Opinion · 5 min read

Stop building comment systems

Priya Nair · Developer Advocate · 1 week ago

The feature looks like a weekend. It is never a weekend. Here is the list of everything you forgot.

Threading. Sorting. Pagination that does not break when someone posts mid-scroll. Markdown that does not become an XSS hole. Mentions with an autocomplete that does not leak your user list. Likes that work for guests without letting one person like a thousand times. Reporting. A moderation queue. Bans. Spam.

Each one is small. Together they are a quarter.

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How this was added

app/Models/Article.php

use Usamamuneerchaudhary\Commentify\Traits\Commentable;

class Article extends Model
{
    use Commentable;
}

the Blade view

<livewire:comments :model="$article" />

Pro JSON API registry

// config/commentify-pro.php
'commentables' => [
    'articles' => \App\Models\Article::class,
],

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