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fiveSpeedManual
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Comment #31396772
Yes, you're right. He could have used getpantry.cloud (or similar)
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Comment #28462979
An easy-to-use js library to add tabby cats to your site. Simply include the js library and hit [Tab + b] to add some cats to any page!
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Comment #23179541
I've been busy building Pantry - a free JSON storage service for small personal projects. I posted it a few days ago on HN and a lot of you had some great ideas and feedback. https…
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Comment #23108329
Oh very cool! Love the idea of using a third-party service to store data for simple projects, mobile apps included! If anyone is looking for a similar solution, a place to dump dat…
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Comment #23051718
Oh yeah, this definitely needs to be addressed and is currently an active issue on GitHub. Thanks for reporting!
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Comment #23043532
Ouch that is confusing. And no, I haven't added these details to documentation yet. This is a bit of an issue at the moment, having everything return in one format is the right thi…
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Comment #23041629
I prefer this as well. Rather not go down the road of having examples for every major platform.
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Comment #23041616
Great question! Size limits are pretty small, a little over 1mb per basket. As for data retention, the account has a TTL of 5 days, baskets 3. Any activity on the account/bucket wi…
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Comment #23041606
Wow, this is pretty neat! I have some friends who are into firmware development so ill pass this along. Love how verbose your docs are - good stuff!
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Comment #23041597
I have a basic rate limiting implemented, but nothing that prevents people from really abusing the storage platform. Accounts and Baskets that are stale are automatically removed, …
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Comment #23041576
Ouff - good catch! Will fix soon, thanks!
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Comment #23041565
Haha, yeah I'm definitely not quitting my day job over this, and you're right about the costs as well - Pantry is fairly cheap to maintain. I might keep it as a free service for th…
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Comment #23041546
Thanks for the feedback, I agree that the Postman approach may not be the best solution. I'll look into another way to display API docs!
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Comment #23038041
Duly noted, this was an eye-opener. I suppose I should prioritize this while I still have time. Time to step away from the keyboard and think about the business side of this projec…
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Comment #23038026
I found these great illustrations here - https://www.opendoodles.com/ They're really well done!
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Comment #23037844
Looking forward to it!
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Comment #23037772
Very exciting, I really like your website - especially the API docs! Awesome work!
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Comment #23037762
Thanks for the kind words! You're essentially the use-case that I had in mind when I was developing Pantry! How did your project turn out btw, did the firmware developers get their…
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Comment #23037748
Great question! Currently, the PantryID (uuidv4) is the only form of security, I am thinking that in a future release perhaps another form of authorization may be required. Do you …
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Comment #23037740
Great question! I believe this is a good problem to have, and perhaps one day I'll be lucky enough to face this. I've spent some time thinking of how to monetize Pantry - perhaps a…
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Comment #23037718
Great question! Let me get back to you? You are right, and all of your points are valid. I will definitely be looking into drafting some documents revolving around data integrity a…
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Comment #23037699
Thanks for the kind words and for understanding where I'm coming from, and my perspective :)
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Comment #23037683
Hey, thanks for the feedback. This is definitely been a learning experience for me, and I'm really not sure what the future holds for the project. CORS was/is an issue that I've ye…