Show HN: I made a site for sharing 'work in progress' updates

by marckohlbruggeon 5/1/2024, 2:55 PMwith 1 comments

I've always been fascinated by seeing other people work. Not just their end result, but the process that got them there.

Over the years builders have become more willing to share their process. But those updates were scattered throughout the web on different blogs and social media accounts.

So I made a social network, very similar to Twitter, focused solely on answering the question "What are you working on right now?"

Throughout the day people share small updates of what they have completed. I find it both interesting and motivating to see people make progress on their projects.

It's mostly bootstrapped startups, but there are also some authors writing books and people working on various hobby projects.

https://wip.co

It's invite-only at the moment to protect the community from an influx of new users (sorry!), but curious to get HN's view on this and whether they'd consider joining such a platform.

by KomoDon 5/1/2024, 5:23 PM

> It's invite-only at the moment to protect the community from an influx of new users (sorry!)

Then why did you post it here as a Show HN...?

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

> Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out

> On topic: things people can run on their computers or hold in their hands. For hardware, you can post a video or detailed article. For books, a sample chapter is ok.

> Off topic: blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters, lists, and other reading material. Those can't be tried out, so can't be Show HNs. Make a regular submission instead.