(Our startup) DistilBio
Data
life sciences search engine
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Execution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Looks cool and has strong potential for biopharma users
From 3 comments
Looks cool. Small bug: When you search for something and hit the "back" button, you get stuck at a "searching" modal dialog that can only be cleared by hitting refresh.
polyfractal on HNThis is fantastic. Do you mind telling us about how you get the data and your search tech stack?
revorad on HNThis is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
biopharma_guy on HN
Objections
Search requires clicking a button rather than pressing enter
From 1 comment
This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
biopharma_guy on HN
Misspelled drug names return no results
From 1 comment
This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
biopharma_guy on HN
Back button gets stuck on a searching dialog
From 1 comment
Looks cool. Small bug: When you search for something and hit the "back" button, you get stuck at a "searching" modal dialog that can only be cleared by hitting refresh.
polyfractal on HN
Requests
Add auto-suggestion for search terms
From 1 comment
This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
biopharma_guy on HN
Search on Enter key
From 1 comment
This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
biopharma_guy on HN
Expand to scientific literature and metabolic pathways
From 1 comment
This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
biopharma_guy on HN
Questions
What is the revenue model, and will it be SaaS?
From 1 comment
This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
biopharma_guy on HN
Will there be a free web version and how does it differ from paid?
From 1 comment
This is a great product. Being a biopharma guy I can say it has a lot of potential. My suggestions is to push this product aggressively to launch globally so that you will have a…
biopharma_guy on HN
Where does the data come from and what is the search tech stack?
From 1 comment
This is fantastic. Do you mind telling us about how you get the data and your search tech stack?
revorad on HN