RocketRide
Dev tools
browser automation
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Automatic data-testid detection works well and replaces manual Cypress scripts
From 1 comment
It detects the data-testid attribute quite well. We use it at work in replacement of manually creating cypress scripts.
yowmamasita on HN
Clean, simple landing page design
From 2 comments
landing page is nice
anon115 on HNI really like the clean and simple layout of this website. It looks like bootstrap maybe. I wish more websites would follow this kind of layout.
mouzogu on HN
Interesting product
From 1 comment
Looks like a simple enough design that vector would probably be more space efficient and have infinite resolution. The product looks interesting too!
matthberg on HN
Objections
Pricing is unclear and free access is temporary
From 2 comments
Do you have a cost plan? I've invested so much time in similar things just to not be able to afford it...
permalac on HNThis is cool! Is it free? If not would be good to have pricing be visible without creating an account. Also the logo in the header looks low definition. Upping its resolution…
Krastan on HN
Cannot try the product without registering and no demo video is visible
From 2 comments
Is there any way to play with the product without registering? Or perhaps see a video showing it in action?
thih9 on HN> the majority of the homepage is a video example I’m not seeing any videos on the homepage (I’m using safari on iOS).
thih9 on HN
Name is the same as Stripe's API demo app, which may hurt SEO
From 1 comment
Rocket ride is the name of Stripe's API demo app. Might want to change the name, this is bad for your SEO.
melony on HN
Logo looks low resolution
From 1 comment
This is cool! Is it free? If not would be good to have pricing be visible without creating an account. Also the logo in the header looks low definition. Upping its resolution…
Krastan on HN
API does not show how to read task results or stored data
From 1 comment
Best of luck. Two things that have tripped me up 1. "and save the value of this attribute", it wasn't clear that this could only be certain values, text, id. 2. API I can list…
blackdogie on HN
Requests
Record video with sound
From 1 comment
Can you also record video with sound?
dhux on HN
Automatically extract CSS selectors while recording steps
From 1 comment
There's a chrome extension that records all your steps and then generates a puppeteer/playwright script for you. Then you can just edit bits of that script and run it. This is my…
fareesh on HN
Zapier or Pipedream integration and a way to return scraped results via webhook or synchronous response
From 1 comment
I'd love to use this as a webpage interaction/scraping component in chains of webhooks (building on e.g. low-code step pipelines built with Pipedream, could imagine fitting with…
bcjordan on HN
A custom pricing offering for larger users
From 1 comment
more about how the author came up with the pricing and if/how they developed projections around it. There also wasnt a custom offering, so was wondering why not and if the author…
ramoz on HN
Questions
Is it free, and what is the pricing strategy
From 2 comments
This is cool! Is it free? If not would be good to have pricing be visible without creating an account. Also the logo in the header looks low definition. Upping its resolution…
Krastan on HNCurious what your pricing strategy is here? The free offering is cool for sure. Guess you'll learn how serious users may want to actually use the service, what that means for…
ramoz on HN
Are new users still being accepted
From 1 comment
Are you no longer accepting new users?
Ladyady on HN
Alternatives named
Automa browser extension
From 1 comment
We are using Automa chrome extension for this kind of use cases. We really like it. It is free and open source. If you are thinking of building a product, you can make use of it.…
magundu on HN
UI Vision and iMacros
From 1 comment
UI Vision? https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/uivision-rpa/gcbalfbdmfieckjlnblleoemohcganoc?hl=en iMacros?…
xnx on HN
Browserflow
From 1 comment
Browserflow https://browserflow.app is excellent!
lrobinovitch on HN
Distill Web Monitor and PageProbe
From 2 comments
Distill Web Monitor? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/distill-web-monitor-ff/
xnx on HNPerhaps Distill Web Monitor or PageProbe? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/distill-web-monitor-ff/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pageprobe/
ChrisGranger on HN
Selenium, Cypress and the Chrome DevTools Recorder
From 2 comments
Selenium is the most popular tool in the industry but mostly for legacy reasons, its real competitor is Cypress. If you've just started a project I'd recommend checking it out, a…
EddySchauHai on HNFYI this is now built into the Chrome devtools "Recorder" panel.
hoten on HN