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sms data query service
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How HN took it
3 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful concept for people without data plans
From 2 comments
Very interesting, this can be great for people who don't have data plan but can still get useful information by sms. Where does it say it's by Intuit, I don't see Intuit…
suyash on HNholy crap, I was writing a very similar app months ago, based on very similar premises, but I sorta gave up (actually got too busy as well, etc) once I read that actually the…
jckt on HN
Objections
API keys were exposed in the repository and remain in git history
From 3 comments
Cool service. However, it's generally bad practice to reveal your API keys.
yefim323 on HNCareful. All you've done is revise it. I could post a link or two that easily reveals it in your git repository revision history (6sus.. and 794e..). Instead, I'll post this…
pudquick on HNPlease note that the keys will not be truly deleted, because they are still in the GIT history
bvdbijl on HN
Service was down when tested
From 2 comments
Just tried to use your service from Australia and got no response :(
aaronsnoswell on HNGreat work, it looks really neat! side note - I think your server's down, I'm not getting any response from it.
xur17 on HN
Requests
Support multiple queries in one SMS
From 1 comment
How about supporting multiple queries from a single SMS, given that most users are probably capped on number of outgoing messages, but not incoming.
mmahemoff on HN
Add weather, product ratings, directions and local search
From 1 comment
Very cool! You might also want to add weather, amazon/yelp ratings for products/places, directions from place a to b and location based search (coffee near staples center, la).…
wicknicks on HN
Add email access
From 1 comment
This looks really promising. Will you ever add support for email?
noahklein94 on HN
Questions
Is it only available in the US?
From 1 comment
Very cool, right now this is only in US? Do you have any plans to scale it here or are you only showing it as a proof-of-concept and will be shortly moving it to developing…
vxNsr on HN
Is it aimed at developing countries?
From 1 comment
is this thought for developing countries?
gdonelli on HN
Alternatives named
txtweb (Intuit)
From 1 comment
If you're in India, Intuit has an app ecosystem built around this idea: http://txtweb.com/
suhastech on HN
Google Talk Guru bot
From 1 comment
This reminds me of Google Talk Guru, the Google bot that lets you ask simple questions. It was an experimental service a few years ago. I'm not sure if it's still accepting…
elleferrer on HN
DuckDuckGo-based SMS tool (text-ddg)
From 2 comments
I use something similar that I created all the time. Mine connects to the DuckDuckGo API to pull the Zero-click info which is sourced from Wikipedia, Crunchbase, and a bunch of…
rpicard on HNI have the code up on GitHub, but the server I've been using to host the application myself isn't up right now. I have to debug some problem, but I don't think there is anything…
rpicard on HN