I'm supportive of anything that can help make app/product-creation more accessible. I also love the playful branding.
@anildash / @spolsky - what happened with HyperDev?
@rrhoover@spolsky Gomix is what HyperDev has evolved into (it's a rebranding plus upgraded features). We wanted to make it easier to get started and to emphasize the community aspects of collaborating and sharing code or ideas, and that's the biggest difference in becoming Gomix. Also, the name's a little friendlier for people who might not see themselves as "devs" but still want to make stuff.
Looks like a different code/project playground... But who's the target exactly? I like the branding too but it feels a bit cluttered, especially for my fellow hackers with dyslexia.
@wilhempujar we think of Gomix as being for those wanting to solve problems and build stuff with code, but who aren't necessarily developers. Around 46M people hit Stack Overflow each month, and yet there are only an estimated 12M or so professional developers. We think there's a need for tools like Gomix that help make building apps and bots easier and faster for everyone who wants to.
Okay, this is fire. "No version control and server management" - that's your UVP right there ;)
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This is great. I am far from being a developer but I spend hours on Stack Overflow trying to solve problems I encounter while trying to create something out of tutorials and code bootcamps. Sometimes for me, sometimes for young entrepreneurs in latin america with limited resources. In that way I feel like Gomix is just right for me. Awesome work and UI!
@jaironpz Awesome, that's exactly the kind of thing we had hoped for!
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This is incredible work! I think opening up the web development space to less technical folks could radically change the web. It really feels like "Github for non-technical ppl". This is what Google Sites should have been. I think the community aspect of it is the biggest potential here, but I wonder what kind of community/communities will be fostered and grown.
Initially, I think the biggest missing feature is seeing some kind of count of "stars", "remixes", and "popularity (views)" for each project. Stars are an internal community gauge, whereas a simplified metric for views would gauge public interest in the project. These counts would make the site feel more dynamic and gamify the experience a bit.
After more projects are up, it would be great to see 'trending' type filters and sorting for the projects.
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