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Show HN: GitOps Template for Kubernetes
Hello HN, we’re Philip Louis from Glasskube (<a href="https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube">https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube</a>). We are working on a package manager for Kubernetes to simplify the packaging of complex applications with multiple dependencies, ensuring they are installed and kept up-to-date across multiple Kubernetes clusters.<p>Nowadays, it is best practice to use Git as a revision control system for your Kubernetes configurations. Update automation workflows like Renovate or Dependabot can create pull requests for new versions of Docker images and Helm charts, but ensuring these new package versions work is still a manual task. By using the central (or a private) Glasskube repository (<a href="https://github.com/glasskube/packages">https://github.com/glasskube/packages</a>) together with our Renovate integration (<a href="https://docs.renovatebot.com/modules/manager/glasskube/" rel="nofollow">https://docs.renovatebot.com/modules/manager/glasskube/</a>), you can ensure that new package versions will run through our Minikube-based CI workflows before they get published—similar to how the Homebrew core tap works. We’ve just introduced readiness checks for manifest-based deployments and utilize the flux-helm-controller to wait for a Helm release to succeed.<p>Dependencies are resolved by our package controller. These dependencies can either be cluster-scoped (installed in the recommended namespace, e.g., operators wird CRDs) or namespace-scoped components of a package (e.g., a database or Redis cache). In such cases, we will prefix resources with the dependent package name to ensure multiple packages can use the same dependencies without naming conflicts (we use Kustomize on a virtual filesystem for this).<p>Glasskube packages can currently be Helm charts (from an OCI or Helm repository) or manifests, which are mostly built using Kustomize’s overlay approach.<p>Since neither the overlay approach (using Kustomize) nor Helm’s limited templating functionality will help us and other Kubernetes users scale to more complex packages, we are considering creating a more programmatic approach to package creation, similar to Timoni. Currently, KCL is our frontrunner (<a href="https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube/discussions/1018">https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube/discussions/1018</a>), as it already integrates well with the Kubernetes ecosystem.<p>We would appreciate if you give our GitOps template a try. It also works work existing Kubernetes clusters if just want to use GitOps for some applications. Just make sure that the argocd and glasskube-system namespaces are not yet in use. See: <a href="https://github.com/glasskube/gitops-template/">https://github.com/glasskube/gitops-template/</a>
Show HN: DBOS transact – Ultra-lightweight durable execution in Python
Hi HN - DBOS CEO here with the co-founders of DBOS, Peter (KraftyOne) and Qian (qianli_cs). The company started as a research project of Stanford and MIT, and Peter and Qian were advised by Mike Stonebreaker, the creator of Postgres, and Matei Zaharia, the creator of Spark. They believe so strongly in reliable, serverless compute that they started a company (with Mike) to bring it to the world!<p>Today we want to share our brand new Python library providing ultra-lightweight durable execution.<p><a href="https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py">https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py</a><p>Durable execution means your program is resilient to any failure. If it is ever interrupted or crashes, all your workflows will automatically resume from the last completed step. If you want to see durable execution in action, check out this demo app:<p><a href="https://demo-widget-store.cloud.dbos.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://demo-widget-store.cloud.dbos.dev/</a><p>Or if you’re like me and want to skip straight to the Python decorators in action, here’s the demo app’s backend – an online store with reliability and correctness in just 200 LOC:<p><a href="https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-demo-apps/blob/main/python/widget-store/widget_store/main.py">https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-demo-apps/blob/main/python/...</a><p>Don't want to keep reading and just try it out:<p><a href="https://console.dbos.dev/launch" rel="nofollow">https://console.dbos.dev/launch</a><p>No matter how many times you try to crash it, it always resumes from exactly where it left off! And yes, that button really does crash the app.<p>Under the hood, this works by storing your program's execution state (which workflows are currently executing and which steps they've completed) in a Postgres database. So all you need to use it is a Postgres database to connect to—there's no need for a "workflow server." This approach is also incredibly fast, for example 25x faster than AWS Step Functions.<p>Some more cool features include:<p>* Scheduled jobs—run your workflows exactly-once per time interval, no more need for cron.<p>* Exactly-once event processing—use workflows to process incoming events (for example, from a Kafka topic) exactly-once. No more need for complex code to avoid repeated processing<p>* Observability—all workflows automatically emit OpenTelemetry traces.<p>Docs: <a href="https://docs.dbos.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://docs.dbos.dev/</a><p>Examples: <a href="https://docs.dbos.dev/examples" rel="nofollow">https://docs.dbos.dev/examples</a><p>We also have a webinar on Thursday where we will walk through the new library, you can sign up here: <a href="https://www.dbos.dev/webcast/dbos-transact-python" rel="nofollow">https://www.dbos.dev/webcast/dbos-transact-python</a><p>We'd love to hear what you think! We’ll be in the comments for the rest of the day to answer any questions you may have.
Show HN: DBOS transact – Ultra-lightweight durable execution in Python
Hi HN - DBOS CEO here with the co-founders of DBOS, Peter (KraftyOne) and Qian (qianli_cs). The company started as a research project of Stanford and MIT, and Peter and Qian were advised by Mike Stonebreaker, the creator of Postgres, and Matei Zaharia, the creator of Spark. They believe so strongly in reliable, serverless compute that they started a company (with Mike) to bring it to the world!<p>Today we want to share our brand new Python library providing ultra-lightweight durable execution.<p><a href="https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py">https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py</a><p>Durable execution means your program is resilient to any failure. If it is ever interrupted or crashes, all your workflows will automatically resume from the last completed step. If you want to see durable execution in action, check out this demo app:<p><a href="https://demo-widget-store.cloud.dbos.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://demo-widget-store.cloud.dbos.dev/</a><p>Or if you’re like me and want to skip straight to the Python decorators in action, here’s the demo app’s backend – an online store with reliability and correctness in just 200 LOC:<p><a href="https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-demo-apps/blob/main/python/widget-store/widget_store/main.py">https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-demo-apps/blob/main/python/...</a><p>Don't want to keep reading and just try it out:<p><a href="https://console.dbos.dev/launch" rel="nofollow">https://console.dbos.dev/launch</a><p>No matter how many times you try to crash it, it always resumes from exactly where it left off! And yes, that button really does crash the app.<p>Under the hood, this works by storing your program's execution state (which workflows are currently executing and which steps they've completed) in a Postgres database. So all you need to use it is a Postgres database to connect to—there's no need for a "workflow server." This approach is also incredibly fast, for example 25x faster than AWS Step Functions.<p>Some more cool features include:<p>* Scheduled jobs—run your workflows exactly-once per time interval, no more need for cron.<p>* Exactly-once event processing—use workflows to process incoming events (for example, from a Kafka topic) exactly-once. No more need for complex code to avoid repeated processing<p>* Observability—all workflows automatically emit OpenTelemetry traces.<p>Docs: <a href="https://docs.dbos.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://docs.dbos.dev/</a><p>Examples: <a href="https://docs.dbos.dev/examples" rel="nofollow">https://docs.dbos.dev/examples</a><p>We also have a webinar on Thursday where we will walk through the new library, you can sign up here: <a href="https://www.dbos.dev/webcast/dbos-transact-python" rel="nofollow">https://www.dbos.dev/webcast/dbos-transact-python</a><p>We'd love to hear what you think! We’ll be in the comments for the rest of the day to answer any questions you may have.
Show HN: DBOS transact – Ultra-lightweight durable execution in Python
Hi HN - DBOS CEO here with the co-founders of DBOS, Peter (KraftyOne) and Qian (qianli_cs). The company started as a research project of Stanford and MIT, and Peter and Qian were advised by Mike Stonebreaker, the creator of Postgres, and Matei Zaharia, the creator of Spark. They believe so strongly in reliable, serverless compute that they started a company (with Mike) to bring it to the world!<p>Today we want to share our brand new Python library providing ultra-lightweight durable execution.<p><a href="https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py">https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py</a><p>Durable execution means your program is resilient to any failure. If it is ever interrupted or crashes, all your workflows will automatically resume from the last completed step. If you want to see durable execution in action, check out this demo app:<p><a href="https://demo-widget-store.cloud.dbos.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://demo-widget-store.cloud.dbos.dev/</a><p>Or if you’re like me and want to skip straight to the Python decorators in action, here’s the demo app’s backend – an online store with reliability and correctness in just 200 LOC:<p><a href="https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-demo-apps/blob/main/python/widget-store/widget_store/main.py">https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-demo-apps/blob/main/python/...</a><p>Don't want to keep reading and just try it out:<p><a href="https://console.dbos.dev/launch" rel="nofollow">https://console.dbos.dev/launch</a><p>No matter how many times you try to crash it, it always resumes from exactly where it left off! And yes, that button really does crash the app.<p>Under the hood, this works by storing your program's execution state (which workflows are currently executing and which steps they've completed) in a Postgres database. So all you need to use it is a Postgres database to connect to—there's no need for a "workflow server." This approach is also incredibly fast, for example 25x faster than AWS Step Functions.<p>Some more cool features include:<p>* Scheduled jobs—run your workflows exactly-once per time interval, no more need for cron.<p>* Exactly-once event processing—use workflows to process incoming events (for example, from a Kafka topic) exactly-once. No more need for complex code to avoid repeated processing<p>* Observability—all workflows automatically emit OpenTelemetry traces.<p>Docs: <a href="https://docs.dbos.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://docs.dbos.dev/</a><p>Examples: <a href="https://docs.dbos.dev/examples" rel="nofollow">https://docs.dbos.dev/examples</a><p>We also have a webinar on Thursday where we will walk through the new library, you can sign up here: <a href="https://www.dbos.dev/webcast/dbos-transact-python" rel="nofollow">https://www.dbos.dev/webcast/dbos-transact-python</a><p>We'd love to hear what you think! We’ll be in the comments for the rest of the day to answer any questions you may have.
Show HN: Vomitorium – all of your project in 1 text file
Neat little nodejs/cli tool for putting all of your project's files into 1. I built it for LLM assistance with small-ish projects.
Show HN: Free tool to find RSS feeds, even if not linked on the page
I developed a small tool to find RSS feeds for websites. You can try it out here: <a href="https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder" rel="nofollow">https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder</a><p>In >90% of cases the standard way of checking meta tags is enough to find the feeds. But my goal for this tool is that it finds feeds regardless if they're linked somewhere or not. That if this feed finder doesn't find a feed, no feed exists.<p>It's a big goal and admittedly not there yet, but it does a few things that are a step in that direction.<p>* Checks meta tags of parent pages (sometimes the article itself doesn't have the meta tag, but the main blog page does)<p>* Checks common suffixes like /rss, /index.xml and many others (sometimes the feed exists but isn't linked)<p>* Checks the sitemap<p>* Checks all links on the page<p>* Checks 3rd party feeds (OpenRSS for now, when I find more such repositories I'll add them too)<p>There are a couple of additional ideas I have, like checking search engines and crawling the entire domain (highly inefficient, but possible).<p>Would love if you could try it, and even more if you post sites where it doesn't work.
Show HN: Free tool to find RSS feeds, even if not linked on the page
I developed a small tool to find RSS feeds for websites. You can try it out here: <a href="https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder" rel="nofollow">https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder</a><p>In >90% of cases the standard way of checking meta tags is enough to find the feeds. But my goal for this tool is that it finds feeds regardless if they're linked somewhere or not. That if this feed finder doesn't find a feed, no feed exists.<p>It's a big goal and admittedly not there yet, but it does a few things that are a step in that direction.<p>* Checks meta tags of parent pages (sometimes the article itself doesn't have the meta tag, but the main blog page does)<p>* Checks common suffixes like /rss, /index.xml and many others (sometimes the feed exists but isn't linked)<p>* Checks the sitemap<p>* Checks all links on the page<p>* Checks 3rd party feeds (OpenRSS for now, when I find more such repositories I'll add them too)<p>There are a couple of additional ideas I have, like checking search engines and crawling the entire domain (highly inefficient, but possible).<p>Would love if you could try it, and even more if you post sites where it doesn't work.
Show HN: Free tool to find RSS feeds, even if not linked on the page
I developed a small tool to find RSS feeds for websites. You can try it out here: <a href="https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder" rel="nofollow">https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder</a><p>In >90% of cases the standard way of checking meta tags is enough to find the feeds. But my goal for this tool is that it finds feeds regardless if they're linked somewhere or not. That if this feed finder doesn't find a feed, no feed exists.<p>It's a big goal and admittedly not there yet, but it does a few things that are a step in that direction.<p>* Checks meta tags of parent pages (sometimes the article itself doesn't have the meta tag, but the main blog page does)<p>* Checks common suffixes like /rss, /index.xml and many others (sometimes the feed exists but isn't linked)<p>* Checks the sitemap<p>* Checks all links on the page<p>* Checks 3rd party feeds (OpenRSS for now, when I find more such repositories I'll add them too)<p>There are a couple of additional ideas I have, like checking search engines and crawling the entire domain (highly inefficient, but possible).<p>Would love if you could try it, and even more if you post sites where it doesn't work.
Show HN: Visual DB – Web front end for your database
If you have a cloud-hosted database, read on: Visual DB was designed for you.<p>Visual DB is the fastest way to create data entry forms for your database: Starting with an Excel spreadsheet, you can import your data into the database and create a great-looking form in under 10 minutes. Watch this video: <a href="https://youtu.be/6rVD5rmrjN8" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/6rVD5rmrjN8</a><p>Visual DB is a comprehensive SaaS frontend for your database. In addition to data entry forms, Visual DB also has a spreadsheet-like interface for inserting and updating data in your database. You can also build interactive reports using Visual DB. Finally, although not intended as a replacement for your database's admin tool, Visual DB can browse schema, create tables, set up relationships, and import and export data.<p>Visual DB began as a drag-and-drop form builder for databases. Forms created with Visual DB are practically indistinguishable from those hand-coded using React. You can add client-side validation, set available values (displayed in dropdowns), define default values, and even add logic to dynamically hide or disable fields—all without writing a single line of code! With Visual DB Forms, you’ll never have to write another CRUD app again.<p>If you have been using Excel to manage data and running into its limits because the volume of data has grown, Visual DB Sheets may be of interest to you. With its spreadsheet-like interface, Visual DB Sheets allows users to interact with data as they would in Excel, while securely storing that data in a robust relational database. Spreadsheet-database hybrids have been around for a while now, but we believe we have one of the best implementations, with features such as advanced grouping, support for foreign keys and lookup tables, query parameters, full-text as-you-type filtering, and so on.<p>The newest feature of Visual DB is interactive reporting. Traditional reporting tools offer limited interactivity. For example, while most reporting tools support time series charts, they do not allow users to zoom or pan along the time axis. In contrast, Visual DB supports this capability thanks to its innovative approach: it downloads the dataset to the client and processes and visualizes data directly in the browser. This allows it to handle user interactions without a server round trip. Visual DB has excellent support for query parameters, which allows you to bring only the subset of data that's of interest (up to 100K rows), to the client.<p>Visual DB supports PostgreSQL (including Neon), MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle. Give it a whirl, and we look forward to getting your feedback: <a href="https://visualdb.com" rel="nofollow">https://visualdb.com</a>
Show HN: Visual DB – Web front end for your database
If you have a cloud-hosted database, read on: Visual DB was designed for you.<p>Visual DB is the fastest way to create data entry forms for your database: Starting with an Excel spreadsheet, you can import your data into the database and create a great-looking form in under 10 minutes. Watch this video: <a href="https://youtu.be/6rVD5rmrjN8" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/6rVD5rmrjN8</a><p>Visual DB is a comprehensive SaaS frontend for your database. In addition to data entry forms, Visual DB also has a spreadsheet-like interface for inserting and updating data in your database. You can also build interactive reports using Visual DB. Finally, although not intended as a replacement for your database's admin tool, Visual DB can browse schema, create tables, set up relationships, and import and export data.<p>Visual DB began as a drag-and-drop form builder for databases. Forms created with Visual DB are practically indistinguishable from those hand-coded using React. You can add client-side validation, set available values (displayed in dropdowns), define default values, and even add logic to dynamically hide or disable fields—all without writing a single line of code! With Visual DB Forms, you’ll never have to write another CRUD app again.<p>If you have been using Excel to manage data and running into its limits because the volume of data has grown, Visual DB Sheets may be of interest to you. With its spreadsheet-like interface, Visual DB Sheets allows users to interact with data as they would in Excel, while securely storing that data in a robust relational database. Spreadsheet-database hybrids have been around for a while now, but we believe we have one of the best implementations, with features such as advanced grouping, support for foreign keys and lookup tables, query parameters, full-text as-you-type filtering, and so on.<p>The newest feature of Visual DB is interactive reporting. Traditional reporting tools offer limited interactivity. For example, while most reporting tools support time series charts, they do not allow users to zoom or pan along the time axis. In contrast, Visual DB supports this capability thanks to its innovative approach: it downloads the dataset to the client and processes and visualizes data directly in the browser. This allows it to handle user interactions without a server round trip. Visual DB has excellent support for query parameters, which allows you to bring only the subset of data that's of interest (up to 100K rows), to the client.<p>Visual DB supports PostgreSQL (including Neon), MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle. Give it a whirl, and we look forward to getting your feedback: <a href="https://visualdb.com" rel="nofollow">https://visualdb.com</a>
Show HN: Visual DB – Web front end for your database
If you have a cloud-hosted database, read on: Visual DB was designed for you.<p>Visual DB is the fastest way to create data entry forms for your database: Starting with an Excel spreadsheet, you can import your data into the database and create a great-looking form in under 10 minutes. Watch this video: <a href="https://youtu.be/6rVD5rmrjN8" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/6rVD5rmrjN8</a><p>Visual DB is a comprehensive SaaS frontend for your database. In addition to data entry forms, Visual DB also has a spreadsheet-like interface for inserting and updating data in your database. You can also build interactive reports using Visual DB. Finally, although not intended as a replacement for your database's admin tool, Visual DB can browse schema, create tables, set up relationships, and import and export data.<p>Visual DB began as a drag-and-drop form builder for databases. Forms created with Visual DB are practically indistinguishable from those hand-coded using React. You can add client-side validation, set available values (displayed in dropdowns), define default values, and even add logic to dynamically hide or disable fields—all without writing a single line of code! With Visual DB Forms, you’ll never have to write another CRUD app again.<p>If you have been using Excel to manage data and running into its limits because the volume of data has grown, Visual DB Sheets may be of interest to you. With its spreadsheet-like interface, Visual DB Sheets allows users to interact with data as they would in Excel, while securely storing that data in a robust relational database. Spreadsheet-database hybrids have been around for a while now, but we believe we have one of the best implementations, with features such as advanced grouping, support for foreign keys and lookup tables, query parameters, full-text as-you-type filtering, and so on.<p>The newest feature of Visual DB is interactive reporting. Traditional reporting tools offer limited interactivity. For example, while most reporting tools support time series charts, they do not allow users to zoom or pan along the time axis. In contrast, Visual DB supports this capability thanks to its innovative approach: it downloads the dataset to the client and processes and visualizes data directly in the browser. This allows it to handle user interactions without a server round trip. Visual DB has excellent support for query parameters, which allows you to bring only the subset of data that's of interest (up to 100K rows), to the client.<p>Visual DB supports PostgreSQL (including Neon), MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle. Give it a whirl, and we look forward to getting your feedback: <a href="https://visualdb.com" rel="nofollow">https://visualdb.com</a>
Show HN: YourNextStore – an open-source Shopify with Stripe as the back end
We’re building Your Next Store, a modern, ultra-fast, open-source commerce in Next.js with Stripe as the backend - no DB required.<p>Selling online is often more complex than it needs to be. Setting up a storefront with great performance can feel daunting and time-consuming. There are many plugins, libraries, etc - the choice can be overwhelming.<p>Plus, in e-commerce, the backend and frontend are often written in different languages (e.g., PHP, Python, or Ruby for the backend). This increases the complexity and makes code management more challenging, especially for teams.<p>After working in e-commerce for several years, Michał and I set out to build the fastest and most compelling storefront for small to medium-sized merchants. Fast e-commerce sites are crucial because slow pages hurt sales [1]. Unfortunately, performance issues are still very common. The beauty of Your Next Store is its simplicity. No additional tools and no databases - just Next.js and Stripe.<p>On the technical side, we use App Router, React Server Component, Partial Pre-Rendering, Optimistic Updates, and Streaming with Suspense to make the store faster and leaner so it feels almost like a static website.<p>In summary:<p>Modern & Popular Stack: Built with Next.js, React.js, and TypeScript, making development faster and hiring easier compared to platforms that use less common frameworks like Shopify’s Liquid.<p>No Database Needed: Stripe handles the backend, reducing the need for complex infrastructure and simplifying the setup process.<p>Open Source: Free and open (AGPL), with the option for a commercial license if needed.<p>This is just the beginning. We want to make YNS even better and easier to use and eventually provide a good, open-source alternative to Shopify.<p>Check our code at <a href="https://github.com/yournextstore/yournextstore">https://github.com/yournextstore/yournextstore</a><p>We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback! What features would you like to see next?<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/services/consulting/research/milliseconds-make-millions.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/services/consulting/research/...</a>
Show HN: YourNextStore – an open-source Shopify with Stripe as the back end
We’re building Your Next Store, a modern, ultra-fast, open-source commerce in Next.js with Stripe as the backend - no DB required.<p>Selling online is often more complex than it needs to be. Setting up a storefront with great performance can feel daunting and time-consuming. There are many plugins, libraries, etc - the choice can be overwhelming.<p>Plus, in e-commerce, the backend and frontend are often written in different languages (e.g., PHP, Python, or Ruby for the backend). This increases the complexity and makes code management more challenging, especially for teams.<p>After working in e-commerce for several years, Michał and I set out to build the fastest and most compelling storefront for small to medium-sized merchants. Fast e-commerce sites are crucial because slow pages hurt sales [1]. Unfortunately, performance issues are still very common. The beauty of Your Next Store is its simplicity. No additional tools and no databases - just Next.js and Stripe.<p>On the technical side, we use App Router, React Server Component, Partial Pre-Rendering, Optimistic Updates, and Streaming with Suspense to make the store faster and leaner so it feels almost like a static website.<p>In summary:<p>Modern & Popular Stack: Built with Next.js, React.js, and TypeScript, making development faster and hiring easier compared to platforms that use less common frameworks like Shopify’s Liquid.<p>No Database Needed: Stripe handles the backend, reducing the need for complex infrastructure and simplifying the setup process.<p>Open Source: Free and open (AGPL), with the option for a commercial license if needed.<p>This is just the beginning. We want to make YNS even better and easier to use and eventually provide a good, open-source alternative to Shopify.<p>Check our code at <a href="https://github.com/yournextstore/yournextstore">https://github.com/yournextstore/yournextstore</a><p>We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback! What features would you like to see next?<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/services/consulting/research/milliseconds-make-millions.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/services/consulting/research/...</a>
Show HN: YourNextStore – an open-source Shopify with Stripe as the back end
We’re building Your Next Store, a modern, ultra-fast, open-source commerce in Next.js with Stripe as the backend - no DB required.<p>Selling online is often more complex than it needs to be. Setting up a storefront with great performance can feel daunting and time-consuming. There are many plugins, libraries, etc - the choice can be overwhelming.<p>Plus, in e-commerce, the backend and frontend are often written in different languages (e.g., PHP, Python, or Ruby for the backend). This increases the complexity and makes code management more challenging, especially for teams.<p>After working in e-commerce for several years, Michał and I set out to build the fastest and most compelling storefront for small to medium-sized merchants. Fast e-commerce sites are crucial because slow pages hurt sales [1]. Unfortunately, performance issues are still very common. The beauty of Your Next Store is its simplicity. No additional tools and no databases - just Next.js and Stripe.<p>On the technical side, we use App Router, React Server Component, Partial Pre-Rendering, Optimistic Updates, and Streaming with Suspense to make the store faster and leaner so it feels almost like a static website.<p>In summary:<p>Modern & Popular Stack: Built with Next.js, React.js, and TypeScript, making development faster and hiring easier compared to platforms that use less common frameworks like Shopify’s Liquid.<p>No Database Needed: Stripe handles the backend, reducing the need for complex infrastructure and simplifying the setup process.<p>Open Source: Free and open (AGPL), with the option for a commercial license if needed.<p>This is just the beginning. We want to make YNS even better and easier to use and eventually provide a good, open-source alternative to Shopify.<p>Check our code at <a href="https://github.com/yournextstore/yournextstore">https://github.com/yournextstore/yournextstore</a><p>We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback! What features would you like to see next?<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/services/consulting/research/milliseconds-make-millions.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/services/consulting/research/...</a>
Show HN: A directory of startups that did things that don't scale
Hey HN,<p>I've been working on a little side project and could really use your feedback.<p>So, I've always been fascinated by those stories of successful startups doing crazy things in their early days - you know, like Airbnb founders personally photographing listings or DoorDash founders delivering food themselves.<p>I started collecting these stories, and before I knew it, I had a pretty big list. So I thought, "Why not turn this into a website?" And that's how <a href="https://dothingsthatdontscale.org" rel="nofollow">https://dothingsthatdontscale.org</a> was born.<p>It's super basic right now - just a simple directory with about 70 examples. But I'm wondering if this could be useful for other founders or startup enthusiasts.<p>I'd love to hear your thoughts:<p>> Is this something you'd find helpful? Why or why not?<p>> What would make this more useful for you?<p>> Is it easy to use? (I'm not good at design)<p>> Am I missing any awesome stories that should be included?<p>I'm not trying to monetize this or anything - just want to create something helpful for the community. Any feedback, criticism, or ideas would be hugely appreciated!<p>Thanks in advance, you awesome people!
Show HN: What do your GitHub starred repos say about you?
Show HN: Open Message Format – a compact, vendor-agnostic spec for messages
Show HN: Io_uring for Ruby
Show HN: Io_uring for Ruby
Show HN: Io_uring for Ruby