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Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

#1

Post by alediaferia » Sat, Jun 18, 2016, 2:24 PM UTC

Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service
typeflow.io

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

#2

Post by adwmayer » Sat, Jun 18, 2016, 2:37 PM UTC

The demos aren't working, at least not in iOS Chrome.

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

#3

Post by alediaferia » Sat, Jun 18, 2016, 2:42 PM UTC

adwmayer wrote: post #2

The demos aren't working, at least not in iOS Chrome.

Thank you for letting me know. I don't have an iOS device handy to try but I'll investigate anyway to make it working on mobile as well. Should work on FF and Chrome desktop though. :)

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

#4

Post by mnkmnk » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 10:15 AM UTC

adwmayer wrote: post #2

The demos aren't working, at least not in iOS Chrome.

Also not working in android chrome

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

#5

Post by bbcbasic » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 10:15 AM UTC

alediaferia wrote: post #3

adwmayer wrote: post #2

The demos aren't working, at least not in iOS Chrome.

Thank you for letting me know. I don't have an iOS device handy to try but I'll investigate anyway to make it working on mobile as well. Should work on FF and Chrome desktop though. :)

Same for Android chrome.

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

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Post by conradk » Sun, Jun 19, 2016, 12:06 PM UTC

What's the difference between this and jQuery autocomplete (or similar things) ?

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

#7

Post by alediaferia » Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 8:04 AM UTC

conradk wrote: post #6

What's the difference between this and jQuery autocomplete (or similar things) ?

This an API, jQuery autocomplete is a Javascript library. Typeflow is inteded for big amounts of strings to autocomplete. It lets you push a list of strings to the typeflow API and exposes an endpoint for querying it via an HTTP API. You can easily make it working with Twitter Typeahead or jQuery autocomplete leaving the computation of the suggestion to the API.

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

#8

Post by stephenr » Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 9:51 AM UTC

conradk wrote: post #6

What's the difference between this and jQuery autocomplete (or similar things) ?

This is a backend service for hipsters who want their app to rely on 22 different saas vendors, so they can collect their "reinvented a LIKE clause with an external service" badge.

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

#9

Post by alediaferia » Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 11:19 AM UTC

stephenr wrote: post #8

conradk wrote: post #6

What's the difference between this and jQuery autocomplete (or similar things) ?

This is a backend service for hipsters who want their app to rely on 22 different saas vendors, so they can collect their "reinvented a LIKE clause with an external service" badge.

Can I use that as description for the service? :)

Re: Show HN: Typeflow – Type-ahead as a Service

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Post by stephenr » Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 4:00 AM UTC

alediaferia wrote: post #9

stephenr wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a backend service for hipsters who want their app to rely on 22 different saas vendors, so they can collect their "reinvented a LIKE clause with an external service" badge.

Can I use that as description for the service? :)

Sure, why not.