Show HN: GitClassic.com, a fast, lightweight GitHub thin client (pages <14KB)
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1 hour ago
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Hey HN,

I posted GitClassic here 2 months ago- since then I've rebuilt most of it based on what people asked for.

https://gitclassic.com

What's new: Issues, PRs w/ full diffs, repo intelligence (health scores, dependency graphs), trending/explore, bookmarks, comparison tool, and advanced search.

Every page is server-rendered HTML- No React, no SPA, no client bundle, pages under 14KB(gzipped). Try loading facebook/react and compare it to GitHub load times.

Public repos work without an account, Pro adds private repo access via GitHub OAuth.

Stack: Hono on Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFront, 500KB Node bundle, cold starts usually <500ms.

What's missing?

Thanks, Chris

bityard
1 hour ago
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Github has been very anti-scraping lately, to the point that I can't even browse it in my browser's private mode. This seems to be impacting your implementation as well:

"Well, that didn't work API rate limit exceeded for 18.220.172.92. Want 5,000 requests/hour instead of 60? Sign in for free to use your own GitHub API quota. Sign in with GitHub If you keep seeing this, open an issue"

Update: Another try and it did work. However, I take exception to your app's assertion that my project is unmaintained. I would call it "stable" and further claim that your assertion is borderline libel. (And its pretty insulting that the rationalization is apparently hidden behind a paywall.)

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