I think it's neat. There's lots of negative feedback on here, which I would encourage you not to get down about. As always on the net, folks are probably far more likely to leave a message if they have some objection or disagree with some aspect, rather than if they just plain like it.
Playing with the idea of a static site generator for the masses, instead of the multitudes of CLI solutions out there. Something to point at a folder of maybe 5 markdown files, and generate a site for personal or small business use. (not a blog)
I hate that friends who need a website have to opt for overkill solutions like Wordpress, or a $10 subscription service, just to get a 4-page site on the web...
I sometimes use "inurl:wordpress" when searching for travel info. This ensures more first-person blog accounts, rather than all the tripadvisor junk that's at the top.
This is super cool. I was always a fan of Expose (https://github.com/Jack000/Expose) because of accessibility to beginners like me, and few dependencies. Pandoc is similar, but powerful, and I like that this leans on that. With a custom template this could be really neat.
It's tough. I've been thinking about this a lot over the years, especially with respect to youtube content -- which is really hit-and-miss to say the least. I'm trying to curate channels I think are ok on www.fugu.tv, and welcome any input.
Good to see you ship to Canada too. I'm in Japan where Mixi has a service called [Nohana](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19966877) that's similar (but an app), but looking forward to checking yours out, maybe with the help of my brothers back home. Nice work!
You might try a "free shipping" coupon code (instead of 10% off), as it helps a customer overcome some of the anxiety of ordering a box of something all the way "from Japan".
Agree entirely that SSGs are completely for developers. I recently wrote on a similar theme, hypothesising a static site generator for "the rest of us": https://1rick.com/static-sites.html I really wish something like that existed.
Take a picture of a traffic light, color-picker out the green and print it solid on a large sheet. Ask Japanese friends what color it is, they'll all say green.
(Disclaimer: I once did this. Also, I might need some hobbies)
It mostly came down to math, and that 48 pages is typically the max number of pages for a saddle-stitch book. I explained a little bit more about the design process here if you're curious to know more: https://1rick.com/designing-bluebird.html
I use paper too, and have designed a small notebook around this idea of longer term goals with "crumb-size" daily actions: https://twentyweeks.com (shameless plug for my side project)
I made a little pocketbook thingy based on a weekly "sprint" with a max of six tasks per day, to progress towards weekly goals: https://vimeo.com/252014662
I find keeping to-do items separate from my phone distractions works well.
On phone/web, I find trello is as good as anything, especially across devices. Decent checklist function.
> I hope a static site generator comes along with an intuitive UI for non-technical people to easily update their own content.
This. (Although it seems a lot of people aren't in agreement) I think there used to be an app called Cactus for Mac that had a GUI and let you generate your own site. This sort of solution could work for people 1) not technical enough to run command line site generators, but 2) technical enough to buy some hosting space to drag their static site onto. If I were a hosting company, maybe I'd explore making an intuitive site generator available for free, in the hopes it could sell some light hosting plans.
So yeah, I like it.