The problem with the big open-source companies is that they are always very late to understand and implement the most basic innovations that come out.
Caddy & Traefik did it long, long ago (half a decade ago), and after half a decade, we finally have ngxin supporting it too. Great move though, finally I won't have to manually run certbot :pray:
- There are many out there with skills you may have.
- You will need a portfolio to show to your client to get leads, or a Usual trick that generally works is offering cheaply to get them on your confidence at the initial stages and then scale from there.
- Network-based leads are the best, so grow your network.
- Join all freelancing platforms, seek work and do not forget to check Ask HN: freelancer thread.
- To encourage engagement at the initial stage, we have an auth wall for content inside the community, but community owners can change that when they create and choose their domain.
- You can create a community and explicitly mention whether you want your community to be listed and available for search in the community marketplace. The community owner has that option.
- Yes, logins are the same for all communities (like Reddit), currently there is no option to have a different secret for each community. But that sounds like a nice feature to have a separate identity for each community, hmmmm, I will add it in my bucket list and will think about it more.
Oh! What about CSS frameworks like Tailwind, Bootstrap, etc.?
How on earth was it able to generate and clone Images just from UI? Like did it get the source of the URL as well, where it could link those images or what did it actually do there?
Those Challenges can be bypassed too using various browser automation. With the Comet-like tool, Perplexity can advance its crawling activity with much more human-like behaviour.
Yes, there are a few communities currently available, and you can find them here: https://kocial.net/communities. Some of them are not available for search and lists because of their visibility status of "private"
- Yes, it is multi-tenant; people can create their own community and use their own domain, like kocial.co. I have some plans, but I'm seeking feedback here first.
People blaming the acquisition failure by/from Yahoo for the downfall are misinformed.
The reason for Yahoo's failure was its loss of dominance in search to the Chrome Browser.
Google's few actions made Google what it is today, and that starts with a few most critical:
- Launch of browser ( Chrome browser ). It didn't even become a meme against Internet Explorer, but also defeated Mozilla Firefox in its own game.
- Acquisition of YouTube.
- Acquisition of Android.
They are already doing other crazy innovation that makes them dominate the Industry.
While Yahoo was only famous for
- Yahoo Answers ( Quora took over that ),
- Yahoo Mail ( Gmail took over that ),
- Yahoo Chat ( the golden days ), and this one - Yahoo failed to capitalise with the change of ERA, WhatsApp would have never succeeded, if Yahoo had innovated its chat and entered the Mobile app segment.
I built Kocial.net, a platform that enables anyone to create their own branded community space, complete with features such as posts, reactions, comments, and content sharing, all without needing to write a single line of code.
Modern creators, coaches, educators, and niche communities are stuck between noisy social platforms (where algorithms kill reach) and complicated forum software (that requires setup or technical overhead). Kocial bridges that gap, allowing anyone to spin up their own community with a clean UI, real-time interaction features, and complete control.
I’d love feedback on the UX, performance, or any aspect of the niche.