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SHOW HN2023

31points
5comments
#1,379of 3,109 in 2023
Top 45%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful local uses such as Grafana and Home Assistant dashboards

    From 1 comment
    • I like the product and can see a couple of nice uses for it. For instance I have a grafana dashboard to track my solar setup. Home assistant stuff comes to mind. Maybe some…
      smodo on HN
  • Interest in a local-first API

    From 1 comment
    • Seconded. If this had a robust-simple option for how i can use this purely locally, i'd get one instantly. "Push JSON to this local web server" sort of simplicity, or w/e. You're…
      unshavedyak on HN

Objections

  • Requires the maker's servers to run custom apps

    From 1 comment
    • It looks like this requires your servers to be operational even to run my own apps, which makes me pretty uninterested in this.
      NoahKAndrews on HN
  • Dependence on someone else's server is a dealbreaker without local operation

    From 1 comment
    • I like the product and can see a couple of nice uses for it. For instance I have a grafana dashboard to track my solar setup. Home assistant stuff comes to mind. Maybe some…
      smodo on HN

Requests

  • Fully local operation without a backend

    From 2 comments
    • I like the product and can see a couple of nice uses for it. For instance I have a grafana dashboard to track my solar setup. Home assistant stuff comes to mind. Maybe some…
      smodo on HN
    • Seconded. If this had a robust-simple option for how i can use this purely locally, i'd get one instantly. "Push JSON to this local web server" sort of simplicity, or w/e. You're…
      unshavedyak on HN
  • Simple local push of JSON to a local web server

    From 1 comment
    • Seconded. If this had a robust-simple option for how i can use this purely locally, i'd get one instantly. "Push JSON to this local web server" sort of simplicity, or w/e. You're…
      unshavedyak on HN
  • Battery option for wall mounting

    From 1 comment
    • Seconded. If this had a robust-simple option for how i can use this purely locally, i'd get one instantly. "Push JSON to this local web server" sort of simplicity, or w/e. You're…
      unshavedyak on HN

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