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Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by twiss »

starkruzr wrote: post #7

I see there's source, but don't see instructions for deploying.

Yeah. While possible, Airborn OS isn't really meant to deploy yourself. If you want that, you might be better off with nextCloud or similar. Airborn OS was built to have a service that you don't have to self-host, while still being just as secure as self-hosting: https://www.airbornos.com/docs/security

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by twiss »

2474 wrote: post #10
carlisle_ wrote: post #9

I feel like "Even if we get hacked" as a marketing message might send the wrong signals.

Yeah, I would have chosen a better way to imply that.

Hmm. Do you mean it sounds like we'll get hacked any day now? Do you have a suggestion for better wording?

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by om42 »

mandeepj wrote: post #4
twiss wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I made this. It has bulk import from Google Docs ;) thanks to a feature request from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15478479

Congrats on shipping. I noticed a small glitch. Your demo page does not load properly during first time. If I refresh then it's working fine. Update 1 - I'm using Chrome 56

Loaded for me on my first time visiting it (I'm on Firefox 56.0 on Ubuntu w/ UBlock on)

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by tylerhou »

twiss wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I made this. It has bulk import from Google Docs ;) thanks to a feature request from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15478479

Just curious (and no negative implications whatsoever): is "we made it so that only one person at a time can type in a paragraph. No longer can that annoying classmate delete what you just typed" code for "operational transforms are hard to implement, especially without a source of truth?"

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by twiss »

mandeepj wrote: post #4
twiss wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I made this. It has bulk import from Google Docs ;) thanks to a feature request from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15478479

Congrats on shipping. I noticed a small glitch. Your demo page does not load properly during first time. If I refresh then it's working fine. Update 1 - I'm using Chrome 56

Hmm, that's not supposed to happen. It might be just that the server returned an error for one of the requests the first time.

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by ttul »

amenghra wrote: post #3

Good timing with Google incorrectly flagging some Docs as abusive? ( https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmz3yw/why-is-my-... )

When you were running an operation at Google scale, the challenge of fighting fraud is something that people who have not worked at that scale can only imagine. These guys will also encounter fraud at some point. And when they do so, I guarantee they will be no better at it than Google this.

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by ttul »

twiss wrote: post #12
2474 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I would have chosen a better way to imply that.

Hmm. Do you mean it sounds like we'll get hacked any day now? Do you have a suggestion for better wording?

Thankfully, I don’t think this is a super strong selling position. Google has an incredible reputation for keeping its users safe and their information private. What you don’t know is whether google in fact stores your documents in an encrypted format at rest. If they do, then what exactly are you offering?
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