Ask HN: review my startup, WatchdogDaemon

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2164548

by kamiller • 15 years ago

4 6 15 years ago

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komlenic2• 15 years ago

Looks like a good MVP/start. It wasn't immediately clear what the service does, but it was pretty close. (I'm saying this is a good thing, but could be made great.)

I may be picking nits, but I think the word "innovative" in the leading sentence could be replaced with a more descriptive adjective that better defines what the service actually monitors. "innovative monitoring service" vs "____ monitoring service". Sorry, no suggestions off the top of my head.

I think the two sentences in the "REST API" section are good, but are just begging for a graphic to illustrate it.

Anything in particular that you are looking for a review on?

kamiller2• 15 years ago

Not specifically, just a review of the copy to see if it is explanatory enough. Also if it seems like something useful.

I like idea for a REST API graphic, I'm just not quite sure how it should look.

komlenic2• 15 years ago

I think you could have one sort of flowchart at the top of the graphic, using arrows to indicate how my servers and devices can be pushing out calls to your service etc.

I don't know the ins/outs of what you're doing, but think:

my server -> your awesome service -> oooh charts

Then underneath this main simple illustration, perhaps in grayscale, you could have an example of the "old" way to do something like this (and point out why it sucks).

random422• 15 years ago

> We take your privacy seriously and will never allow anyone to access your contact information. It will only be used to inform you of your invitation, and our quarterly newsletter.

Why not make quarterly newsletter opt-in?

kamiller2• 15 years ago

I haven't had time to implement it, I wanted to get the signup working quickly.

Honestly I'm not sure I will send a quarterly newsletter, I just wanted to cover myself incase I did in the future for people that pre-registered but never signed up after an invite.

In your case how big of a barrier to signup is that?

random422• 15 years ago

I like to give feedback (eg dont mind signing for services), but do not like to get spam (no offense) emails.

Ask HN: review my startup, WatchdogDaemon

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