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Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by GuiA »

rathel wrote: post #18

Whenever you provide something free, "for prototyping" or "for personal projects", there will always be some moron/asshole who will abuse it by deploying it in a mobile app or something. It happens from time to time with OSM map tile servers operated by OpenStreetMap Foundation. And with Overpass API. This all is for software and data that can be entirely self-hosted, though servers are obviously not free.

They will abuse it, and then when it doesn’t perform the way they want it to they will email you demanding support.

Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by ammmir »

Even though people are questioning the purpose of this project, I think it could be useful for those who are prototyping things and don't want to tie themselves down to a specific database like MongoDB... not that there's anything wrong with Mongo. My favorite feature about Jsonbox is the querying by fields in the JSON data.

I've been working on a similar project, although not optimized specifically for JSON, but rather a generic key-value store with a focus on server-side scripting: https://kvdb.io

It seems like a lot of these storage as a service offerings have been popping up over the past few years because there's something about Mongo/Dynamo/etc. that could be simplified even further. I don't quite know what it is, but it feels like developer ergonomics (i.e., API) and ease of deployment (i.e., nothing to manage) are the big ones.

Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by ivanhoe »

techie128 wrote: post #8

I don't get it. You're hosting a service that allows users to store JSON for free? Why? Have you thought about what happens to your expenses when potentially hundreds or thousands of people use it?

You say: "Sorry, we need to start charging" and then out of those hypothetical thousands of people some will decide it's cheaper to pay the service than rewrite their code, so you get yourself some customers...

Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by NieDzejkob »

broodbucket wrote: post #20
alexis_fr wrote: post #3

Awesome for small projects. I’d use it. But: - IANAL but it seems like a GDPR nightmare (and same for porn and legal nightmare), - It would be jnteresting to see whether some people are careless about privacy and encryption, or use it as a coordination server for viruses or DDoS. It would also be interesting what genuine usages come up from such APIs. - No-one would use it for a too serious project anyway, because th…

I sure am keen to see some of this JSON porn

{"porn":"\x89PNG\x0d\x0a\x1a\x0a...

Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by matdehaast »

ammmir wrote: post #22

Even though people are questioning the purpose of this project, I think it could be useful for those who are prototyping things and don't want to tie themselves down to a specific database like MongoDB... not that there's anything wrong with Mongo. My favorite feature about Jsonbox is the querying by fields in the JSON data. I've been working on a similar project, although not optimized specifically for JSON, but rat…

Agree with you 100%. We were working on things where having some basic KV storage was the easiest. To make life a little easier we put this behind a Map like interface. We can then plug the persistence layer behind it for various use cases.

https://github.com/matdehaast/kv-storage

Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by dominicr »

isubasinghe wrote: post #14

This surely wont last long, the more people that use this, the more likely that this service gets shutdown due to an increase in cost.

A single instance of MongoDB and node can handle quite a lot. Anyone who needs this service as a critical component of their product can cheaply host their own version of this or risk downtime/slowness that'd affect their bottom line. (Although for commercial uses you'd use something more featured and secure anyway.)

Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by al_form2000 »

onion2k wrote: post #9
al_form2000 wrote: post #6

How is this superior to ?

It isn't. And that's fine. People can build and release their projects without necessarily having to build the best-in-class version of whatever it is. This is a useful, well-written, open source app that someone has taken to the point where they're willing to put it out there for the world to use, and that in itself is well worth discussing and celebrating (as much as a handful of upvotes on HN can be a celebration…

DRY in spades. More peace & power to the author and all that. However, as a putative user of the project, I'd like to know what would I gain by adopting it. Last time I looked, that was part of use case discussions. I'd happily settle for 'No gain, but it's been a great learning experience' - that's not as it was presented, though.

Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by onion2k »

al_form2000 wrote: post #28
onion2k wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It isn't. And that's fine. People can build and release their projects without necessarily having to build the best-in-class version of whatever it is. This is a useful, well-written, open source app that someone has taken to the point where they're willing to put it out there for the world to use, and that in itself is well worth discussing and celebrating (as much as a handful of upvotes on HN can be a celebration…

DRY in spades. More peace & power to the author and all that. However, as a putative user of the project, I'd like to know what would I gain by adopting it. Last time I looked, that was part of use case discussions. I'd happily settle for 'No gain, but it's been a great learning experience' - that's not as it was presented, though.

DRY means for "Don't Repeat Yourself". It's fine to repeat other people. In fact, it's a good thing, because redundant systems are very useful.

Re: Jsonbox – A HTTP based JSON storage

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Post by onion2k »

broodbucket wrote: post #20
alexis_fr wrote: post #3

Awesome for small projects. I’d use it. But: - IANAL but it seems like a GDPR nightmare (and same for porn and legal nightmare), - It would be jnteresting to see whether some people are careless about privacy and encryption, or use it as a coordination server for viruses or DDoS. It would also be interesting what genuine usages come up from such APIs. - No-one would use it for a too serious project anyway, because th…

I sure am keen to see some of this JSON porn

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