Hypergolix
Infrastructure
encrypted object sync
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How HN took it
1 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Privacy: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good work and useful for end-user developers
From 2 comments
Nice work, keep it up and thanks for sharing!
thruflo22 on HNHow is locating of the other end done? Do you have a DHT for this? LAN discovery? Or are we basically relying on your server to stay online? Not a lot of notes about internals…
problems on HN
Objections
Custom cryptography raises security concerns
From 1 comment
One thing I didn't get from the docs is some clearer explanation justifying what at first glance seems like a great deal of bespoke, custom crypto. Just browsing through the…
pvg on HN
Unclear use cases and not a Dropbox replacement for file sync
From 3 comments
Sounds interesting...the use-cases are not clicking in my head just right...So I'll dive in and rummage around some more.
mxuribe on HNthe first application you can provide (maybe as the project sample app) is to observe one file and sync it when changed. most people I know that uses dropbox use it with…
gcb0 on HNI got that. but the first thing I can think of is to have a client that syncs files :) even applications that syncs files already treat them as "objects" as you need decisions on…
gcb0 on HN
Server dependence and lack of internals documentation
From 1 comment
How is locating of the other end done? Do you have a DHT for this? LAN discovery? Or are we basically relying on your server to stay online? Not a lot of notes about internals…
problems on HN
Requests
LAN discovery and P2P support
From 1 comment
How is locating of the other end done? Do you have a DHT for this? LAN discovery? Or are we basically relying on your server to stay online? Not a lot of notes about internals…
problems on HN
Simpler API such as bob.send(obj)
From 1 comment
That's pretty cool, thanks. So I don't need to worry about deploying MQTT servers and authenticating between them, I can just use this. Can I suggest this alternative API: obj =…
StavrosK on HN
A file-syncing sample application
From 1 comment
the first application you can provide (maybe as the project sample app) is to observe one file and sync it when changed. most people I know that uses dropbox use it with…
gcb0 on HN
Questions
How conflict resolution works during network partitions
From 1 comment
As a fellow distributed software developer (http://firestr.com) great work! Quick question, how are you doing conflict resolution if there is a long term network partition? Does…
mempko on HN
How nodes locate each other and whether servers must stay online
From 1 comment
How is locating of the other end done? Do you have a DHT for this? LAN discovery? Or are we basically relying on your server to stay online? Not a lot of notes about internals…
problems on HN
Whether the server can access plaintext
From 1 comment
Am I right in reading that everything is free, except if you want the server to store your data? I.e., if I store data on my home server, I can use this for free? Does your…
StavrosK on HN
Alternatives named
Dropbox
From 1 comment
the first application you can provide (maybe as the project sample app) is to observe one file and sync it when changed. most people I know that uses dropbox use it with…
gcb0 on HN
MQTT
From 1 comment
That's pretty cool, thanks. So I don't need to worry about deploying MQTT servers and authenticating between them, I can just use this. Can I suggest this alternative API: obj =…
StavrosK on HN