Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:22:10 +0000 (UTC)
From: Cadence Ember <cadence@disroot.org>
To: ~sircmpwn/sr.ht-discuss@lists.sr.ht
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Subject: Links to sample projects to evaluate sourcehut
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Hi everyone! I'm new here, please be nice :)

I'm trying out the various services that sourcehut has to offer, and I
think I'll move some of my code here, but one of the things I have
trouble with is actually getting an idea of what the service will do and
how it will work. I've seen a couple of pages on the man site, which
help to explain mailing list etiquette and some available features, but
what it's really missing is links to or screenshots of sample pages.

For example, I have no idea what the todo service would look like in
practise, so I've been a little hesitant to set one up. By guessing
URLs, I managed to find this page[1] which immediately makes me very
happy. I like the interface and I can see how discussions work and I'm
now a lot more comfortable if I wanted to set up a todo myself.

[1] https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/todo.sr.ht

I think sourcehut would greatly benefit if the man site had links to
real-world uses for the services so that people evaluating sourcehut can
see all of its services in action and properly understand them.

For the same reasons, it would be good if on the landing page for a
service there was a way to see a list of things that are actually using
that service, either a curated list, or most popular, or most
updated. The main site landing page has a "discover projects on
sourcehut" link, which is good, but there should be a button like that
for all the services.


- Cadence