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Announcing CodeWrite - the best code-blogging tool!

Arek Nawo on February 08, 2021

So, I’ve been code-blogging (a fancy term I’ve come up with) for over 2 years now. And to be honest, it’s been a fantastic experience! Not only did...

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Pankaj Patel • Feb 9 '21

I was starting the app and figured that if access to Storage is not allowed, app doesn't start.

It would be good to have some fallback DB to start the app.

It didn't occur to me about the above problem until I checked the console. Graceful degrading of functionality would make User Experience better

Arek Nawo • Feb 9 '21

What browser are you using? CodeWrite uses IndexedDB as it's the only way to store images.

Pankaj Patel • Feb 11 '21

Brave Browser, it turns off the storage access by default

Arek Nawo • Feb 11 '21

Guessed that already. New update coming shortly will show a message to let the user know of that.

Pankaj Patel • Feb 11 '21

Thanks for the update

Pankaj Patel • Feb 9 '21 • Edited

Very interesting tool. Does it handle republish with Canonicals?

I like that you provide auto publish for Medium as well, really nice. Importing a post in medium with canonical is pain in the ass.

Thanks for creating.

Though IMHO, from pricing point of view, it is lot to ask without even getting to see some automation benefits.

You can start with initial 5 free posts in free/demo and later need to pay. Just saying.

Arek Nawo • Feb 9 '21

Thanks for the constructive feedback!
As for your questions:

Currently, CodeWrite doesn't fill canonical info. It works like an auto-filler. You write the post in CodeWrite and inside the platform's editor use it to autofill. Because of that, the canonical link is unknown to the tool, and as such, it can't autofill it. I might add a canonical link field in the CodeWrite editor to handle that.
As for pricing - it's my first product so it was a hard decision to make. I'll wait for some more feedback and maybe do some adjustment. Note that promo codes are still available.
Also, you can try-out the auto-filling feature in the demo mode with example posts. The demo mode's limitation is that none of your edits are saved, nor can you create new posts, but it does give you a glimpse of both the editor and the autofiller.

Pankaj Patel • Feb 9 '21

Thanks for the answer. I understand that it’s hard to know pricing strategy in the beginning. Good luck for the product.

Arek Nawo • Feb 9 '21

I've done the math, and made a few changes... 😅

Thai Thien • Feb 11 '21

do it work on Wordpress ?

Arek Nawo • Feb 11 '21

Not right now, but it's on a high-priority list alongside Ghost and Hackernoon. Stay tuned!

Thai Thien • Feb 11 '21

I still not know how CodeWrite useful.
I can still code in the IDE with full code completion (and test if it run correctly), then copy and paste source code in 'dedicate Code Block' each platform give me.

Arek Nawo • Feb 11 '21

Integrated code editor allows you to stay in one app, keeping you in the writing flow and not distracting with constant copy-pasting. This and the sum of all other parts like better Grammarly support, editing experience overall, and handling incompatibilities when cross-posting is a huge productivity boost. Of course, to each one their own, but it truly made my writing experience more pleasant. Give it a try and decide for yourself if it's worth it or not.

Thai Thien • Feb 11 '21

great, thank :3

Pawan Pawar • Feb 9 '21

Thanks for sharing

woonway • Feb 12 '21

Interesting, never heard about that