M3O
Dev tools
api marketplace
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
4 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, natural API design and easy to work with
From 1 comment
This is very well put together! The API feels very natural and has an obvious flow to it, easy to work with. The vast majority of Firebase projects should have their needs more…
krono on HN
Value proposition over stitching third-party services together
From 1 comment
I really like the product and the direction this is going! Especially for things like Authentication, DB, PubSub the value proposition, compared to tying a bunch of 3rd party…
asar on HN
Objections
Lacks SLA, documentation and transparency about data sources
From 2 comments
I really like the product and the direction this is going! Especially for things like Authentication, DB, PubSub the value proposition, compared to tying a bunch of 3rd party…
asar on HN# I'm so frustrated, this product was advertised so many times and it also was "rebrended" a lot. At first it was an API hub, then it became an alternative to AWS, then the…
lonelyprograMer on HN
Pricing unclear (credits and unlimited requests)
From 1 comment
# I'm so frustrated, this product was advertised so many times and it also was "rebrended" a lot. At first it was an API hub, then it became an alternative to AWS, then the…
lonelyprograMer on HN
Relicensing history of Micro project
From 1 comment
# I'm so frustrated, this product was advertised so many times and it also was "rebrended" a lot. At first it was an API hub, then it became an alternative to AWS, then the…
lonelyprograMer on HN
Only a few SDK languages, no OpenAPI/GraphQL support
From 1 comment
# I'm so frustrated, this product was advertised so many times and it also was "rebrended" a lot. At first it was an API hub, then it became an alternative to AWS, then the…
lonelyprograMer on HN
Requests
GraphQL support
From 1 comment
Nice idea. Any plans on supporting GraphQL? I've moved all my API's over to that standard.
RedShift1 on HN
Data source and update frequency info for endpoints
From 2 comments
I really like the product and the direction this is going! Especially for things like Authentication, DB, PubSub the value proposition, compared to tying a bunch of 3rd party…
asar on HNThis is very well put together! The API feels very natural and has an obvious flow to it, easy to work with. The vast majority of Firebase projects should have their needs more…
krono on HN
Uptime and region information
From 1 comment
I really like the product and the direction this is going! Especially for things like Authentication, DB, PubSub the value proposition, compared to tying a bunch of 3rd party…
asar on HN
Pubsub/events/websockets for API updates
From 1 comment
Very interesting idea. I think a lot of people are asking for pubsub/events/websockets for updates on a number of APIs so if we can offer some sort of general abstraction to get…
asim on HN
Questions
Why the name M3O
From 1 comment
Out of sheer curiosity - why name it M3O?
erikig on HN
Whether users want their own Stripe account for payments
From 1 comment
Thanks for your response and questions. On the point of payments. Yes would love to do this for payments. We've abstracted away stripe in this way internally but offering it to…
asim on HN
Alternatives named
RapidAPI
From 1 comment
1. Appreciate your perspective on this. We're really giving people credits to write services. A number of people have already done so. I'm trying to get more and more people to…
asim on HN
Twilio
From 1 comment
SendGrid
From 1 comment
Firebase
From 1 comment
This is very well put together! The API feels very natural and has an obvious flow to it, easy to work with. The vast majority of Firebase projects should have their needs more…
krono on HN