JSON CMS
Web and SaaS
headless cms for mobile apps
SHOW HN2011
JSON CMS
Hey all, some time ago I already presented my idea on HN with a landing page.
news.ycombinator.com#headless cms#mobile app backend#json api#content management
How HN took it
9 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for mobile developers who lack time to build backends
From 2 comments
I think this will be useful for a lot of developers of iPhone/Adroid apps. Many don't have the know how (or time) to develop, run and maintain backend systems and it pushes the…
andymoe on HNSeems to be a good idea. You'll have to market this a lot to agencies building mobile apps (I would think). Easy tutorial etc.
petervandijck on HN
Lets non-technical editors manage content without developers
From 2 comments
One benefit that I see is that this could allow normal business/end users to more easily update content directly, rather than having to get a developer involved. Obviously, you…
barlo on HNThis is a nice idea. We build a lot of mobile apps, and we use a combination of the Django admin, and django-tastypie. This gets a JSON API up and running with authentication in…
JonAtkinson on HN
Objections
Mobile site tour page is not usable on an iPhone
From 1 comment
The tour page is not usable on an iPhone. Love the concept but since you're targeting mobile it would be good to present your site well on mobile. http://storageroomapp.com/tour
sparkycollier on HN
20GB limit too small; would prefer traditional software
From 1 comment
I like the idea, but I want have a lot more than 20GB available. I think it would be more inclined to buy this as traditional software (instead of SaaS).
littlemerman on HN
Unclear how it differs from CouchDB, MongoDB or S3
From 3 comments
I see two potential target groups here. One focuses on the developer and tries to solve the data storage and synchronization procedure. In that field, I'm not sure what the…
vpdn on HNI feel it can be very useful. How does it differentiate with MongoDB, CouchDB etc?
gcao on HNI'm a little confused about why this is targeted specifically to mobile. I've been looking for a back-end only CMS for years now. Originally, I didn't mind just having my…
evlapix on HN
Requests
Content import from existing CMSes
From 1 comment
I definitely dig on the core concept of making it easier to get content to mobile devices. However, having done this exact type of work for an agency in the past, more often than…
caleboller on HN
White-label option for agencies
From 2 comments
This is a nice idea. We build a lot of mobile apps, and we use a combination of the Django admin, and django-tastypie. This gets a JSON API up and running with authentication in…
JonAtkinson on HNThis is our plan. We are also already looking into creating a white label solution for agencies (cms.myagency.com), so that they can resell it to their customers without our…
sashthebash on HN
Clearer save buttons in the UI
From 1 comment
I think this will be useful for a lot of developers of iPhone/Adroid apps. Many don't have the know how (or time) to develop, run and maintain backend systems and it pushes the…
andymoe on HN
Questions
How is it different from CouchDB, MongoDB or Amazon S3?
From 2 comments
I see two potential target groups here. One focuses on the developer and tries to solve the data storage and synchronization procedure. In that field, I'm not sure what the…
vpdn on HNI feel it can be very useful. How does it differentiate with MongoDB, CouchDB etc?
gcao on HN
Can it be used for non-mobile backends?
From 1 comment
I'm a little confused about why this is targeted specifically to mobile. I've been looking for a back-end only CMS for years now. Originally, I didn't mind just having my…
evlapix on HN
Alternatives named
CouchDB
From 1 comment
I see two potential target groups here. One focuses on the developer and tries to solve the data storage and synchronization procedure. In that field, I'm not sure what the…
vpdn on HN
Amazon S3
From 1 comment
I see two potential target groups here. One focuses on the developer and tries to solve the data storage and synchronization procedure. In that field, I'm not sure what the…
vpdn on HN
MongoDB
From 1 comment
I feel it can be very useful. How does it differentiate with MongoDB, CouchDB etc?
gcao on HN
PureEdit
From 1 comment
I'm a little confused about why this is targeted specifically to mobile. I've been looking for a back-end only CMS for years now. Originally, I didn't mind just having my…
evlapix on HN
Django admin with django-tastypie
From 1 comment
This is a nice idea. We build a lot of mobile apps, and we use a combination of the Django admin, and django-tastypie. This gets a JSON API up and running with authentication in…
JonAtkinson on HN