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Re: Show HN: Build live location sharing in your app with HyperTrack

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Post by marknadal »

I highly recommend also Open Sourcing the server, or else you'll have to compare against Open Source alternatives:

- We did a prototype last July on saving 100M+ updates for $10/day all costs (cpu, disk, backup). Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_WqBuEA7s8

- You can 1 click deploy to a free Heroku server here: https://github.com/amark/gun#heroku

- Watch a demo of the GPS tracking here: 1min https://youtu.be/7ALHtbC9aOM

- Demo of the app here: (warning: asks for location) http://gps.gunDB.io/

- Source code here: (only ~200LOC, lots to improve) https://github.com/gundb/gps

Re: Show HN: Build live location sharing in your app with HyperTrack

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Post by rhizome »

flippyhead wrote: post #10
eddyg wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, this is just a demonstration of how to use their API in an app. According to the pricing[1] page, actual use is US$0.04 per "action" (which they describe as "deliveries, pickups, dropoffs, visits, appointments or anything you may decide") [1] https://www.hypertrack.com/pricing

Maybe I don't understand it but that seems really expensive.

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Re: Show HN: Build live location sharing in your app with HyperTrack

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Post by arjun27 »

cpt_snowcrash wrote: post #16

Pricing looks way too expensive to me even for small to medium scale usage. And if my business cross the medium scale , then why wouldn't i really build it inhouse. Seem like a classic case of product looking for problem.

We have several large scale businesses that are paid customers and find it cheaper to use us, than build it in-house. It's about the cost of an engineer, and that's a fraction of what they will incur, ongoing operating costs notwithstanding

Re: Show HN: Build live location sharing in your app with HyperTrack

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Post by rhizome »

arjun27 wrote: post #8
redstripe wrote: post #7

How much of a battery drain is it to be constantly GPS tracking?

[1] We blogged about how we built out our variable frequency model: https://blog.hypertrack.com/2016/11/28/battery-efficient-rea...

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