Ask HN: Does Your GitHub Repo Need a Landing Page

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  • nix

    Nix, the purely functional package manager

  • I'm really not fond of that agpt landing page. So many red flags; the AI-generated background, mailing letter box with accompanying email-beggar text, the Discord button (!!!) being given as much space as the Github repo click-through... it's a mess. The whole website feels more boilerplate than content. I mean, look at these quotes!

    > With the help of the incredible open-source community, we’re making approximately a month’s progress every 48 hours.

    > Auto-GPT is pushing for the best, autonomous AI assistant for every device for every person. In the near future, we want you to be able to accomplish more everyday.

    > We have come to define ourselves by what we do. If this can be automated, how may we then define ourselves? By what we create!

    Every line of copy I read from that site makes me feel like I'm getting dumber instead of learning about their product. If you are building a landing page for a serious software project, you need a more professional approach. You can be playful if you want, but the landing page somehow manages to be less informative than the Github repo in the example you've listed.

    Since everyone will ask, here are some software project landing pages that strike me as well-designed:

    https://julialang.org/

    https://nixos.org/

    https://www.scheme.org/

  • julia

    The Julia Programming Language

  • I'm really not fond of that agpt landing page. So many red flags; the AI-generated background, mailing letter box with accompanying email-beggar text, the Discord button (!!!) being given as much space as the Github repo click-through... it's a mess. The whole website feels more boilerplate than content. I mean, look at these quotes!

    > With the help of the incredible open-source community, we’re making approximately a month’s progress every 48 hours.

    > Auto-GPT is pushing for the best, autonomous AI assistant for every device for every person. In the near future, we want you to be able to accomplish more everyday.

    > We have come to define ourselves by what we do. If this can be automated, how may we then define ourselves? By what we create!

    Every line of copy I read from that site makes me feel like I'm getting dumber instead of learning about their product. If you are building a landing page for a serious software project, you need a more professional approach. You can be playful if you want, but the landing page somehow manages to be less informative than the Github repo in the example you've listed.

    Since everyone will ask, here are some software project landing pages that strike me as well-designed:

    https://julialang.org/

    https://nixos.org/

    https://www.scheme.org/

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