To further point out the stereotyping in this thread, take a look at the announcement thread of the tesla cybertruck and compare the sentiment (https://qht.co/item?id=21602437).
Not to mention that the cybertruck has nearly the same dimensions as the f150 (https://youtu.be/sLvopc9oI4A?t=199) and has a shape that is more likely to cut you in half if it were to hit you. It also has a payload that's more comparable with a ford super duty and will likely weight more than the lightning to support that.
Admittedly, limiting the free plan by posts was the laziest way I could keep from giving everything away for free. As the app matures, I'll be adjusting plan features and pricing to match what the market desires.
Thanks for your honest feedback and letting me know which features you find value in.
You need 'oh damn I didn't know I needed that' features to be able price something, that people can get elsewhere, in a way that makes a viable business. The market desires everything for nothing and always will so waiting on the market to inform you pricing structure is super risky.
I appreciate your honest feedback, so thank you. The free plan is pretty locked down right now. I haven't really had the bandwidth to fine tune it so I wanted to start out more strict and loosen up, rather than going the other direction. I'm still tossing around the idea of opening up the free plan more and keeping a low-profile branded footer at the bottom of free sites.
Can I reach out to you for future feedback when I'm reconsidering plans?
> Why S3 rather than an entirely free service like netlify, github pages, or surge?
I wanted to start with something that was simple and scalable. At one point I tried using github for hosting, but managing commits got a bit complicated. There are also some limitations on repository size. Although it wouldn't become an issue for a long time if images were uploaded to S3 and the content to github, I would have had to integrate with multiple platforms.
I am open to adding additional hosting solutions, but I wanted to launch to get a pulse on what folks would like those options to be.
> Isn't one of the main advantages of medium the discovery element?
This is definitely one of the main values that Medium has to offer. It's also not the only reason people want to share their thoughts. I wanted to offer the flexibility to own your content and not be locked in to a platform (All HTML files for your site remain in your control). There are a lot of ways to promote your content, if Medium happens to work best for some folks, It could be a good idea to cross post on Medium.
As Mead evolves, I'm open to making promotion of your content on other services easier and in as many cases as possible, automated.
Probably overkill, but I'm pretty happy with how my dotfiles are managed now. I commit everything to my dotfiles repository and use chef to install things and manage dependencies. It's easy to support another OS by adding a cookbook and recipes.
I have one set up as a sprinkler timer (https://github.com/callahanrts/sprinklers). Scheduling my sprinklers with cron jobs gives me a lot more flexibility over water times. It also runs a local webserver so I can turn a zone on for just a few seconds when I'm fixing a leak.
I've had the same struggle forever, but I finally feel like I've found a pattern that works for me: Find enjoyment in the daily struggle.
For exercise: I've found riding a bicycle to work to be my least hated form of exercise. I force myself to start every Monday riding to work. If I don't ride on Monday, the rest of the week is shot. When I do ride, I try to make it as enjoyable as possible. If I'm feeling unmotivated, I'll glide to work without breathing heavy at all. I just have to lower the bar so much that I'll at least do it. Often, I get motivated half way to work and pedal harder anyway.
For side projects: I've been tying this in with other habits. I get up at 5 every morning and drink coffee, read for a bit, and make at least 1 small contribution to a side project. Maybe it's a meaningless refactor or fixing a typo. At least I see the green activity in Github and continue building a habit of at least looking at and thinking about the projects I'm working on. The end result is that some weeks are vastly productive while others hardly mean anything.
What I've noticed is that motivation and productivity are a cycle and when I enjoy my daily habits enough (with no particular outcome in mind), I stick with things long enough to see compounding results.
TLDR;
Focusing on outcomes makes you aware of how you're not meeting them -> Demotivation
Building daily habits with vague goals and enjoying the ride -> Compounding results and satisfaction in hindsight
With all my frustrations with medium, I decided to build a desktop app--for myself, and maybe to monetize later. It's basically the medium WSYWYG editor combined with a static site generator that automatically hosts on S3. Out of curiosity, is that something that anyone else would be interested in?
