nickpatrick

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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Yep, I get it. Working on a self-serve pricing calculator. Reality is that enterprise convos do make sense at sufficient scale. If it does here, our inbox is open!
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Out of curiosity, why do you think it's vastly superior?
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Appreciate the feedback. We're working on showing the right level of detail at different zoom levels for the different map styles. cc @kocheez75
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Should be showing a collapsible ⓘ button on very small screens. We'll take a look and fix.
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
We are big fans of Felt!
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
As someone who used to work at an ad tech company, I can tell you that we're very much not an ad tech company. In fact, we set out to build the opposite. More here: https://radar.com/blog/our-commitment-to-privacy
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Would love to chat. Worth considering best solution given tradeoffs: Cost, coverage, customization options, enterprise-readiness
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Our standard policy is that you can cache responses for up to 30 days: https://radar.com/documentation/maps/geocoding#caching
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
You can charge a lot when you're #1.
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Still pretty good in Europe, but more of a gap. International coverage will be a priority in 2024.
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Not familiar with this list, but I'm guessing overly aggressive blocking of location APIs. More on our approach here: https://radar.com/trust
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Pricing page could def be clearer. Working on it! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37668919
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Pricing is per API call right now, but we're planning to add "per session" pricing in future.
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Can you share more about what you're hoping to do?
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
That's a pretty aggressive list...
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Google is the gold standard, but our coverage is quite good in the US. We incorporate a mix of open and commercial datasets both for POI and address data.
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Old but good post on vector maps vs. raster maps from our friends at CARTO: https://carto.com/blog/raster-vs-vector-whats-the-difference...
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Potentially! We're still big fans of Mapbox for highly styled maps. We've just found that Mapbox and Google are overkill for many of our customers.
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Stay tuned...!?
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
A map load is what it sounds like, an API call is a geocoding/search/routing API call. Pricing starts at $0.50 per 1K for both. Pricing page could be clearer, we're working on it!
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
More details in the post, but Google starts at $7 per 1K map loads and $5 per 1K geocoding API requests, whereas Radar starts at $0.50 per 1K for both. We've roughly been helping our enterprise customers cut their maps bill in half.
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by nickpatrick 3y ago
Radar CEO here. Welcome any questions or feedback!
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by nickpatrick 6y ago
If you're looking for a simple, polished, developer-friendly alternative, check out Radar ( https://radar.io ). Think Twilio/Braze/Amplitude/Segment/Radar vs. SNS/Pinpoint/EventBridge/Locati
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by nickpatrick 15y ago
Great read, David. Thanks for sharing. One thing that I'd be curious to learn that isn't covered in the write-up: How exactly did you learn all of this? You say "on the job," but can you elaborate? How knowledgeable were you when, say, you
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by nickpatrick 16y ago
Cool idea. How accurate do you expect the figures to be? Might people whose apps are reviewed particularly slowly be more inclined to report review times, thereby skewing results?
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by nickpatrick 16y ago
Personally, I think it's intriguing to receive an email immediately after it happens and wonder what went through their mind as they clicked the button.
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by nickpatrick 16y ago
Just launched my app for this. http://www.defriendalert.com
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by nickpatrick 16y ago
Inspired by the buzz around Breakup Notifier, last week's "Defriend Day" ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/04/defriend-day-etique... ), and a good excuse to give Node.js a spin, I just launched a new Facebook app: Defriend Alert. The
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by nickpatrick 16y ago
"Principal" is a standard career level at Microsoft. There are dozens of principal-level engineers on the Bing team.
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by nickpatrick 16y ago
To compete with Bing's visual search, perhaps? http://www.bing.com/visualsearch Also, the domain is a nice bonus. The future of search lies in recommendation and personalization, and Google will eventually want to build a brand to compete

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