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This is fantastic feedback - thanks! The thresholds are pretty much guesswork - they're probably a bit off but I'll adjust them when I know more about how peop
by rlonn 8y ago
This is fantastic feedback - thanks!
The thresholds are pretty much guesswork - they're probably a bit off but I'll adjust them when I know more about how people use the service. One thing that might not be immediately obvious is the amount of data you can store at the different price points. The number of time series and the number of points per series go up, which means a lot more potential data storage each time you go up a level. More storage means more transfers, and so I set the levels and pricing based on worst-case calculations for AWS bandwidth usage costs.
And yes, it's hosted on AWS at the moment. Virginia. It should be reasonable fast for US-based users, but if it turns out to be viable I might look at distributing it more. As for scalability it is designed to be scalable, but currently there is a bottleneck in the form of a lookup database that is hit for each request for timeseries data. If I add caching of those lookups, it should scale well horizontally - I just add more API servers and timeseries databases
I'll definitely be adding code examples. Perhaps also documentation/howtos for interfacing via IFTTT, Zapier etc?
Oh, and the copy etc - I wanted to minimize the number of pages, so I put all the most useful info on the front page :) I definitely agree that e.g. an FAQ section would be nice.
Thanks again for some solid feedback!