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Facebook, Dropbox, Mailchimp, Twilio and More Combined Into -One Universal API-

13 points by rwwwwt 11y ago

minimaxir 11y ago
Flagged since URL covertly redirects to cloudrail.com. Doing a HN search shows that domain has been submitted frequently. (I've seen deleted-then-resubmitted posts from this domain as well) https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cloudrail&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cloudrail&sort=byPopularity&pr...
- rwwwwt 11y ago
  That is sometimes unfortunately the only way. Getting the first votes is just luck and the right timing, or you fake them. I prefere posting it several times. Sorry for that, but it seems like people like what I posted.
  - jrs235 11y ago
    That might be the case. But it's also more suspect when your username was created a mere 2 minutes before you posted this. You should be using the same, preferably established, HN username.
    - cloudrail 11y ago
      Usually we use this account. I just decided to create one for myself as well. Might be a mistake and sorry for that. Anyway I don't like if someone flags a post which people really like. Especially when it is about a real tool for developers by a startup.
      - cloudrail 11y ago
        Hope this post is ok now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10603625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10603625
        jrs235 11y ago
        It appears that you are abusing HN. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cloudrail&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cloudrail&sort=byPopularity&pr...
linksbro 11y ago
How can a service like this exist when pretty much every company API says this in their ToS: > Don't sell, transfer or sublicense our code, APIs, or tools to anyone. Sec 4 #10 of https://developers.facebook.com/policy/#properuse https://developers.facebook.com/policy/#properuse
- cloudrail 11y ago
  We don't sell any code nor do we sublicense it. It is common that for instance the open source community creates alternative SDKs. And we help them to get users on their API. So it is definitely a win win situation.
mooted1 11y ago
What are your SLAs? Do you have any data on the latency overhead this service introduces? Historical uptimes and postmortems on outages? These are all factors I'd use to evaluate the engineering maturity of a service like this.
- cloudrail 11y ago
  The good thing about CloudRail is that no data ever passes one of our servers. The intelligence sits in the SDK which is included in your app. Data then flows directly between your app and for instance Dropbox. So even if we are down your integrations will work.
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13 points by rwwwwt 11y ago

Flagged since URL covertly redirects to cloudrail.com. Doing a HN search shows that domain has been submitted frequently. (I've seen deleted-then-resubmitted posts from this domain as well) https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cloudrail&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cloudrail&sort=byPopularity&pr...

rwwwwt 11y ago
That is sometimes unfortunately the only way. Getting the first votes is just luck and the right timing, or you fake them. I prefere posting it several times. Sorry for that, but it seems like people like what I posted.
- jrs235 11y ago
  That might be the case. But it's also more suspect when your username was created a mere 2 minutes before you posted this. You should be using the same, preferably established, HN username.
  - cloudrail 11y ago
    Usually we use this account. I just decided to create one for myself as well. Might be a mistake and sorry for that. Anyway I don't like if someone flags a post which people really like. Especially when it is about a real tool for developers by a startup.
    - cloudrail 11y ago
      Hope this post is ok now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10603625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10603625
      - jrs235 11y ago
        It appears that you are abusing HN. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cloudrail&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cloudrail&sort=byPopularity&pr...

linksbro 11y ago

How can a service like this exist when pretty much every company API says this in their ToS: > Don't sell, transfer or sublicense our code, APIs, or tools to anyone. Sec 4 #10 of https://developers.facebook.com/policy/#properuse https://developers.facebook.com/policy/#properuse

cloudrail 11y ago
We don't sell any code nor do we sublicense it. It is common that for instance the open source community creates alternative SDKs. And we help them to get users on their API. So it is definitely a win win situation.

mooted1 11y ago

What are your SLAs? Do you have any data on the latency overhead this service introduces? Historical uptimes and postmortems on outages? These are all factors I'd use to evaluate the engineering maturity of a service like this.

cloudrail 11y ago
The good thing about CloudRail is that no data ever passes one of our servers. The intelligence sits in the SDK which is included in your app. Data then flows directly between your app and for instance Dropbox. So even if we are down your integrations will work.
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