CloudRail
Dev tools
cloud storage sdk
SHOW HN2014
71points
43comments
#427of 2,272 in 2014
Top 19%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 12 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.39.
Design: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clear need for a unified cloud storage API
From 2 comments
Very cool. There's definitely demand for a unified cloud storage API. Kloudless (https://kloudless.com) provides one as well, with some open-source UI tools. Disclaimer:…
narsil on HNA friend of mine is on the team for Kloudless (https://developers.kloudless.com/). I haven't actually used it, but the marketing material tells of the same value prop as your…
jeremydw on HN
Useful idea for developers
From 2 comments
Great idea. We (JotForm) spend so much time implementing and maintaining integration with these services. You definitely need pricing information. If you want to keep it free at…
aytekin on HNThis is pretty great. It would be nice to see support for OneDrive for Business (Office 365) as well.
slantyyz on HN
Objections
Scrolling hijack makes the site annoying to use
From 4 comments
Good idea! And a small feedback; - Please fix your scrolling on the page. It is not a pleasing scrolling experience. - Slider interval is quick, kind of disturbs while reading,…
whizzkid on HNPlease do not mess around with my scrolling when I visit your website. It means my first experience is horrible.
kitbrennan on HNActually I'm using a Macbook Pro. The problem with messing with scrolling is that my usual flick of the trackpad does not get me to the point that I expected to reach on the…
kitbrennan on HNAs the OP said, it's not just mobile that's an issue. I'm also on MacBook air and it's annoying. Why scrolljack in the first place? There's a reason why every "Show HN" with…
chatmasta on HN
No pricing information
From 2 comments
where is the pricing?
fenesiistvan on HNGood idea. Where is the pricing information? For some reason if you cannot create a sustainable business will you open source it? Good luck with your endeavor.
cilantro1994 on HN
Client-side encryption claims and wording were confusing
From 3 comments
I'm a little confused - it's an auto-updating JS library with a price tag? Is the end-to-end encryption done in JS? Is it OSS, or is the source minified and obfuscated?
lorddoig on HNI don't see how it can be a JS SDK, taking file inputs via the browser, and do end-to-end encryption in anything but JS. It's just not possible, no?
lorddoig on HNFeedback: It's kind of hard to understand this statement. Your product is basically a client-side API that allows my application to use your API to integrate with a third-party…
jeremydw on HN
Docs require sign-up and show unsupported features
From 2 comments
(Kloudless Co-founder here) Congrats on the beta release! I'd suggest making the docs available without having to sign up. I noticed the docs indicate unsupported features for…
narsil on HNVery cool. There's definitely demand for a unified cloud storage API. Kloudless (https://kloudless.com) provides one as well, with some open-source UI tools. Disclaimer:…
narsil on HN
Requests
Fix scrolling behaviour on the website
From 2 comments
Good idea! And a small feedback; - Please fix your scrolling on the page. It is not a pleasing scrolling experience. - Slider interval is quick, kind of disturbs while reading,…
whizzkid on HNAs the OP said, it's not just mobile that's an issue. I'm also on MacBook air and it's annoying. Why scrolljack in the first place? There's a reason why every "Show HN" with…
chatmasta on HN
Support OneDrive for Business
From 1 comment
This is pretty great. It would be nice to see support for OneDrive for Business (Office 365) as well.
slantyyz on HN
Make docs accessible without sign-up
From 2 comments
(Kloudless Co-founder here) Congrats on the beta release! I'd suggest making the docs available without having to sign up. I noticed the docs indicate unsupported features for…
narsil on HNVery cool. There's definitely demand for a unified cloud storage API. Kloudless (https://kloudless.com) provides one as well, with some open-source UI tools. Disclaimer:…
narsil on HN
Clarify pricing
From 2 comments
Great idea. We (JotForm) spend so much time implementing and maintaining integration with these services. You definitely need pricing information. If you want to keep it free at…
aytekin on HNGood idea. Where is the pricing information? For some reason if you cannot create a sustainable business will you open source it? Good luck with your endeavor.
cilantro1994 on HN
Questions
How does the encryption layer work
From 2 comments
Looks neat! This sounds very similar to the concept of unhosted.org[1], where the user provides their own data storage location. Being based in Europe, have you had any…
diafygi on HNI'm a little confused - it's an auto-updating JS library with a price tag? Is the end-to-end encryption done in JS? Is it OSS, or is the source minified and obfuscated?
lorddoig on HN
Is the client source open and what is its license
From 2 comments
So looking at [this license](http://developer.cloudrail.com/license), am I to understand that the cloudrail client source js is licensed with GPLv2?
kmb32123 on HNI'm a little confused - it's an auto-updating JS library with a price tag? Is the end-to-end encryption done in JS? Is it OSS, or is the source minified and obfuscated?
lorddoig on HN
How does it differ from Kloudless
From 1 comment
A friend of mine is on the team for Kloudless (https://developers.kloudless.com/). I haven't actually used it, but the marketing material tells of the same value prop as your…
jeremydw on HN
Alternatives named
Kloudless
From 2 comments
Very cool. There's definitely demand for a unified cloud storage API. Kloudless (https://kloudless.com) provides one as well, with some open-source UI tools. Disclaimer:…
narsil on HNA friend of mine is on the team for Kloudless (https://developers.kloudless.com/). I haven't actually used it, but the marketing material tells of the same value prop as your…
jeremydw on HN
unhosted.org and remoteStorage.js
From 1 comment
Looks neat! This sounds very similar to the concept of unhosted.org[1], where the user provides their own data storage location. Being based in Europe, have you had any…
diafygi on HN
Bring Your Own Filesystem (byoFS)
From 1 comment
Looks neat! This sounds very similar to the concept of unhosted.org[1], where the user provides their own data storage location. Being based in Europe, have you had any…
diafygi on HN