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There is also https://hook.io/ https://hook.io/ which is a similar open-source platform that's been running for three years and has over 142 million deployments

There is also https://hook.io/ https://hook.io/ which is a similar open-source platform that's been running for three years and has over 142 million deployments. I'm using this service everyday, also I created it.

friendly_chap 9y ago
Hi Marak! Hats off to you. I remember when talking with Asim Aslam about him going and creating micro (https://github.com/micro https://github.com/micro), a microservices framework, I tried to advise him to go high level, as high level as possible and create a complete platform. I used hook.io as the example of a project which is on the right path. He said the world is not ready for it. I said some day someone will make a tool like hook.io and promote it well and get incredibly popular. Turns out we were both right. Seems like the world is ready for these kind of solutions now, and you were ahead of the curve with hook.io.
- _Marak_ 9y ago
  Greetings! Thank you for the kind words. It's really good to see more developers getting into the space of writing open-source platforms for services. I believe there is room for much growth in this field. I'll take a deeper dive into 1backend and check out how it works. hook.io has pretty much a zero dollar budget and maybe $150 spent on marketing. It's been slowly and steadily growing for the past years and I'm happy with it's progress. I'm currently working on building integrated hardware solutions with raspberry pi to offer an open-source local version of Amazon Echo or Google Assistant type devices.
  - koolba 9y ago
    > I'm currently working on building integrated hardware solutions with raspberry pi to offer an open-source local version of Amazon Echo or Google Assistant type devices. Any info on the software side of your project? I've been looking for exactly that (FOSS programmable digital assistant totally under my control). Closest I've seen so far is Jasper[1] but it's still pretty raw. [1]: http://jasperproject.github.io http://jasperproject.github.io
    - _Marak_ 9y ago
      The raspberry is running a local copy of the same software which powers the production hook.io site. Code is at: https://github.com/bigcompany/hook.io https://github.com/bigcompany/hook.io I don't have any turn-key solutions available for setting up the software, but we are working on it. I wish I could offer you more at this point. You can signup for updates on our site and we'll send an email when we have something ready. I'd suggest hacking away on your own solution and post a write-up on what you ended up using. The hardest issue I've encountered so far is local voice detection. Still trying to figure out the best solution for that.
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jjeaff 9y ago
Thank you for having PHP as a microservice. I'm so annoyed that so many big providers overlook it. It baffles me that you would build out a service or sdk and not support the most ubiquitous (by far) language on the web. The only thing I can think of is that many silicon valley types are in an echo chamber of the next biggest and greatest thing that they overlook it. Or they think that anyone creating projects in PHP must be beneath them.
nukeop 9y ago
I just tried logging in through github and I noticed that it still needs my email. When I try providing one, it shows me a "not found" message.

friendly_chap 9y ago

Hi Marak! Hats off to you. I remember when talking with Asim Aslam about him going and creating micro (https://github.com/micro https://github.com/micro), a microservices framework, I tried to advise him to go high level, as high level as possible and create a complete platform. I used hook.io as the example of a project which is on the right path. He said the world is not ready for it. I said some day someone will make a tool like hook.io and promote it well and get incredibly popular. Turns out we were both right. Seems like the world is ready for these kind of solutions now, and you were ahead of the curve with hook.io.

_Marak_ 9y ago
Greetings! Thank you for the kind words. It's really good to see more developers getting into the space of writing open-source platforms for services. I believe there is room for much growth in this field. I'll take a deeper dive into 1backend and check out how it works. hook.io has pretty much a zero dollar budget and maybe $150 spent on marketing. It's been slowly and steadily growing for the past years and I'm happy with it's progress. I'm currently working on building integrated hardware solutions with raspberry pi to offer an open-source local version of Amazon Echo or Google Assistant type devices.
- koolba 9y ago
  > I'm currently working on building integrated hardware solutions with raspberry pi to offer an open-source local version of Amazon Echo or Google Assistant type devices. Any info on the software side of your project? I've been looking for exactly that (FOSS programmable digital assistant totally under my control). Closest I've seen so far is Jasper[1] but it's still pretty raw. [1]: http://jasperproject.github.io http://jasperproject.github.io
  - _Marak_ 9y ago
    The raspberry is running a local copy of the same software which powers the production hook.io site. Code is at: https://github.com/bigcompany/hook.io https://github.com/bigcompany/hook.io I don't have any turn-key solutions available for setting up the software, but we are working on it. I wish I could offer you more at this point. You can signup for updates on our site and we'll send an email when we have something ready. I'd suggest hacking away on your own solution and post a write-up on what you ended up using. The hardest issue I've encountered so far is local voice detection. Still trying to figure out the best solution for that.

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jjeaff 9y ago

Thank you for having PHP as a microservice. I'm so annoyed that so many big providers overlook it. It baffles me that you would build out a service or sdk and not support the most ubiquitous (by far) language on the web. The only thing I can think of is that many silicon valley types are in an echo chamber of the next biggest and greatest thing that they overlook it. Or they think that anyone creating projects in PHP must be beneath them.

nukeop 9y ago

I just tried logging in through github and I noticed that it still needs my email. When I try providing one, it shows me a "not found" message.