Ahey
Infrastructure
pub-sub messaging service
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How HN took it
2 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean codebase and style
From 1 comment
Such a clean codebase and style! great job
ANaimi on HN
Cool project; revives interest in web push
From 2 comments
agreed that this is a cool project, am a bit (just a wee bit) bummed about the express dependency. I've never used the Push API but look forward to it, and I appreciate this post…
fitsumbelay on HNI haven't tried web notifications yet, good reason to try now.
ShaggyHotDog on HN
Objections
Loose permissions allow anyone to spam users via regular channels
From 1 comment
This is nice, but I wonder about the actual use cases of such a service, given the very loose permissions: 1. Anyone can subscribe to a channel 2. Any registered user can publish…
fzaninotto on HN
No documentation initially visible
From 1 comment
There is no docs ? How can we also listen via http server ?
revskill on HN
Express dependency is unwanted
From 1 comment
agreed that this is a cool project, am a bit (just a wee bit) bummed about the express dependency. I've never used the Push API but look forward to it, and I appreciate this post…
fitsumbelay on HN
Requests
Explain how to listen via HTTP server
From 1 comment
There is no docs ? How can we also listen via http server ?
revskill on HN
Questions
Does it make it easy to add web push notifications like Airship?
From 1 comment
I’m not super familiar with browser notifications, but I want to use them in my next project. Does this library make it easy to add push notifications to my web app similar to…
programmarchy on HN
Alternatives named
ntfy.sh
From 1 comment
This is cool. There was an old post here about one called patchbay (IIRC) then I made one called httpubsub (go, quick and dirty). I'm using one called ntfy.sh now; it's good; has…
edoceo on HN
Telegram bot
From 1 comment
I just use a telegram bot that my scripts use to send me notifications that I receive in a few different channels, depending on topic.
Tistron on HN
httpubsub
From 1 comment
This is cool. There was an old post here about one called patchbay (IIRC) then I made one called httpubsub (go, quick and dirty). I'm using one called ntfy.sh now; it's good; has…
edoceo on HN
Yo
From 1 comment
Reminds me of yo
languagehacker on HN