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You should have a look at Winds (https://getstream.io/winds). It keeps everything in one place and visibility seems to be a top priority. Pretty cool app and it's available for web and desktop.


This is a great point; however, we wanted to bring the user experience to the desktop. You are more than welcome to submit a PR to make this application web compatible.


Why do you require users to make an account? I personally would rather have all my settings stored locally, and export them if I needed to. An option for this would be great.


Yeah I installed it, saw you need an account, and uninstalled it.

I quite like desktop programs still, but I expect everything to be stored locally and not to need an account. I had hoped for a KeePass style db file that I could sync on Dropbox or something, but the last thing I need is more accounts and my data on some randoms server that could be taken down when they get bored, or run out of money/motivation.


What currently makes it incompatible? I'm not well versed in Electron so I can't see exactly where it hooks in and how it is needed.


It's not clear to me what is local and what isn't. Can Winds run entirely locally? I'm mostly interested for privacy reasons.


Yeah, great passive aggressive way of dismissing a absolutely valid point.


Yeah, 3 downvotes in 60 seconds. Totally not brigading here.


Your comment broke the HN guidelines, so it was properly downvoted. This one too. Could you please (re-)read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and post civilly and substantively, or not at all? We're hoping for something a bit better here.


Well yeah, ofcourse. I dont see where my inital post broke anything.

It was esentially as meaningfull as OPs reply.

Ofcourse, the point of "this app should run in a browser" is very valid. The reply, he can just code it himself is in my eyes a passive aggressive way of saying "no, i said your point is valid, but actually think it isn't and therefore ill ignore it anyway."

Its obvioulsy, that a well developed web app should be runable in a browser and the developers could have thought about it earlier. They know their project better than anyone, so the afford of understanding how this piece of software works for an outsider is way to high.


"Your app should run on windows. It only runs on [not windows]? Downvote!"

"Your app runs based on technologies that mean you could easily port it to windows. But it doesn't run on windows? Downvote!"

"Your app runs on windows, but it's built on technologies that allow it to run anywhere else; why does it only run on windows? Downvote!"

See the pattern? Saying "I don't like your entire contribution because it doesn't run on a given platform on which I think it COULD run" is counterproductive and at best pointless; at worst rude.


The initial comment was already uncivil and unsubstantive.

I'm sure you could have made the point more thoughtfully, in which case it would both have been clearer and not damaged HN in the process.


Nick here, author of the post. Would love to hear your thoughts on this subject matter. I'll do my best to respond to all questions and comments. Cheers!


We just released an updated version of Winds using React 15.4 and it works wonderfully! Looking forward to seeing the perf improvements. http://winds.getstream.io if you're curious to see what we're working on at GetStream.io!


What's your experience with Sails been like? I considered it for askinline.com when starting but quickly abandoned ship and ended up rolling a backing using Hapi & Sequelize. I couldn't be more satisfied with the decision.

Happy to see another RSS reader get some love.



Nick here from GetStream.io (Winds). We didn't expect Winds to see so much traffic today, so we're experiencing temporary downtime. We'll have everything back up and running as soon as possible. Thank you for all of your support!


Back up and running smoothly. Sorry for the delay!


Do you have overhead? If so, yes. A non-profit still generates a significant amount of revenue... especially since they don't have to pay the same tax as a normal company does.


It's never too late! Keep your head up and grab some people around you to be mentors. Pick up a few books and learn on your own. :)


Nice post


Hey all! I'm one of the main developers behind Cabin. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Questions and comments are always welcome :) Have fun!


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