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This looks really cool, but I'm not really sure why they made it. PostHog is primarily web analytics software from what I understand. Why build hardware?
by joshdavham 1y ago
This looks really cool, but I'm not really sure why they made it. PostHog is primarily web analytics software from what I understand. Why build hardware?
- vasco 1y agoFrom the looks of it, for fun.
- daniloc 1y agoHere's the truth: it was a weird idea from our Slack – build a tamagotchi! – that I took too seriously. In a couple of evenings, I had a prototype working. Then everyone was so excited we just ran with it. Our audience is developers: we make you happy, you'll love us and make us the first part of every project you do, on your own and at the workplace. Meanwhile, man, hardware is just so much fun. But most folks have no idea how much easier it is to build now. Basically, if you can use open source software, you already know how to hack on microcontroller. So this foray into developer toys is about helping you have fun with something that maybe you wouldn't have played with otherwise. But you can also display real-time PostHog data on it, out of the box. Which means you can expense it. A merch win-win.
- joshdavham 1y agoDid you make an HN account just to reply to this? If so, I think that was really cool of you to do!
- daniloc 1y agoIt was a good question! Thanks for asking.
- Aeolun 1y agoThere’s a walking little toy on my posthog dashboard already. I have no idea why they made it, but I sure do appreciate it.
- h1fra 1y agoI was expecting them to display posthog metrics on it, but not even
- daniloc 1y agoYou can totally display PostHog metrics on it! We just didn't want to stop there.