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Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquires FeaturePeek (YC S19)

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Re: Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquires FeaturePeek (YC S19)

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Post by mynegation »

quaffapint wrote: post #2

A year or so ago I was working on a similar product as FeaturePeek - a platform agnostic deploy preview and collaboration tool. I decided not enough people would want that outside of their hosting platform and shelved it. Clearly I was wrong and clearly why you should talk to more potential customers before you make decisions. Congrats to Netlify and FeaturePeek.

Given that this is an acquisition of a 2yo startup by a hosting platform company, looks like you were right on the money.

Re: Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquires FeaturePeek (YC S19)

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Post by simonw »

I'm still optimistic for Python Netlify functions: https://answers.netlify.com/t/python-lambda-functions/3423/1...

If they were JavaSript only I wouldn't hold much hope, but they've been both JavaScript and Go for ages now - and I would expect Python to have a much larger user-base than Go for this.

Re: Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquires FeaturePeek (YC S19)

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Post by robertlagrant »

bigyikes wrote: post #6

We have a deploy preview system at work and it is so valuable. I see less value in the collaboration tools built on top of these previews, but it’s cool nonetheless.

The first time I saw CloudFlare Pages do a preview it was a little magical. Really impressive stuff.

Re: Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquires FeaturePeek (YC S19)

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Post by at-fates-hands »

Collaborative Deploy Previews are fully enabled on every Netlify account today! Anyone with a Netlify account can use the reviewer tool.

This is why I love Netlify.

They put together an incredibly powerful tool, and then released it to ALL of their customers. No, not a "Hey, we created this really cool tool! And for only an extra $3.99/mo you can utilize it!" I have several accounts, both free and paid and all of them have the Deploy Preview feature available.

There's so many things Netlify could've monetized and they haven't. They truly are a customer centric company - which is rare these days.

Re: Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquires FeaturePeek (YC S19)

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Post by sytse »

kevincox wrote: post #3

GitLab has a similar feature: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/review_apps/#visual-reviews It does require a bit more work to set up (which is unfortunate, since they already use the URL could they use that to map back to the PR?) but seems basically the same if not quite as polished.

We're exploring how to reduce or remove this set up work with https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/35322
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