Is this substantially different than GeckoBoard?
Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center
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Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center
#12We are looking at using it here at Viralheat.
That's great to hear! Please send an email to rajiv at leftronic or support at leftronic if there's any way I can assist you in the process!
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#14Is this substantially different than GeckoBoard? http://www.geckoboard.com/
Hey Jeff, Rajiv here, one of the founders of Leftronic. Here's how we're different:
* We have a custom push API enables you to update your dashboard in real-time. (And our pull API is going to come out in the next day or two.)
* Our interface is completely vector-based, which makes it work on any browser or screen size. And it's very flexible and configurable, so you can set up your dashboards exactly the way you want!
* We have no restrictions on the amount of data you push to us for custom feeds, nor do we restrict the number of instances of the dashboard you have simultaneously running.
* Our visualizations are minimalistic on purpose, which makes them immensely glanceable.
* Our data connectors pull data from third-party services as fast as their API's allow us to. We're only limited by the other side, not ours.
* We have dashboard templates that get you set up with your dashboards in a single click.
* Our integrations into the various data services are very thorough and robust.
* We have a couple more tricks up our sleeve that I can't mention yet, but stay tuned! ;)
If you have any other questions, I'd love to hear from you so please shoot me an email!
Thanks!
Rajiv
rajiv at leftronic dot com
Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center
#15Is this substantially different than GeckoBoard? http://www.geckoboard.com/
Hey Jeff, Rajiv here, one of the founders of Leftronic. Here's how we're different: * We have a custom push API enables you to update your dashboard in real-time. (And our pull API is going to come out in the next day or two.) * Our interface is completely vector-based, which makes it work on any browser or screen size. And it's very flexible and configurable, so you can set up your dashboards exactly the way you wan…
To expound on the value of their API, I'm non-technical and was able to figure out their API and rig up a pretty fancy dashboard using custom data feeds from one of our vendors in a few hours. It was pretty great being able to actually make something using someone's API that quickly.
Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center
#16Is this substantially different than GeckoBoard? http://www.geckoboard.com/
Hey Jeff, Rajiv here, one of the founders of Leftronic. Here's how we're different: * We have a custom push API enables you to update your dashboard in real-time. (And our pull API is going to come out in the next day or two.) * Our interface is completely vector-based, which makes it work on any browser or screen size. And it's very flexible and configurable, so you can set up your dashboards exactly the way you wan…
I'm pretty sure Geckoboard does push now too. That said Leftronic is clearly better, but also more expensive.
Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center
#17Is this really a pain that companies feel? That they can't visualize or gather critical data into a coherent view? It seems to me that this might be a great thing to have, but companies don't necessarily know this. When you have to explain and pitch to companies why they need your product, I think you're on dangerous waters. A truly good product should have companies seeking you out, because what you're doing makes their lives that much easier, I don't see it for this product.
Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center
#18Is this substantially different than GeckoBoard? http://www.geckoboard.com/
Hey Jeff, Rajiv here, one of the founders of Leftronic. Here's how we're different: * We have a custom push API enables you to update your dashboard in real-time. (And our pull API is going to come out in the next day or two.) * Our interface is completely vector-based, which makes it work on any browser or screen size. And it's very flexible and configurable, so you can set up your dashboards exactly the way you wan…
Paul from Geckoboard here. Just to clarify that we offer both a polling and push API.
Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center
#19Some nits about your encrypted API:
1. The ciphertext is not authenticated. You should MAC it.
2. The plaintext is padded with spaces to be block-aligned. "Hello world" will collide with "Hello world_" when encrypted with the same IV, and both will decrypt as "Hello world_____" (where "_" means a space). Use PKCS#1 or some other standard padding.
https://github.com/sonofabell/leftronic/blob/master/python/l...
Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center
#20We have a very geography-dependent product (peer-to-peer carsharing) and a ton of disparate data types. I hope we give Leftronic a try because I think it has a lot to offer. Keep it up guys!