JOjoshgrib·Feb 4, 2021
https://github.com/jdan/cleaver
Here's a similar project that I've used in the past and liked a lot
In A tool to create slides using Markdown easily for youjdan
cleaver
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jdan / cleaver
cleaver
30-second slideshows for hackers
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4KGitHub stars
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- numpy/numpy · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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Observed mentions: 2013-08-31 16:53:26 UTC to 2021-02-04 14:45:49 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
9 sourcesCleaver uses the marked library for markdown processing. The conversion happens in renderSlide:
https://github.com/jdan/cleaver/blob/master/lib/index.js#L27...
/**
* Renders a slide.
*
* @param {string} content Markdown content to be rendered as a slide
* @return {string} The formatted slide
*/
Cleaver.prototype.renderSlide = function (content) {
return marked(content);
};
In Cleaver – 30-second slideshows for hackersThey're generated by cleaver: https://github.com/jdan/cleaver
You can see how it's set up in the github repo for the slides: https://github.com/jdleesmiller/ds-docker-demo
In Intro to Docker and how we use it at WriteLaTeXThere are a bunch of solutions for creating S5, Impress.js, Reveal.js, etc. from Markdown or ReStructuredText:
http://docs.hieroglyph.io/en/latest/
https://hovercraft.readthedocs.org/en/1.0/
https://github.com/yoshiki/markdown2impress
https://github.com/gnab/remark
https://github.com/jdan/cleaver/
In Ask HN: Text-based PPT alternative?prezjordan, you should check out Sourcegraph (https://sourcegraph.com). It shows you how many other projects/people actually use a library and how they use it (code snippets).
[0]: https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/jdan/cleaver
[1]: https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/numpy/numpy
disclaimer: I am one of the creators of Sourcegraph and would love to hear what you think about it!
In Counting Stars on GitHubI have a strange relationship with GitHub stars. On one hand, I love them - they give my projects exposure (I always mention cleaver [0] during my interviews) and let me know how many people are "using" my project.
On the other hand, I feel it sort of pushes me in the wrong direction. Stars aren't a good indicator of use, or even importance. For instance, cleaver is not technically challenging, yet it shares the same number of stars as numpy [1].
So, not sure how I feel about them - not sure what they measure.
[0]: https://github.com/jdan/cleaver
[1]: https://github.com/numpy/numpy
In Counting Stars on GitHub30-Second Slideshows for Hackers
1 points · Open discussionHacker Friendly Tool to Make Slideshows in 30 seconds
1 points · Open discussionI just merged an awesome PR that does exactly this [0]. It doesn't take over the forward/back buttons, which is a good thing in my opinion.
[0]: https://github.com/jdan/cleaver/pull/25
In Show HN: 30-second Slideshows for Hackers