7 comments

  • Panzerschrek 2 hours ago ago

    Creating a Github-pages hosted site isn't that complex. The biggest burden is to purchase a domain and connect it with a hosting.

  • scorpion888 15 hours ago ago

    This is a nice idea.

    There is still a real gap between "making some HTML" and actually getting something published on the web, especially for non-technical users. A simple path on top of GitHub Pages makes a lot of sense.

    Curious how you are thinking about the next step after publish. Do you want weejur to stay intentionally minimal, or do you see it growing toward simple editing / updating workflows too?

  • yofmaker 14 hours ago ago

    Nice app, but you mentioned for non-technical people to paste html and files. If the person is completely non-technical this is even something hard if they don't watch video guide or something like that. I mean why would they use this when they can build their sites with ai website builders like lovable, v0.app (which already has vercel integration)?

    • npilk 12 hours ago ago

      Sure, Lovable/v0 free tier is a good option, although I’m not sure how many non-tech people use them for things like personal sites or to quickly publish something they want to share. It feels like they’re going more after “builders”, and regular folks would be more using ChatGPT free tier, etc.

      Mainly it’s always bothered me that Squarespace etc can charge so much for simple static sites. I just don’t think most people realize you can host websites for free if you don’t need a database.

  • Isolated_Routes 13 hours ago ago

    This is cool! I like projects that simplify things for non-technical users, while also educating them

  • vednig 10 hours ago ago

    It's like static.app

    • npilk 10 hours ago ago

      Sweet, didn’t know about this - yes, this is very similar.