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Could you elaborate more on your niche websites? Are those blogs or web-scraped content?


Both actually. A niche site is usually centered around a specific topic. Content can be created manually or scraped and repurposed. The idea is to provide relevant transactional information and lead the user towards the conversion funnel which could be display ad, affiliate offer or any other sales pitch.

For instance, currently I am working on a website related to a coffee machine brand. I did the keyword and competition research, layout the site structure and monetization funnel. Now my team of writers is busy in creating content with the goal to turn out 30-40 highly quality content pieces in a month - enough to test the potential of the niche.

Another project I did previously was to set up mini sites for lawyers in a US state. I scraped existing lawyer directories to provide a lead management system to the client who then pitched development services to those without websites.


As an Italian, I stopped after I saw the internet has decided that pineapple on pizza is ok.

Illegal.


I'm one of the wretched sinners, but I was honestly surprised at the results.


Tomato is a fruit too, so why not pineapple? :)


"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" (Miles Kington)


Yes, because it's not sweet. Pineapple however pairs well with tomato on a pizza giving it a sweet and tangy flavour.


Now I want to make a pizza with pineapple sauce in it...


And tomato topping


Have you tried it?


Yeah and it is disgusting.


Stop yucking people's yums.


Ham is a necessary component. I wouldn't eat a pizza with only pineapple...but the Hawaiian! It's so good, if it's made right.


If you are a vegetarian you can suplement Ham with Feta cheese. It's also very good.


Thank you so much! Will wait for your friends feedback!


I've recently used SQLite for my personal project rigfoot.com

It's a "read only" and small website (at least for now), with just a bunch of daily visitors, a perfect use case for SQLite.

Funny thing is that in my case the database it's so small that it's pushed directly on the repo.

Especially for startups and little projects, SQLite is your best friend.


Hey thanks a lot!

What do you mean by "sort by function"? Like a list of guitar types?

The stack thing is definitely interesting and it's something just put in my notes. Would you like to see stack belonging to famous artists? Or by music genre for instance?


You're welcome!

By function I was thinking more of a filter to show only "reverb" pedals, or only "delay" pedals, so you can compare specific pedals that do only specific functions.

I think stacks belonging to famous artists would be super cool, but probably very niche (and hard to source/verify?). More helpful would be a 'generic stack for xyz music genre' - which I guess would be subjective, but would be a good resource for someone like me who wants to get a good tone, but has no idea where to begin pedal wise for say Math Rock.


Are you also considering non-US applications? Thanks.


Yes! Although ideally part of the working hours should overlap with Pacific Timezone's working hours.


Thanks! We'll add a link on the website


Nope, we put "packer" in it because we liked the sound :)


Yeah that's very confusing then


Hi, thanks for your feedback. I didn't know that Pinterest allows developers to create their own plugins. Could you kindly describe me how Onion Packer could take advantage of it? Thanks :)


AFAIK it does: https://developers.pinterest.com/

As an housing architect, Pinterest simplified a lot my workflow by keeping all images in the same place (it allows private boards and full resolution). There is plenty of room to improve, their tools are not designed for professionals. You could build on top of that.


Thanks so much, we are already discussing what can be done :)


Hi and thanks for your comment. When designing Onion Packer we focused on the designer need of: - quickly finding the right texture / image - have a fast way to preview it on a 3D model

You mentioned bumps, which is something that is in our roadmap (3D preview, together with diffuse textures).

We are looking for precious feedbacks and testers, since we are in the initial phase. If you have some good suggestions it is very easy that it will be considered. Onion Packer wants to take the direction that its users suggest it to go :)

Give it a try, it's totally free.


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