elegant-cli VS KeenWrite

Yeah I received a similar email as well.

YC has a funky hodgepodge of React on Rails for their website, and it could use a major update considering they’re the leading tech incubator.

I emailed Dang about it, and he suggested that I build a product that solves this issue instead.

I ended up building a prototype on top of Docusaurus, and received a ton of developer feedback.

We’ve been working on it for about 6 months consistently now, and we’ve made huge progress on a simple CMS and content framework that would solve all of YC’s issues such as this accidental newsletter blast.

My goal with this project is to upgrade the YC website, as well as Paul Graham’s.

What do you’all think?

https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

https://www.elegantframework.com/

My ADHD meds, coffee, GitHub Issues and Discussions, and using a simple ‘todo.txt’ file in my local box.

For content creation, I created this little React based Wordpress alternative that is free to use and 100% open source: https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

For emails, I use ConvertKit to collect email signups and send out updates to my subscribers.

Would anyone be interested in a self hosted version of what Patreon offers for creators?

I have been working on a free Wordpress alternative that is built with React, and removes the guard rails and burdens for creators that WP creates.

https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

I have had requests to include Twitch like features such as tipping, subscriptions, and power ups.

I started planning out these features to get them into the development pipeline and I realized that some of these features are the value that Patreon creates.

Would developers/creators be interested in having subscription tiers, tips, power ups, rewards, etc, on their own website alongside their content?

I am currently working with a local creator who recently switched over to us; and we are piloting ways to level up his content using his Patreon account.

But as the author of the article mentioned, this creator goes by a stage name when he’s connecting with fans.

https://mankini.tv/

https://mankini.tv/interviews/mankini-interviews-buzz-osborn...

Haha yeah, this is my tech safe space lol..

The career path hasn’t been so bad. Applied my understanding of electrons to computer science, and have launched a number of apps and services since.

Currently working on a side project that’s a WordPress alternative built with Next.js and Tailwind :)

https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

It’s still in its infancy, but you can check it out on GitHub if you’re interested: https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

KeenWrite is my free, open-source, cross-platform desktop Markdown editor that can produce beautifully typeset PDFs. I started working on it years ago to help write a novel that has a complex timeline and I couldn't find a text editor that would allow me to integrate a character sheet with the story itself.

https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite

Tutorials:

* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9...

Here's what I mean by using variables directly:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFCqe3A5dFg

CommonMark doesn't propose a standard for bibliographic references. Would anyone find the editor more appealing if it had cross-references and citations?

My cross-platform desktop text editor, KeenWrite, allows users to define variables in an external YAML file. The editor calls out to Kroki[1] to convert text-based diagrams to SVG. The diagrams can reference variables and are rendered using EchoSVG[2].

KeenWrite[3] can produce PDF documentation from Markdown documents that has PlantUML diagrams with elements stored in an external, machine-readable file. Here are screenshots showing variables on the left, diagram text in the middle, and a real-time render on the right:

* https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DaveJarvis/KeenWrite/main/...

* https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DaveJarvis/KeenWrite/main/...

KeenWrite supports all diagrams offered by Kroki, which includes "diagram-plantuml".

[1]: https://kroki.io/

[2]: https://github.com/css4j/echosvg/

[3]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite

Although not interactive, I've created a video series that shows advanced usage of Markdown. Namely R, external variables, diagrams, math, annotations, and a different approach to metadata:

* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9...

Tutorial 4 shows basic Markdown:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbGSiRzx-0

The top-right of each video shows keyboard and mouse clicks to help follow along.[1] My desktop text editor, KeenWrite[2], is used in the tutorials.

[1]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/kmcaster

[2]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite

https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite/blob/main/scripts/bu...

My template script provides a way to make user-friendly shell scripts. In a script that uses the template, you define the dependencies and their sources:

    DEPENDENCIES=(

I didn't create the fork, nor am I affiliated with the project. I use it in my text editor, KeenWrite to rasterize SVG.

KeenWrite Themes[1] are instructions that tell ConTeXt how to typeset XHTML documents (content) into PDF files (presentation). I made a tutorial that shows how my FOSS desktop text editor, KeenWrite[3], allows users to write in Markdown to typeset a document against a particular theme.

Before it can be used for scientific papers, it needs cross-references, which, unfortunately, aren't part of the CommonMark specification.

I posit that the vast majority of LaTeX users don't grok how to separate content from presentation. When I asked a question on TeX.SE about how to adjust the line spacing between enumerated items (spanning a couple dozen enumerated lists), the vast majority of people voted for the answer of using `\itemsep0em` to tweak each list ... individually.[4] The correct answer, IMO, is to fix the problem globally, and not waste time tweaking individual lists.

[1]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite-themes

[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QpX70O5S30

[3]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite

[4]: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/6081/reduce-space-be...