Config.ly
Dev tools
configuration management
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
9 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 4 for, 7 againstDesign: 4 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple interface
From 1 comment
Clean interface, easy to use, nice work!
mkintali on HN
Useful for avoiding slow deploys during incidents
From 1 comment
I love this idea. I will express the ups and downs of it, and see if I'm missing something. First, some background: I'm a heavy Django user. Django has settings that are loaded…
santiagobasulto on HN
Objections
Storing config outside version control loses audit trail
From 1 comment
I don't understand why people use config servers like this, instead of keeping it in version control. Keeping it in the repository allows me audit changes of everything. If you…
munro on HN
No info on security, encryption or access control
From 1 comment
Do you store your API keys and other sensitive data with a site that doesn't even have a page discussing their encryption or security practices? Their privacy policy mentions…
camsjams on HN
Availability and latency concerns as a runtime dependency
From 1 comment
I love this idea. I will express the ups and downs of it, and see if I'm missing something. First, some background: I'm a heavy Django user. Django has settings that are loaded…
santiagobasulto on HN
Requests
Offline or fallback default values
From 1 comment
If you try to fetch values and there is no connection nor ached values, the client won't be able to hit Config.ly's servers. I think it's a good idea to implement Config.ly with…
jeremyis on HN
Tier pricing with extra features
From 1 comment
This is such a cool idea. A simple web based database. If you introduced tier pricing with additional features, I would be willing to pay for this.
adrianvincent on HN
A/B testing and global keys across projects
From 1 comment
Features that would be nice to have: A/B Testing, Global config keys so Enterprise customers can use them across projects. Is there a size limit, do clients download changes or…
prjed on HN
Questions
How does it compare to S3, Redis or a database?
From 3 comments
Just use S3
jackthemuss on HNThis is going to come across as dismissive, I don't mean it to - I'm sure im missing something. Is this more than a key value store with TTLs? Is it the UI over the top, the CMS…
netcraft on HNyou know what also allows you to never hardcode your data again... a database.
thrownaway954 on HN
What are the size limits and whether clients download whole files?
From 1 comment
Features that would be nice to have: A/B Testing, Global config keys so Enterprise customers can use them across projects. Is there a size limit, do clients download changes or…
prjed on HN
Alternatives named
Spring Cloud Config
From 1 comment
spring cloud config is a good selfhosted alternative if u use java
nih0 on HN
Plain S3 or a database
From 2 comments
Just use S3
jackthemuss on HNyou know what also allows you to never hardcode your data again... a database.
thrownaway954 on HN
LaunchDarkly
From 1 comment
So if I understand correctly, I can define bits of JSON / values in your interface. Then when my client app loads it'll hit your service backend to fetch them. Seems pretty…
cedricd on HN
Vault, sops or Ansible Vault for secrets
From 2 comments
Vault/k8s secrets for sensitive data--but you know, it really depends on the context for sensitive data, there isn't a simple answer to say what I've done across the board
munro on HNsops is a great tool for version-controlled secrets - plaintext keys and encrypted values using remote KMS to do the encryption. https://github.com/mozilla/sops
lukerohde on HN