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Show HN: Bitcast.io – A marketplace for web development tutorials

82 pointsby zhsalmost 12 years ago

11 comments

avolcanoalmost 12 years ago
Massive feature missing: last updated date.<p>I would NEVER buy a screencast, tutorial, or anything on web development without knowing EXACTLY when it was last updated. For example, the paid Ember screencasts claim to go over the Ember router - how do I know whether it was the old beta router, the RC1 router, or the RC6 &quot;Promise-ified&quot; router?
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sergiotapiaalmost 12 years ago
You guys really need a &quot;Date Published&quot; field on each screencast and a &quot;Date Updated&quot; if it has been updated. I was about to buy the Backbone + Rails bundle but I was apprehensive because what if it&#x27;s really outdated? Lynda.com displays a publish date, it&#x27;s useful.
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earlzalmost 12 years ago
Why are people willing to pay for screencasts(of any quality), but NEVER for a well written article over the same thing.<p>I personally hate trying to learn things from videos. I can&#x27;t search it. I can&#x27;t copy and paste code from it. I can&#x27;t skim over it. Later review and skimming ahead is lousy, at best, impossible at worst.<p>The only thing screencasts have going for them is that they are (in general) easier to create than a well written article. The difference for readers&#x2F;viewers though is substantial.
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bluetideproalmost 12 years ago
Is this done by the people at Treehouse <i>[1]</i>? It looks like the design&#x2F;layout is very much inspired by them, at the least. If they are not associated to Treehouse, they may need to think about making their design a bit more unique, because some might try to call that out as a rip.<p>[1] <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;teamtreehouse.com&#x2F;</a>
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joshuahornbyalmost 12 years ago
This may get shot down, but why no PHP? I know its not cool and trendy but it works dam well.
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ryanhandbyalmost 12 years ago
I am actively trying to watch some videos on Bitcast at the moment. I love it by the way great concept and great way of setting it all out although I am hitting a wall with a 404 when trying to view a video.<p>GET <a href="https://data.sublimevideo.net/js/kcvkz080-beta.js" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;data.sublimevideo.net&#x2F;js&#x2F;kcvkz080-beta.js</a> 404 (Not Found)<p>This makes it quite hard to watch the videos.
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stephanos2kalmost 12 years ago
One thing I learned from watching MicroConf presentations online: Make it about them (the users) not you. The title reads &quot;We Love Screencasts&quot;. According to the marketing gurus this should instead focus on your audience (because we only care about ourselves, you know).<p>Oh and it seems the favicon has an odd white background :-?<p>Other than that, the site looks extremely sleek :)
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cbhlalmost 12 years ago
I don&#x27;t understand why y&#x27;all chose the screencasts niche as opposed to, say, music education.<p>What&#x27;s your reasoning, and how you plan on differentiating yourself for content creators from, say, a YouTube Partner network?
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izztmzztalmost 12 years ago
Should be renamed &quot;A marketplace for Ruby on Rails tutorials&quot;.
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shirealmost 12 years ago
I really like this, please make more videos more towards Python and Javascript.<p>I would love some PHP but that&#x27;s asking for to much.
epaalmost 12 years ago
This makes me sick. Web development tutorials should be free and open for the sake of learning and spreading information (as per the last 10 years).
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