Show HN: Pipedream. Develop any workflow, on any trigger, with auth and no infra

Post by andyburke » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 7:51 PM UTC

codezero wrote: post #28

cpursley wrote: post #21

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So basically, people are going to build on top of your service and if yall don't figure out a revenue model, you'll need to close down shop, leaving people scrambling to migrate somewhere else... No thanks, I've been there before. You'd be better off just charging from the get-go. Otherwise, this should be 100% open source.

From your past experience, do you have anything constructive to tell this new team on how they can attempt to build a business without knowing the future that would make you more comfortable using it? I ask because I see a lot of these dismissive comments on HN which end with "open source it" - and that doesn't seem like a super constructive piece of advice to a new startup team. FWIW, at my current company, an analy…

Post by codezero » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 7:58 PM UTC

andyburke wrote: post #52

codezero wrote: post #28

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From your past experience, do you have anything constructive to tell this new team on how they can attempt to build a business without knowing the future that would make you more comfortable using it? I ask because I see a lot of these dismissive comments on HN which end with "open source it" - and that doesn't seem like a super constructive piece of advice to a new startup team. FWIW, at my current company, an analy…

Build a cost model. Set prices that would make them profitable based on that model. Offer the service at that price. See if people are willing to pay for it. Verify that costs and profitability match the model. If the model turns out to be inaccurate: A) Change the architecture to reduce costs to the point where it becomes profitable at an attractive price point for customers, or B) Move on to the next idea. It's not…

Post by pdonis » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 8:02 PM UTC

todsac wrote: post #2

Co-founder here. We have been heads down working Pipedream for the past 9 months and are excited to share our beta with you. Pipedream is an integration platform built for developers. Develop any workflow, based on any trigger with authentication management built-in and no server or cloud resources to manage. Workflows are code, which you can run for free. The beta version includes the ability to: - Run any Node code…

Post by toppy » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 8:10 PM UTC

chrismatheson wrote: post #55

todsac wrote: post #2

Co-founder here. We have been heads down working Pipedream for the past 9 months and are excited to share our beta with you. Pipedream is an integration platform built for developers. Develop any workflow, based on any trigger with authentication management built-in and no server or cloud resources to manage. Workflows are code, which you can run for free. The beta version includes the ability to: - Run any Node code…

Forgive me if this is clean and I haven’t seen it I’m just browsing from a mobile device. With all workflow type services I’ve encountered I find that the actual underlying workflow can’t be managed under source control as one would do with (hopefully) most if not all application & infrastructure code. Can I “deploy” workflows from source control?

Post by toppy » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 8:13 PM UTC

dylburger wrote: post #22

sansnomme wrote: post #13

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Are you hosting your own serverless or using AWS?

We use AWS as a part of our backend but run our own serverless platform on top of it. We're planning to share more about our stack in future engineering blogs, so keep an eye out for those!