Rasta.js
Dev tools
javascript key-value store
SHOW HN2011
73points
39comments
#165of 1,097 in 2011
Top 16%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 4 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quick prototyping
From 2 comments
I guess I could see some usefulness in a quick weekend prototyping to get a persistent app up and running.
guptaneil on HNawesome! like someone else said, this is a great tool for prototyping, and likely other projects. tinydb is pretty cool as well. http://tinydb.org/
catshirt on HN
Objections
Anyone can read or overwrite any key
From 2 comments
Unless there is something I don't understand, how can this even be slightly reliable or useful, when everyone can read any key and write or replace any key at any moment ?
HoLyVieR on HNAnd also replace a value with normal, arbitrary javascript... Still, neat idea.
NHQ on HN
localStorage already covers this use case
From 1 comment
but then why would this be better than, say, localStorage, which is local? The only purpose to this is semi-persistent cross-domain information storage. It's crazy to use an…
Groxx on HN
Relies on a remote server the maker runs
From 1 comment
I looked at the code, and what this does is to make calls to a web api on the errorjs.com domain. It sets a key using: http://rastajs.errorjs.com/set/yourkey/yourvalue And…
lars on HN
Keys share a single global namespace
From 1 comment
It would be a heck of a lot more useful if it were namespaced, like S3's buckets. Let folks put into those buckets whatever they want, but make the buckets in your datastore…
moonlighter on HN
Requests
Namespacing keys into buckets
From 1 comment
It would be a heck of a lot more useful if it were namespaced, like S3's buckets. Let folks put into those buckets whatever they want, but make the buckets in your datastore…
moonlighter on HN
Clearer documentation of what it does
From 2 comments
I guess I am not geek enough, but the description for this is SOOO opaque. I have no idea what this does - and I am a web developer! Can someone explain, in simple English, what…
marcamillion on HNI looked at the code, and what this does is to make calls to a web api on the errorjs.com domain. It sets a key using: http://rastajs.errorjs.com/set/yourkey/yourvalue And…
lars on HN
Use POST for set
From 1 comment
Would it make sense for "set" to be a POST? Or does that compromise "easy"?
pbreit on HN
Questions
Why it was built and what it is for
From 2 comments
what are you using it for? still don't really get it...
netlemurde on HNIf you want to demonstrate some cross-browser communication app? I agree, this has a very limited application scope. I am more confused as to why the author made it when he…
guptaneil on HN
Where data is stored
From 1 comment
I think he meant - physically, HOW does this work. As in, where is the data stored and how?
josscrowcroft on HN
Alternatives named
openkeyval
From 1 comment
You might want to look at http://openkeyval.org if you weren't aware of it. Exact same idea. (HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1846088)
bouncingsoul on HN
localStorage and cookies
From 1 comment
but then why would this be better than, say, localStorage, which is local? The only purpose to this is semi-persistent cross-domain information storage. It's crazy to use an…
Groxx on HN
TinyDB
From 1 comment
awesome! like someone else said, this is a great tool for prototyping, and likely other projects. tinydb is pretty cool as well. http://tinydb.org/
catshirt on HN
CouchDB
From 1 comment
you might be able to replace the server with just CouchDB configured to allow JSONP... Then users can just sign up at something like http://iriscouch.com to install a copy of…
jchrisa on HN