My simple GitHub project went viral

I usually check r&#x2F;selfhosted and awesome-selfhosted repo on GitHub[0].<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;awesome-selfhosted&#x2F;awesome-selfhosted" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;awesome-selfhosted&#x2F;awesome-selfhosted</a>

In many cases, these clones only cover the UI, which is not trivial, but is just the tip of the iceberg.<p>The real challenge in these systems is to make them work at scale. In part because their business model only works at scale.<p>Something as simple as a &quot;likes&quot; counter is not trivial to do at scale.

cool I guess, but this just another &quot;list of X&quot; repo with a bit of scrapping code behind it. I&#x27;m sure it&#x27;s useful to a degree for some, but I don&#x27;t see the practical value of something like this

This is a really click-baity title (My simple GitHub project went Viral). It should be edited.

Not the clones. Its more like a clickbait title. And its not a project or product but just a listing,it could have been better as a blog post.

40k visits and only 1 donation. Not that I complain or that I think he deserves more or less, just interesting to see the ratio.

now it went viral and what is the real impact?<p>It will end in one of many started github repos, you might rememeber it but most people don&#x27;t need to look up a clone.<p>While i like that we appreachiate small things, sometimes i do wonder if it would have saved more time if we wouldnt do things.<p>I have to find a weekly hn newsletter system.

Hate to pick on a typo, but I had to laugh. “Scrapping Reddit” is exactly how I added two hours back to my day.

Really loving this! As someone who also made clones of bigger software (usually with lesser functionality, because I was focussing on the main thing) I look forward into searching that list to find solutions of others.

It really makes sense to use one of these clones for creating new products IF license permits it and if they are implementing a lot of required functionality. For example making a website for campsites would probably be 90% finished if an Airbnb&#x27;s clone&#x27;s code were used.<p>Just as we wouldn&#x27;t think to implement Quicksort 10 or 20 years ago, because we have great, optimized reusable components, this is the next logical step: Focussing on building the 10% that differentiate the product instead of reinventing the wheel.

Wait, why is Woocommerce listed as a clone of Shopify!

Maybe I&#x27;m ignorant, but what&#x27;s the difference to e.g. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;alternativeto.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;alternativeto.net&#x2F;</a><p>Or should be more better rephrased: It&#x27;s a open source clone of AlternativeTo.

This is just a compilation readme, not a real code project like I thought. dev.to bait

The other day I was searching for examples of large apps done using specific technologies(RealWorld is great, but not large enough), even entertaining the idea of buying something from Themeforest, but this is better.

Just wait until your project gets copied and then goes to the front page - I&#x27;ve had it done.

So what? List posts are about the least creative, effortless and worthless content on the Internet.<p>The bar for what is considered achievements is constantly lowered.<p>HN no longer gets interesting submissions, just drivel.

Why did you change my scrollbar though on this site? :|