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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

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Post by cdelsolar »

sweis wrote: post #19

Some 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...

Cesar here, I wrote that part of the API package. You are right that we should likely HMAC the ciphertext for added security. I'll definitely explore the padding issue as well. Thank you for your insight on this!

Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center

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Post by cdelsolar »

bodhisaurus wrote: post #20

We 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!

Hey Bodhi! We'd definitely appreciate the signup, feel free to reach out to us at support at leftronic dot com if you need any help integrating Leftronic with your product.

Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center

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Post by pmjoyce »

arvinjoar wrote: post #17

Is 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 t…

It's certainly a pain that some companies feel - particularly those with a robust and established data driven culture. With the proliferation of SaaS as a delivery mechanism for software the pain of having to check multiple sources for a coherent view of your business becomes more acute.

As to your broader point, customer education will always be an issue for any novel product but that comes hand-in-hand with an opportunity to precisely frame the problem you're solving and explain the benefits of your product.

Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center

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Post by sonofabell »

arvinjoar wrote: post #17

Is 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 t…

I'm biased, but yes, this is a real pain for many companies. I will grant you that not every company that has the visibility problem is aware of our solution, but we will change that. =) And companies are actively seeking us out.

Would love it if you would test-drive our solution and give me your candid thoughts. Email is rajiv at leftronic.

Thanks!

Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center

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Post by electic »

sonofabell wrote: post #14
sneak wrote: post #11

Is 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 think that is one of the things giving us pause is the price.

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Post by sneak »

electic wrote: post #25
sonofabell wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 think that is one of the things giving us pause is the price.

Yeah, I have absolutely no business use case for this, but I do have a spare 30" Dell in my office and would love to play around with this. I wouldn't pay more than $10 or $15 per month, though.

Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center

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Post by sokoloff »

pg wrote: post #4

We have one at YC showing HN stats. It has become the focus (= hearth) of the room.

Publishing the URL to a (perhaps several days delayed, or even static data snapshot, but interactive demo) of this could be very powerful marketing for Leftronic.

Also, live demo link on the site leads to a page that is completely black on Safari on iPad.

Re: Leftronic (YC S10) turns any startup office into a command center

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Post by electic »

sneak wrote: post #26
electic wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that is one of the things giving us pause is the price.

Yeah, I have absolutely no business use case for this, but I do have a spare 30" Dell in my office and would love to play around with this. I wouldn't pay more than $10 or $15 per month, though.

I think the pricing should be setup more of a way to get you hooked on the crack. You give some crack for free, get addicted, and want more. I think most corporations have a need for many dashboards. So what about two for free and get them addicted, and they want more?
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