I can't help but think at some point GitHub will not be so friendly to free blog hosting through their system. They are a version control SAAS. If you generate to much traffic, what will happen? The market might be ripe for a git based cms/blog why not build that company and service?
Nice work. Some suggestions:
1. Better to include a demo. If I'm using this service I'd want to know how the blog looks like.
2. The gif doesn't really look smooth. Maybe consider using a low-quality mp4.
I'm not sure if it's possible or not but you may try to create an organization for your application and create repositories in that organization. Maybe you can avoid requesting private repo access using this technique. (Mixpanel uses a similar technique https://github.com/orgs/mixpanel-platform)
Is it possible to use TinyPress with already modified Jekyll? I already host a blog on github and am using jekyll. What I would like to do is take advantage of that neat backend for writing posts.
Looks great! I've been thinking about developing something similar for some time. I'll definitely be contributing to this project.
Neat! This is Jekyll-based right? In that case, please pop on over to talk.jekyllrb.com and share this with the community.
Wasn't this or something almost exactly the same, posted on HN maybe 6-8 or so months ago?
Hey guys. Thanks for checking out TinyPress.
I'm cataloging feedback I receive so you all know I'm listening, and will be iteratively adding these items as we move forward over the next week or two.
You can find the list on the post below. I'll be updating this post in real time from feedback I get here, on Twitter, or through Intercom (blue button on site).
https://tinypressco.github.io/2015/10/18/on-hacker-news.html