Steamship
AI
llm app hosting
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
6 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Pricing: 3 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Constructive, respectful handling of criticism
From 1 comment
Just want to point out what a constructive and respectful way this is to reply to criticism and collect product feedback at the same time. Well done!
fidrelity on HN
Fast delivery and slick demo
From 2 comments
This looks slick! You can generate images and audio with this?!? Seems a lot faster than doing it myself
icey on HNWow so impress by the speed of delivery of the company, ChatGPT just arrived yesterday and there are already some full products out there !
ygouzerh on HN
Objections
No pricing page and call limits feel like a barrier
From 2 comments
> Do I have to pay? Our free introduction has a limit of 500 API calls and 200,000 characters / 40 MB of plugin (LLM) usage. Reach out to support@steamship.com to increase you…
humanistbot on HNI tried this out using ship try. I'm not a python dev, so installed pip and Jupyter, then tried the ticket tagging one and the audio transcripts one, but neither worked - one…
richbradshaw on HN
Unclear what it does and hard to get started
From 1 comment
I tried this out using ship try. I'm not a python dev, so installed pip and Jupyter, then tried the ticket tagging one and the audio transcripts one, but neither worked - one…
richbradshaw on HN
Custom DSL ShipQL adds learning burden
From 2 comments
How do third-party API services (me) earn? Otherwise as a developer, I'm providing a free service to users, and yet I'm paying steamship's hosting costs. Please provide an…
jadbox on HNThe query problem is hard. If we provide a DSL, someone has to learn the DSL, which no one likes. If we provide you some standard QL, we still have to explain what parts of it…
dkolas on HN
Unclear how it differs from importing the openai library
From 1 comment
How exactly is this different than just importing the openai library in a regular backend template?
tehsauce on HN
Requests
Allow pass-through of your own OpenAI key
From 2 comments
> If we just provided a way to pass through your own OpenAI key, does that work better for you? That would be my ideal, thanks!
humanistbot on HNNot the guy you're responding to but if you did that yeah I'd play around with it
thedorkknight on HN
Support a standard query language instead of a DSL
From 1 comment
How do third-party API services (me) earn? Otherwise as a developer, I'm providing a free service to users, and yet I'm paying steamship's hosting costs. Please provide an…
jadbox on HN
Support for supplying your own documents or data
From 1 comment
The thing which could be a great offer is ability to supply data. I’m not sure if it involves up training or something else. Imagine I have a bunch of documents and I want answer…
terpimost on HN
Questions
How do third-party API services earn revenue
From 1 comment
How do third-party API services (me) earn? Otherwise as a developer, I'm providing a free service to users, and yet I'm paying steamship's hosting costs. Please provide an…
jadbox on HN
Can it generate images and audio
From 1 comment
This looks slick! You can generate images and audio with this?!? Seems a lot faster than doing it myself
icey on HN
Alternatives named
Kable (YC company)
From 1 comment
There's an YC company that can help you with that, Kable: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30627558 I've talked to them before, they seem great, check them out.
fernandopj on HN
Meru (hosted embedding search)
From 1 comment
Here’s a company doing that: https://www.usemeru.com/
crosen99 on HN