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by VyseofArcadia1 days ago |
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upvoteby Etheryte1 days ago|
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This is like saying a Java library readme should start with what the JVM is. It's fine to not know these things, but the majority of this comes with the territory. Right now it sounds like you're simply not the target audience. The Github readme includes a link to all of the major bits, so I don't really see the problem.
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upvoteby pavlov1 days ago|
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If you were trying to convince me to build a web app in Java, you wouldn’t need to explain what the JVM is, but you’d need to make a strong argument for why Java is better than the alternatives available in 2025.

So the question is whether the target audience here is “people who want to build full-stack web apps” or “people who are already using the BHVR stack”.

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upvoteby crab_galaxy1 days ago|
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The benefits are very clear to me.

If you build MERN apps, this is a template that replaces Express with Hono, Node with bun, and Webpack with Vite.

All of which are significantly faster than their counterparts. Hono can be deployed anywhere and has a much smaller bundle size than Express.

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upvoteby pavlov1 days ago|
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These two paragraphs would already be a much more helpful project description than “typesafe fullstack monorepo”.
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upvoteby pier251 days ago|
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If you've never heard of Bun or Vite you're clearly not the audience for this.
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upvoteby pavlov1 days ago|
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Why not? There are a lot of people who use the 2010s de facto standard JS server stack — Node, Express, Webpack etc. — but don't necessarily have the time or inclination to keep up to date with every new project in this space. It's a lot to follow.

The exclusive gatekeeping messaging doesn't seem very useful. There's probably a much bigger audience for "Hey, instead of starting yet another Node project, why not try this?" rather than preaching to the already converted early adopters.

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upvoteby pier251 days ago|
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Vite is a project with 25M weekly NPM downloads and used by some 9M github repos. It's not an obscure project by any stretch of the imagination. Heck it's almost as popular as React.

https://npmtrends.com/react-vs-vite-vs-webpack

Imagine someone posting a project that uses React and then someone demanding they explain what React is...

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upvoteby dev_l1x_be1 days ago|
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You are selecting the frontend crew and making claims based on that. Many of us are not frontend devs just want to wrap an API. At least I do.
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upvoteby pier251 days ago|
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> Many of us are not frontend devs

That's fine but OP's template is clearly for devs with frontend skills. No?

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upvoteby zaphirplane12 hours ago|
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Heard not an expert in, parent is right
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