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Show HN: I built a serverless data API builder – no storage, low latency

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Re: Show HN: I built a serverless data API builder – no storage, low latency

#11
I'd love something like this but with the option to bring in my own model(s). In my case I need to run BLIP2 to generate the kinds of embeddings I care about.

Ideally I'd love to be able to run arbitrary Python code in a node together with custom pip scripts to install the libraries I care about. We do some image processing steps and looks like this is not something you support.

The bias here is clearly towards text processing but I think more and more companies like this one should start thinking about multimodal pipelines.

One last point, I did not get far enough in my tests to see if I can publish a public API point secured by an API key. That's absolutely a must as having to mess around with a gateway myself to access this would nullify most of the benefits of this platform.

Re: Show HN: I built a serverless data API builder – no storage, low latency

#13
post #6

I'm just one person, and I'm probably not even the target demographic, but if you're taking feedback: I full-on laughed out loud reading your landing page for the "old way"/"new way" comparison. It reads, to me, like "old way: easy to follow, if cumbersome, flowchart", "new way: 4 separate abstract drawings that are actually impossible to follow and do not imply any specific process is occurring." Obviously, I'm prob…

no its what i thought too and i felt like this is a tough problem especially when you get into enterprise space with a dozen heterogeneous stacks and outdated vendor APIs

if it was this easy then we would see a ton of layoffs but you can't because all these individual pieces and their idiosyncrasies cannot be streamlined and its cheaper to just have human interfaces.

So many cases I've seen where "hey this doesn't work the way it should because the vendor hired bunch of Indians who are paid by the hour didn't bother to spellcheck or use proper patterns because why would they when you pay them to bill more hours"

We'll see more and more result of negligent managers throwing third world labor at critical systems and its impact on the economy down the road. This is something only fixable by other humans and not any AI or SaaS

Re: Show HN: I built a serverless data API builder – no storage, low latency

#15
This looks useful for no-code team members to create embeddings for LLM.

Since you're looking for feedback...

The "New Way" section would benefit from simplifying into a single flow chart with just two steps. Then move the existing 4 blocks to a features section.

Also would be great to have simple use cases on the landing page and link to the current Use Cases page for details. On the Use Cases page, I would get rid of the graphics. They don't convey much info and distract from the screenshots.

Maybe add a page for product comparisons. Without playing with the product first, it's a bit unclear to me how my no-code teams would prefer Fleak over their current tools (Make.com, n8n, Pabbly, Zapier, etc.).

The pricing page is somewhat of a deal breaker for my team to even spend time testing the product. The only option (free tier) seems to have really limits like 1 request / sec. And there's not enough info to understand how max events and other rate limits play together. I would keep the 1 user, 5 pipeline, token limits, and 500 requests (pipeline executions?) per month. Then remove the other limits. Alternatively, offer a Pro tier with a free month trial with higher limits.

Also on the pricing page, it would be great to list out a few use cases as examples of what's possible within the limits of each tier.

Hope this helps! And best of luck. It looks like a promising product.

Re: Show HN: I built a serverless data API builder – no storage, low latency

#17

What is an AI workflow? What does "embed API endpoint" mean? What is a concrete example of something I would use it for? Why would I use it as opposed to other solutions?

I'm having similar issues understanding how I might use this.

Re: Show HN: I built a serverless data API builder – no storage, low latency

#19
post #11

I'd love something like this but with the option to bring in my own model(s). In my case I need to run BLIP2 to generate the kinds of embeddings I care about. Ideally I'd love to be able to run arbitrary Python code in a node together with custom pip scripts to install the libraries I care about. We do some image processing steps and looks like this is not something you support. The bias here is clearly towards text…

Thanks for the feedback! Currently we support connecting to AWS lambda functions. If you have one deployed we can definitely call it within the workflow

Also, the published APIs are publicly available, no need to configure gateway for sure

Re: Show HN: I built a serverless data API builder – no storage, low latency

#20
post #6

I'm just one person, and I'm probably not even the target demographic, but if you're taking feedback: I full-on laughed out loud reading your landing page for the "old way"/"new way" comparison. It reads, to me, like "old way: easy to follow, if cumbersome, flowchart", "new way: 4 separate abstract drawings that are actually impossible to follow and do not imply any specific process is occurring." Obviously, I'm prob…

Thanks for the feedback! It's harsh but very valuable!
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