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Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by yuvalsteuer »

ushakov wrote: post #16

How does your product compare to https://haystack.it ?

Hi I'm Yuval, one of the devs behind haystack, I messed around with needl + other alternatives (e.g unleash, getcommande, glean).

I talked to Max as a user over needls privacy policy.

The biggest difference is that haystack gives you search results relevant to your query. Just like google.

needl and alts are more of a spotlight/raycast alternative, great as a productivity tool, they require you to know exactly what you're looking for beforehand, in my opinion which leaves more to be desired as a search product.

Another big differencee is around data privacy, haystack is open, free and most importantly self-hosted.

Also we allow building low code custom data connectors into haystack!

It'll become publicly available next month here:

https://github.com/haystackoss/haystack

Thanks :)

Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by ushakov »

yuvalsteuer wrote: post #21
ushakov wrote: post #16

How does your product compare to https://haystack.it ?

Hi I'm Yuval, one of the devs behind haystack, I messed around with needl + other alternatives (e.g unleash, getcommande, glean). I talked to Max as a user over needls privacy policy. The biggest difference is that haystack gives you search results relevant to your query. Just like google. needl and alts are more of a spotlight/raycast alternative, great as a productivity tool, they require you to know exactly what y…

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Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by MaxKeenan »

rsstack wrote: post #18

Love the concept. I wish there were a way to add custom integrations for in-house software we use or uncommon systems we use. It would work better if these things were configured at the organization-level and not user-level (i.e. IT connecting Confluence to Needl instead of individual users requesting access one-by-one). Typo on the pricing page: "and soon to be may others", I assume meant "many". Would love to try b…

Understand where you're coming from on the org-level auth vs individual. Part of the goal with Needl is to be entirely self-serve, where one member of a team can use it without needing company wide approval.

Thanks for calling out the site issues -- will get those fixed asap!

Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by [deleted] »

ushakov wrote: post #22
yuvalsteuer wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi I'm Yuval, one of the devs behind haystack, I messed around with needl + other alternatives (e.g unleash, getcommande, glean). I talked to Max as a user over needls privacy policy. The biggest difference is that haystack gives you search results relevant to your query. Just like google. needl and alts are more of a spotlight/raycast alternative, great as a productivity tool, they require you to know exactly what y…

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Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by rsstack »

MaxKeenan wrote: post #23
rsstack wrote: post #18

Love the concept. I wish there were a way to add custom integrations for in-house software we use or uncommon systems we use. It would work better if these things were configured at the organization-level and not user-level (i.e. IT connecting Confluence to Needl instead of individual users requesting access one-by-one). Typo on the pricing page: "and soon to be may others", I assume meant "many". Would love to try b…

Understand where you're coming from on the org-level auth vs individual. Part of the goal with Needl is to be entirely self-serve, where one member of a team can use it without needing company wide approval. Thanks for calling out the site issues -- will get those fixed asap!

I just emailed you for help. When trying to self-serve, I immediately got blocked by automated corporate policies :)

Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by dang »

yuvalsteuer wrote: post #27

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Please stop hijacking another startup's launch thread. You've already posted elsewhere in the thread, and that part was pretty obviously a fake, staged conversation. Not cool. (In case anyone's wondering, yes, this is just as not-cool whether the startup is YC funded or not, and I've posted such scoldings in such threads in the past.)

Manipulative tactics like voting rings and staged comments are not ok on HN—this is in both the site guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) and the FAQ (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) so please don't do those things again.

You already had a nice and prominent Show HN for your own startup just a few weeks ago—one which, by the way, we helped out by putting it in the second chance pool (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308).

(We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34599406.)

Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by dang »

ushakov wrote: post #22
yuvalsteuer wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi I'm Yuval, one of the devs behind haystack, I messed around with needl + other alternatives (e.g unleash, getcommande, glean). I talked to Max as a user over needls privacy policy. The biggest difference is that haystack gives you search results relevant to your query. Just like google. needl and alts are more of a spotlight/raycast alternative, great as a productivity tool, they require you to know exactly what y…

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Having just looked at the data, it's pretty clear to me that this entire exchange was fake. We ban accounts that do that. Please don't do it again.

It's particularly uncool that you're doing this, given the number of times that you posted at length accusing us (falsely) of nefarious actions in moderating this site.

Btw, I took special care to make sure that your own startup got a nice amount of exposure on HN, despite the fact that the posts were obviously ringvoted. We make a point of not holding grudges and try to make sure that good, interesting content gets seen. But please stop using manipulative promotional tactics either for your own stuff or your friends.

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