Having the balls to take up on a project of this scale is admirable. All the best! Wish I could contribute but not familiar with any of the languages used. Will try to contribute in other ways. Good luck!
Show HN: Bloom – A free and open source 'Google'
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#122I've been using Google Play Music with my own music collection uploaded into it, and I've loved how easy it makes it to play my music collection on any of my devices now. I no longer have to mess about with syncing my music files across my devices, use a different music player on each device, and inevitably have to re-create my playlists on each device because they don't support the same playlist format. However, it…
> It disappointed me that there don't seem to be good open source solutions for "play my private music collection from the cloud"
FWIW, I've recently been able to do this with Airsonic (on server) + DSub on Android. Favorite tracks are replicated to my phone, so I can offline listen, and tracks can be re-encoded on the fly for low-bandwidth situations.
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#123Any plans to use capabilities and Cap'n'Proto like SandStorm.io?
Sorry, but what are capabilities ? About Cap'n'Proto what benefits does it brings, and what are the trade-offs ?
Capabilities is a kind of security model. Look these things up, very valuable info.
An example of a capability is any Android permission apps have to ask user for.
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#124How are you going to do all these amazing things? When I go to bloom.sh and click About, I learn that the core team is one product designer and one graphic designer.
If you're asking for support, I think you'd benefit from learning from the Kickstarter model -- go to great lengths to prove to supporters that your goals are realistic.
Comparing yourself to Google doesn't help you with that, IMO.
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#125This looks great! I REALLY appreciate the up front and honest business outline. Please never change it (*ahem, Google).
Although to be perfectly honest the post linked is a bit too long and sophomoric for geeks and early adopters. But it highlights your passion and the fact that you're probably persisting with a small team of founders. (Could be wrong, but I admire either way).
I also offer a free alternative to several Google services, for free and without limitations. I don't want to plug, because your products are far, far nicer in the UI and polish deptartments.
Thanks for sharing! I look forward to following along with your progress.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not GPP, but in the tl;dr please state what you offer, not what you think you are ("a free and open source 'Google'"). Tell me what you offer and I'll decide what you are to me. Bonus points if you can describe the benefits of your offerings without making me read a manifesto. Best of luck!
Thank you! I've tried to make it clear by appending a summary at the top of the blog post and a big visual banner at the start of the offering (to catch the eyes of those who will speed scroll). But apparently it's not enough. I'll try to fix it.
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#127Google? I tried to find a "search bar" for 10 sec, and then left the site frustrated, sure to never come back.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Regarding (2), how are you funding the initial phase of the project? After all, you're offering 30 GB of storage - twice Google.
Storage is very cheap. I did not expect to reach Google's scale during the next month so currently we are bootstrapped and rely on some AWS credits :)
So you're building the next Google... on Amazon. Gotcha.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
I appreciate your generous work, but I think this person is commenting on the lack of any screenshots. That is normally a "smell", no matter how wonderful your intentions are <3
+1, thank you for clarification. Just didn't had time to setup it before launching.
You should be more transparent with your pricing. What's the charge after free trial?
The gripe is about the scummy bait and switch artifice to get people to sign up!
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#130Since your focus is on "productivity", you shuold probably retitle from "Google" to "G Suite": https://gsuite.google.com/