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Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8972066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8972066 As a marketer, I am all for launches, re-launches a

by ktamura 10y ago

Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8972066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8972066 As a marketer, I am all for launches, re-launches and marketing, but it's unclear to me what's different now compared to a year ago.

kentonv 10y ago
FWIW the submitter (who isn't affiliated with Sandstorm AFAIK) explains his reasoning here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12104373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12104373 But lots and lots has changed in the last year. :)
- beefman 10y ago
  What's changed? I'm on your mailing list and I don't recall anything.
  - kentonv 10y ago
    Well... * Oasis (managed hosting) was launched less than a year ago. * That came together with a huge UI overhaul that introduced the sidebar / tabbed UI. * It also came with the full app market, whereas before we only had a static HTML app list. * We started offering free SSL certificates for self-hosted servers under sandcats.io. * We introduced Sandstorm for Work, which integrates with LDAP / SAML (including Active Directory) for login, offers organizational user management features, etc. * We added app signature verification via Keybase, proving that apps came from the twitter/github/HN user you expected. * We implemented app update notifications with one-click updates. * We added signature verification to the installation and update paths for Sandstorm itself. * We enabled apps to serve WebDAV APIs, which enabled Davros (a file sync app) and Radicale (a CalDAV calendar app). * The community wrote / packaged 30 new apps, bringing the total to 58. * We added the ability to link multiple login services to a single account. * We implemented the Powerbox grain picker, which allows you to share a grain through another app. (This will begin being used in real apps in the next couple weeks.) * We added unified notifications and read/unread indicators, so you can keep track of activity across your grains. * Many other, smaller things. See: https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/CHANGE...
    - eitland 10y ago
      Sneaking in a feature request here: Can we have update descriptions for apps as well?
      - kentonv 10y ago
        Yeah, actually, that wouldn't be too hard for apps that ship a changelog.
andybak 10y ago
Simply a repost - not a relaunch. And it might be new to a significant number of people. Personally I'm glad to see it hit the front page again.
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by ktamura 10y ago

kentonv 10y ago

FWIW the submitter (who isn't affiliated with Sandstorm AFAIK) explains his reasoning here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12104373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12104373 But lots and lots has changed in the last year. :)

beefman 10y ago
What's changed? I'm on your mailing list and I don't recall anything.
- kentonv 10y ago
  Well... * Oasis (managed hosting) was launched less than a year ago. * That came together with a huge UI overhaul that introduced the sidebar / tabbed UI. * It also came with the full app market, whereas before we only had a static HTML app list. * We started offering free SSL certificates for self-hosted servers under sandcats.io. * We introduced Sandstorm for Work, which integrates with LDAP / SAML (including Active Directory) for login, offers organizational user management features, etc. * We added app signature verification via Keybase, proving that apps came from the twitter/github/HN user you expected. * We implemented app update notifications with one-click updates. * We added signature verification to the installation and update paths for Sandstorm itself. * We enabled apps to serve WebDAV APIs, which enabled Davros (a file sync app) and Radicale (a CalDAV calendar app). * The community wrote / packaged 30 new apps, bringing the total to 58. * We added the ability to link multiple login services to a single account. * We implemented the Powerbox grain picker, which allows you to share a grain through another app. (This will begin being used in real apps in the next couple weeks.) * We added unified notifications and read/unread indicators, so you can keep track of activity across your grains. * Many other, smaller things. See: https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/master/CHANGE...
  - eitland 10y ago
    Sneaking in a feature request here: Can we have update descriptions for apps as well?
    - kentonv 10y ago
      Yeah, actually, that wouldn't be too hard for apps that ship a changelog.

andybak 10y ago

Simply a repost - not a relaunch. And it might be new to a significant number of people. Personally I'm glad to see it hit the front page again.

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