Show HN: N-gram API based on Google Ngram dataset

codegladiator wrote: post #2

> Enterprise version > High request volume (over 2,000 requests per day) What ? or do you mean free version is restricted to 2000 req per day edit: wasn't this a "reverse geocoding api" 5 days ago, and something else 6 days ago ? https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jamesbhe

This person seems to be using HN as some sort of MVP validation service. That URL has pointed to no less than four different APIs in the past two weeks.

Re: Show HN: N-gram API based on Google Ngram dataset

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Post by spzb » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 1:39 PM UTC

teruakohatu wrote: post #3

codegladiator wrote: post #2

> Enterprise version > High request volume (over 2,000 requests per day) What ? or do you mean free version is restricted to 2000 req per day edit: wasn't this a "reverse geocoding api" 5 days ago, and something else 6 days ago ? https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jamesbhe

This person seems to be using HN as some sort of MVP validation service. That URL has pointed to no less than four different APIs in the past two weeks.

It looks an awful lot like an email harvesting operation.

Re: Show HN: N-gram API based on Google Ngram dataset

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Post by spzb » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 1:42 PM UTC

codegladiator wrote: post #2

> Enterprise version > High request volume (over 2,000 requests per day) What ? or do you mean free version is restricted to 2000 req per day edit: wasn't this a "reverse geocoding api" 5 days ago, and something else 6 days ago ? https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jamesbhe

And back in 2019 it was an e-commerce repackaging service https://web.archive.org/web/20191016035128/http://getmintbox...

Re: Show HN: N-gram API based on Google Ngram dataset

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Post by jamesbhe » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 3:38 PM UTC

codegladiator wrote: post #2

> Enterprise version > High request volume (over 2,000 requests per day) What ? or do you mean free version is restricted to 2000 req per day edit: wasn't this a "reverse geocoding api" 5 days ago, and something else 6 days ago ? https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jamesbhe

Sorry I indeed tried to validate ideas with a couple websites on the same hostname. Ngram and reverse geocoding are 2 APIs I created and used in other products, and because I found them useful, I tried to spin them off as standalone services.