sashikumar wrote:
| I am incredibly impressed with Scipress. Your dedication and hard
| work truly shine through in the range of capabilities you've
| built. Stay focused on enhancing the product and reaching the
| right users. I am confident that Scipress will resonate with
| technical professionals. Keep up the excellent work!
| neb519 wrote:
| Much appreciated.
| threatofrain wrote:
| Delightful and beautiful.
| neb519 wrote:
| Means a lot. Thanks!
| r0ckarong wrote:
| I just wish people would start building this kind of stuff around
| Asciidoc and not Markdown. Markdown works fine for notes and
| short how-to's but once you move into longer manuals that need
| more structure elements you quickly run out of options.
| sshine wrote:
| Markdown vs. AsciiDoc: I find that mdBook is sufficient for my
| needs.
|
| Where Markdown comes short for me is presentation layout. The
| only worthy contender of LaTeX so far is Typst. I've made my
| resume and my slides with Typst, and it's amazing.
|
| I really like SciPress, and I think a web-based VSCode with the
| right plugins and a presentation layer holds a LOT of
| potential.
| EligibleDecoy wrote:
| I really agree. All of our team documentation is in asciidoc.
| Importing diagrams from other files, variables, and vastly
| better tables are the best features for us. I feel like
| asciidoc's weakness is that there is only 1 library, and it's
| in ruby. Whereas markdown has libraries in almost all
| languages, making it easier to support.
| rychco wrote:
| I agree, but unfortunately Asciidoc's adoption is limited (imo)
| by the fact that the two most supported parsers are written in
| Ruby & JavaScript. Not having a C library really limits its
| potential reach. I personally tried it and enjoyed it, but
| Ruby/Javascript don't fit into my projects or preferred tools.
| neb519 wrote:
| I honestly hadn't heard of Asciidoc until I read this. Looks
| interesting.
|
| Note that Scipress Markdown supports "directives" which in turn
| means I can include all types of elements like popovers, blur
| screens, paywalls, etc.
| mattsouth wrote:
| hackmd but branded for science and with a monetisation angle -
| that's cool. You are missing terms and privacy - I need to know
| who Im trusting and where Im operating before I sign up to
| something like this. These are the most concise I know of:
| https://simplenote.com/terms/
| neb519 wrote:
| Hey, thanks for the feedback. I know this is something I need.
| I've just been reluctant to do it because I want to hire a
| lawyer and get it done right, but not before validating that
| people actually want to use the platform. I'll probably put a
| stop-gap in place this week. In general, I plan on being pretty
| author-friendly, as I'm an author and I wouldn't want someone
| else controlling my content / data.
| casper14 wrote:
| It looks really great! Your privacy policy returns a 404 though.
| neb519 wrote:
| Hey thanks! I plan on fixing that this week. Let me know if you
| have suggestions for it.
| Brajeshwar wrote:
| This is awesome but I really want to have Custom domain from the
| start (make it a paid plan). Owning my own domain and being able
| to move content around on different systems with a standard
| (Markdown) format is an awesome thing.
|
| The ability to paywall part of the content is a brilliant idea
| and I already have ideas but that non-availability of custom
| domain is a no-deal for me right now.
| neb519 wrote:
| Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to see how nasty of a
| refactor this would be...
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