Making me sign in before you tell me anything is a non-starter.
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#22The landing page doesn't provide any information what so ever about what your service solves. Only a madman would go further.
Only a madman would start a 30-day trial without entering any financial information?
Re: Show HN: API Bootstrap – A better way to build your API
#23Oh god, this is awful, enjoy the 15 mins of fame because most likely this is the last time this website will enjoy such a spike in traffic
Re: Show HN: API Bootstrap – A better way to build your API
#24Making me sign in before you tell me anything is a non-starter.
What's worse is you are not guaranteed to get any useful information after registering. I suspect it's just a lack of information.
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#25I'm wondering what all the upvotes are about? I've seen fairly decent "Show HN" submissions languish down in the 0-1 range while this one (which is being universally panned) is up to 17.
The "It's so bad it's good" effect?
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#26I signed up w/ my github creds and made a small "hello world" GET endpoint. Here's my comments & questions so far:
1) allow non-json responses 2) why would I do pass-thru? for metrics? 3) add test data generation features for mock responses 4) add at least limited scripting features for both pass-thru and mock
Looks like a good start to me and I was not particularly bothered by the current sign up.
Re: Show HN: API Bootstrap – A better way to build your API
#27Agree that more info is needed to proceed, but lovely theme though! Is this a bootstrap theme or something made from scratch?
Re: Show HN: API Bootstrap – A better way to build your API
#28I'm wondering what all the upvotes are about? I've seen fairly decent "Show HN" submissions languish down in the 0-1 range while this one (which is being universally panned) is up to 17. The "It's so bad it's good" effect?
I clicked on it because I immediately thought, "oh that sounds useful". Most "Show HN"s don't immediately trigger that response in me. So I suspect the upvotes are because the idea resonates, even if the landing page needs improvement.
Re: Show HN: API Bootstrap – A better way to build your API
#29The landing page doesn't provide any information what so ever about what your service solves. Only a madman would go further.
Only a madman would start a 30-day trial without entering any financial information?
Signing up for a free trial requires some bit of commitment. A couple of sentences isn't enough for most people to commit to a new product.
If you think about the customer journey as Research-Evaluate-Purchase, the 30 day free trial is the Evaluate stage. There isn't enough information (or any specifics) on the landing page to do any meaningful amount of research.
Re: Show HN: API Bootstrap – A better way to build your API
#30I don't understand what exactly this is? Is it just starter scaffolding in the vein of create-react-app or one of those hackathon starters?
I'd put some time into showing some examples of what exactly the service is and how it works. What problem does it solve specifically?