alanfriedman

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1. 31.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   You guys have been nice enough to not bring it down, so all is good so far. Peak load was 600 concurrent. Not sure on DB queries.
2. 32.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   Also the stack is Node/Express and MySQL.
3. 33.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   We spent years waiting for our BaaS patents to clear (the patent office was confused) and now we're ready to take on the world.
4. 34.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   We have our best and brightest working around the clock to deliver <50ms latency at peak load.
5. 35.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   We think this API is world-class, built on military grade encryption and a robust distributed cloud infrastructure.
6. 36.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   Sure, once there's authentication.
7. 37.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   To be real for a second...yeah there might be something there.
8. 38.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   We agree this would be handy. A "label" field.
9. 39.▲
   by alanfriedman 11y ago

   It's ok, we could use more competition in the BaaS space.
10. 40.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Haha never considered using it for that.
11. 41.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Sure. The possibilities are endless when it comes to CRUDing booleans.
12. 42.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    We're making a big bet on it. I've personally emptied my savings and 401k into this business.
13. 43.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Nice.
14. 44.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    All booleans are salted and hashed.
15. 45.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Yes HIPAA-compliance is at the top of our backlog.
16. 46.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    I'm listening...
17. 47.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Good call. We're already struggling to keep up with this rapidly evolving data type.
18. 48.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    For mission critical booleans we may add authentication in the future.
19. 49.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    I'm just glad this was ranked higher than the SpaceX landing for a minute. Priorities are in order.
20. 50.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    We'll definitely look into that.
21. 51.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    EC2 c4 8xl boxes, load balanced across multiple regions. Jk it's a micro instance.
22. 52.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    We've heard from various famous people that if you build great products, the money will follow.
23. 53.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    We're about to find out
24. 54.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Strict equal yo ===
25. 55.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    We're focused on changing the world for now, and will think about making money later.
26. 56.▲
    Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)(booleans.io)

    143 points by alanfriedman 11y ago|124 comments
27. 57.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Yeah I had that same thought actually. Data scientists are becoming more common lately.
28. 58.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    I plan on adding it today and will send it to any users who signed up before it was posted. I know how important it is so it's my top priority to finish by end of day.
29. 59.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Fair points. As for the design, it can always be tweaked, but I have gotten positive feedback around the simplicity and minimalist look so would have to think it through. As for the icons, my theory is that devs are free to add whatever ski
30. 60.▲
    by alanfriedman 11y ago

    Absolutely - it's on the roadmap.