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Show HN: We're simplifying personal cloud storage for apps

16 points by rgbrgb 14y ago

state 14y ago
Although I'm sure I'm in the minority, I would love to see something like this go straight through to S3. Services on top of services on top of...
- eberyvody 14y ago
  Services!
- rgbrgb 14y ago
  Yeah, we'd love to do that too after the big consumer players are covered. With all of the security certificates and such, any ideas on what an implementation would look like? You can't just oauth with S3 ;).
rafstone 14y ago
This could prove to be very useful tool.
- rafstone 14y ago
  When do you expect we can get an invite?
  - rgbrgb 14y ago
    Invites will roll out within the next couple months.
- eberyvody 14y ago
  Yeah, if it became standard it could make your phone even more like a computer. Could open up a lot of possibilities.
rgbrgb 14y ago
Hey everyone, Peter from StashKit here. We're working really hard to make it as simple to use personal clouds as it is to use the S3 style data silos everyone has now. I'd be happy to answer any questions. We'd love to get feedback from the HN community.
lbarrow 14y ago
I like the idea of removing costs (file storage in this case) from services by having consumers pay for them elsewhere. It seems like it could allow people to build some more interesting business models.
- rgbrgb 14y ago
  Yes! We had been kicking around this idea of building a version of Snapchat where all of the photos are stored in your personal cloud storage. Could we build a Twitter or Facebook that way? The problem we ran up against is how you'd choose a single storage provider to support. We came to the conclusion that you'd want some kind of transport layer to make that easy. StashKit is that transport layer combined with some widgets to make integration a breeze for devs and users. I'm working on a little blogpost about the cool new app architectures these personal clouds suggest.
hst 14y ago
Sounds cool. How does it work exactly?
- rgbrgb 14y ago
  Top secret! Just kidding. We basically wrap first party cloud service API's into a consistent StashKit API and provide widgets similar to the ones Dropbox gives for picking files and doing authentication. Of course, unlike the dropbox widget, ours works with all of the providers.
mrgreenfur 14y ago
Isn't this the fog gem?
ew 14y ago
Sounds like what http://mover.io http://mover.io is doing, but with a dash of http://filepicker.io http://filepicker.io
- rgbrgb 14y ago
  While it does integrate with the same services as your app, I really don't see any other similarities. We've definitely looked at filepicker.io but we have a slightly different approach to the user experience and a more scalable client architecture.
melodymcc 14y ago
Love this idea!
mrambin 14y ago
Great idea!
samuel1604 14y ago
Would love to see OpenStack/Ceph there.

16 points by rgbrgb 14y ago

state 14y ago

Although I'm sure I'm in the minority, I would love to see something like this go straight through to S3. Services on top of services on top of...

eberyvody 14y ago
Services!
rgbrgb 14y ago
Yeah, we'd love to do that too after the big consumer players are covered. With all of the security certificates and such, any ideas on what an implementation would look like? You can't just oauth with S3 ;).

rafstone 14y ago

This could prove to be very useful tool.

rafstone 14y ago
When do you expect we can get an invite?
- rgbrgb 14y ago
  Invites will roll out within the next couple months.
eberyvody 14y ago
Yeah, if it became standard it could make your phone even more like a computer. Could open up a lot of possibilities.

rgbrgb 14y ago

Hey everyone, Peter from StashKit here. We're working really hard to make it as simple to use personal clouds as it is to use the S3 style data silos everyone has now. I'd be happy to answer any questions. We'd love to get feedback from the HN community.

lbarrow 14y ago

I like the idea of removing costs (file storage in this case) from services by having consumers pay for them elsewhere. It seems like it could allow people to build some more interesting business models.

rgbrgb 14y ago
Yes! We had been kicking around this idea of building a version of Snapchat where all of the photos are stored in your personal cloud storage. Could we build a Twitter or Facebook that way? The problem we ran up against is how you'd choose a single storage provider to support. We came to the conclusion that you'd want some kind of transport layer to make that easy. StashKit is that transport layer combined with some widgets to make integration a breeze for devs and users. I'm working on a little blogpost about the cool new app architectures these personal clouds suggest.

hst 14y ago

Sounds cool. How does it work exactly?

rgbrgb 14y ago
Top secret! Just kidding. We basically wrap first party cloud service API's into a consistent StashKit API and provide widgets similar to the ones Dropbox gives for picking files and doing authentication. Of course, unlike the dropbox widget, ours works with all of the providers.

mrgreenfur 14y ago

Isn't this the fog gem?

ew 14y ago

Sounds like what http://mover.io http://mover.io is doing, but with a dash of http://filepicker.io http://filepicker.io

rgbrgb 14y ago
While it does integrate with the same services as your app, I really don't see any other similarities. We've definitely looked at filepicker.io but we have a slightly different approach to the user experience and a more scalable client architecture.

melodymcc 14y ago

Love this idea!

mrambin 14y ago

Great idea!

samuel1604 14y ago

Would love to see OpenStack/Ceph there.