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I'm not sure why this comment was downvoted. I worked for Tropo four years ago. You could write your code in JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, or Groovy; upload i
by sciurus 9y ago
I'm not sure why this comment was downvoted.
I worked for Tropo four years ago. You could write your code in JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, or Groovy; upload it to our servers; and we'd run it on your behalf. It was literally zero infrastructure on your part and one line of code to answer a phone call.
Tropo certainly lacked some things compared to Twilio while I was there, but this is undoubtedly an area where Twilio is playing catch up.
https://www.tropo.com/docs/scripting/overview https://www.tropo.com/docs/scripting/overview
- kevinburke 9y agoPointing out "Company X already does this" when someone launches something new is a pretty douchey move...
- stale2002 9y agoUgh, Twilio is the far and above market leader in this space. I don't think they are to bothered by us pointing things out like this.
- thesimon 9y agoWhy? It's certainly useful to see what other companies are offering and what the differences between these offerings are. If just mentioning a competitor is bad then maybe the product is bad.
- kevinburke 9y agoWhether it's a company launching a product or a developer showing off something they built in their spare time, it's really depressing to launch something you've been working on for months or years and to get back "well, X already does this." I'd add that "X already does this" comments like this are a routine feature of Twilio HN threads, as long as the company's been alive. https://kev.inburke.com/kevin/six-years-of-hacker-news-comments-about-twilio/ https://kev.inburke.com/kevin/six-years-of-hacker-news-comme...