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Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

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Post by Matt3o12_ » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:49 PM UTC

copperx wrote: post #23

Ironically, the idea is more useful than intended. One could, for example, store on/off user's preferences in the cloud without the hassle of local storage, survey responses, or even control IoT devices remotely with just the switch of a boolean.

Sure saving the 128 bit (even longer when encoded) UUID for one value is so much better then saving 1 bit!

Now seriously how is this any good since you can only save one bit. MongoDB as a service is probably what you're looking for...

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

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Post by ORioN63 » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:50 PM UTC

alanfriedman wrote: post #21

kenrick95 wrote: post #18

How does this protect itself from DDoS attack?

We're about to find out

So, how is it going?

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

#83

Post by icebraining » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:50 PM UTC

xnzakg wrote: post #68

How long is it before someone makes a FUSE filesystem that uses this for saving the data and just stores the IDs? Completely free Dropbox alternative!

As a starting point, I've written a library for storing strings: https://gist.github.com/andreparames/c19f87fbe48ee8819f9ef09...

Usage:

  >>> ids = storestr('Hello, world!')
  >>> print getstr(ids)
  'Hello, world!'

In my tests, the compression rate is approximately -36x.

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

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Post by alanfriedman » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:51 PM UTC

pbnjay wrote: post #47

Feature request: I really want some named booleans! Maybe this could be your revenue model?

We agree this would be handy. A "label" field.

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

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Post by yexponential » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

Can you share your stack.

Also as an innovative idea, how are you planning to deal with the surge of clones to follow, any patents in the works?

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

#86

Post by alanfriedman » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:54 PM UTC

copperx wrote: post #23

Ironically, the idea is more useful than intended. One could, for example, store on/off user's preferences in the cloud without the hassle of local storage, survey responses, or even control IoT devices remotely with just the switch of a boolean.

To be real for a second...yeah there might be something there.

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

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Post by alanfriedman » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:55 PM UTC

kukx wrote: post #77

Do you plan to add a GUI editor?

Sure, once there's authentication.

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

#88

Post by nobullet » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:55 PM UTC

Guys, make /v2/ with namespaces. Global is good, but your clients have to think about uniqueness. Make namespaces for clients, this will help a lot.

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

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Post by yozel » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:55 PM UTC

I just need to store that 128-bit id to reach my 1-bit value. Well...

Re: Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)

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Post by mikeash » Sat, Apr 09, 2016, 5:55 PM UTC

This API seems woefully incomplete. It really should include operations on booleans, not just storage and retrieval. I'd much rather use a tested, well written, and efficient AND operation on your server than risk writing my own and potentially screw it up.