MadeiraCloud
Infrastructure
aws cloud architecture design
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
3 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Privacy: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 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
Slick drag-and-drop deployment experience
From 2 comments
Its the overall product and packaging. Herkou is famous as being the first Rails PaaS to gain traction that was really "easy" to get started and push live. This experience felt…
alttab on HNImpressive site and an innovative approach in what is only going to become a more and more crowded space. Would you be able to share an indication of the take up you've had so…
Ftdo on HN
Objections
Requires full AWS credentials to use the product
From 3 comments
Sorry, your registration procedure is a failure. Make a live-demo available right on the front-page. Nobody in their right mind gives you their AWS-credentials just to get a…
moe on HNAgreed. What type of app requires you to give up your credentials to something as sensitive as your infrastructures credentials?! No fucking way. Fix this asap. Edit: Any admin…
jefe78 on HNI wouldn't call users being used to give out their full AWS credentials "fortunate". I know that's not exactly what you were trying to see, but still the thought makes me shudder…
nolok on HN
Many features on homepage not yet implemented
From 2 comments
It allowed me in to at least test out the interface, where I was able to determine that some of the pretty stuff on the home page (autoscaling, for example) doesn't seem to be…
ceejayoz on HNThere's more shown on the site's home page than is currently available in the actual UI. Guessing a lot left to be implemented and we're seeing just the "here's what'll…
ceejayoz on HN
Company is based in China, raising trust concerns
From 1 comment
Not saying this does, or does not mean anything, but here's the whois info for the domain: Domain Name: madeiracloud.com Registered at http://www.dynadot.com Registrant: INiT…
normalocity on HN
Design too similar to Heroku
From 2 comments
The site design looks very similar to Heroku.
alttab on HNIts the overall product and packaging. Herkou is famous as being the first Rails PaaS to gain traction that was really "easy" to get started and push live. This experience felt…
alttab on HN
Requests
Live demo or read-only/limited IAM template
From 2 comments
Sorry, your registration procedure is a failure. Make a live-demo available right on the front-page. Nobody in their right mind gives you their AWS-credentials just to get a…
moe on HNIf you are asking for AWS credentials, you should really provide a IAM template that is preconfigured with all the "READ ONLY" access API endpoints that you require.
chrisacky on HN
CloudFormation import/export support
From 1 comment
You might consider a CloudFormation designer that works up to so many machines (say 15?). That way people could drop the CF file into AWS and build out a cluster. When they…
bradgessler on HN
Questions
What is the user take-up and free-to-premium conversion
From 1 comment
Impressive site and an innovative approach in what is only going to become a more and more crowded space. Would you be able to share an indication of the take up you've had so…
Ftdo on HN
Alternatives named
RightScale, Scalr, OpDemand, NewVem
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback. Can I ask what you would suggest as an alternative for people wanting to try the product? Our app is useless without access to the AWS APIs, and although…
danoprey on HN