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SHOW HN2016

144points
38comments
#237of 2,264 in 2016
Top 11%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

11 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.

Design: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 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

  • Beautiful, cool design and interface

    From 3 comments
    • Very beautiful interface.
      znt on HN
    • That is effn' cool.
      alvaromuir on HN
    • I like the color bomb when you switch away from the tab for a bit and come back to an onslaught of events get processed by the UI.
      rekwah on HN
  • Wanted for Kafka use

    From 3 comments

Objections

  • Pricing not published and too expensive for small users

    From 2 comments
    • Coincidence: I was checking out your product the other day and it seemed quite interesting. There was just one huge issue: Where is the price tag?
      user5994461 on HN
    • It would be great if you have this on the pricing page. It's really frustrating for there to be nothing there. My startup has a ~$50 / mo Kafka ETL system hooked up to a few…
      arcticfox on HN
  • Too much data to follow at once

    From 1 comment
    • 60 events per second and it's pretty but basically unfollowable. It's something I always wonder about visualizations - no human can follow the amount of data in even a small…
      jodrellblank on HN

Requests

  • Open source the code or release a docker image

    From 5 comments
  • Custom domain for the tracker to avoid adblockers

    From 1 comment
    • 1) What is the cost relating to: requests? GB ingested? unique users? sources? Too many variables... 2) On a different topic. There is one thing I'd like to see that would put…
      user5994461 on HN

Questions

  • What does the pricing depend on

    From 1 comment
    • 1) What is the cost relating to: requests? GB ingested? unique users? sources? Too many variables... 2) On a different topic. There is one thing I'd like to see that would put…
      user5994461 on HN
  • Is the animation a browser canvas effect

    From 1 comment
    • Is this a side effect of how the browser handles canvas rendering or did it have to be explicitly coded?
      olalonde on HN

Alternatives named

  • Segment and Google Analytics named as trackers

    From 1 comment
    • 1) What is the cost relating to: requests? GB ingested? unique users? sources? Too many variables... 2) On a different topic. There is one thing I'd like to see that would put…
      user5994461 on HN

Category, keywords, summaries and labels on this page were made by AI (Thread Reader v2) and not checked by hand. Each point links to the comments it came from.

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