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Re: Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

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Post by Deadron »

wuliwong wrote: post #43
rwcorbett wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had to look into the meta tags to get a better description: ` ` so I guess the target audience is developers who do not know how to configure a web server, setup proxies or other means of testing webhooks maybe? maybe there is a market for a product like this but obviously I would not be target audience either...

I work for a small company and do lots of work that would be nice to just share with my boss through a service like this versus having to deploy. I think it's more for a testbed than a replacement for actual web servers.

SSH remote port forwarding is your friend. You just need an ssh server somewhere thats publicly accessible.

Re: Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

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Post by mpweiher »

SCdF wrote: post #17

I have no idea what this product does. > Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac OK so like a URL to... what? Screenshare? Access the HDD like dropbox? Do something else? > Make changes in real time. Get feedback immediately. Effortless live previews. Of what? About what? Of what? > Nice cartoon picture of dog /closes tab Edit : reading the rest of the page it's still unclear what it does, or even why I'd want it.…

So maybe a replacement for the Back to My Mac feature that was removed (or is no longer supported) in Mojave?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_My_Mac

Re: Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

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Post by thrownaway954 »

SCdF wrote: post #17

I have no idea what this product does. > Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac OK so like a URL to... what? Screenshare? Access the HDD like dropbox? Do something else? > Make changes in real time. Get feedback immediately. Effortless live previews. Of what? About what? Of what? > Nice cartoon picture of dog /closes tab Edit : reading the rest of the page it's still unclear what it does, or even why I'd want it.…

yep... this is why programmers make _the worst_ marketers. they market like they code... they think everyone who comes to their site can read their minds so they forgot that they need explain clearly what their product does.

Re: Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

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Post by kypro »

nfrankel wrote: post #38

* How is that different from ngrok ( https://ngrok.com/ )? * If you target Mac developers, the first thing is to provide a Homebrew recipe IMHO

Yeah, I'm not sure why I'd use this over ngrok? Maybe if you're non technical, but this is aimed at web designers... Seems like they have the wrong target user to me.

Re: Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

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Post by scarface74 »

tefferon wrote: post #18
alexchamberlain wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is the Mac store a no go?

iirc its the 30% cut they take from developers, some folks are really against it and vow to boycott. I'm sure there's plenty of other reasons but thats the first that comes to mind

If the developer looked at the trade offs between using the Mac App Store and decided to use it anyway, why should the customer care?

I would think just the opposite, I would be more inclined to use the App Store that already has my payment information on file than pay an unknown developer directly.

Re: Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

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Post by untog »

ackfoo wrote: post #36

Highly doubtful that I would ever buy any software sold on a monthly subscription basis. The best parts of my life have been a result of avoiding being tied to monthly fees. Without them, you are free to travel and move about at will. Monthly fees are a ball and chain thought up by corporations to create modern slaves. Psychological and, to some extent, physical captivity.

> Monthly fees are a ball and chain thought up by corporations to create modern slaves.

Hyperbole much?

This service has ongoing costs - they have a server which you need to connect to in order to tunnel to the outside world. So a monthly charge makes 100% more sense than a one-off charge. In fact, a monthly charge is better for everyone, because it ensures their service will be around in perpetuity, rather than shutting down once the stream of new purchases stops.

> The best parts of my life have been a result of avoiding being tied to monthly fees. Without them, you are free to travel and move about at will.

They are monthly. You are free to travel and move about at will at a month's notice. It's not exactly a life-crushing limitation.

Re: Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

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Post by untog »

ackfoo wrote: post #41
youngdynasty wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback! I was indeed trying to explain something technical (i.e. a tunneling service) in a non-technical way in an attempt to be friendly towards designers, but it seems like I still have some work to do on the product page.

I often hear people proudly say, “I’m not technical...” but this is an anachronism. We live in a technical world now. If you’re not technical, you’re a dinosaur and you might as well die off. There’s no point pandering to dinosaurs. The way you wrote your product page and app description is fascinating not because it was so oblique as to be completely meaningless, but because you appear to have been so thoroughly una…

> There’s no point pandering to dinosaurs.

Err, yes there is, if they are willing to pay you money to simplify something they don't understand.

I agree that if you're not technical you're a dinosaur, but it turns out a good number of dinosaurs are still out there and they have money to spend. So why not cater to them while they're around?

Re: Show HN: Instantly create a secure URL to your Mac

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Post by youngdynasty »

mikestew wrote: post #48
youngdynasty wrote: post #40

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Thanks for your feedback! I can definitely see why that's a deal breaker. Admittedly, I just thought people would be stoked that it was free to use and download it.

But here's the thing: if I really like it, and you have any business sense whatsoever, then I'm going to want a subscription. But if I don't know up front what that subscription is going to cost, then I'm not going to bother to download an app, figure out how it works, get really into it, and then find out that the functionality I'm going to want long-term is $895/year. It also makes me think you're not telling me fo…

I've updated the main page to include pricing. Thanks again.
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