Drapache
Infrastructure
self-hosted web server
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
0 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.40.
Idea: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun to edit a file in Dropbox and see it live instantly
From 1 comment
Having used it to build a bad link shortner, I suggest people give this a shot. It's a ton of fun to just edit a file in your dropbox with no setup and it's reflected online…
kmax12 on HN
Objections
Runs on your own server, so you pay for bandwidth twice
From 2 comments
Mm yeah, that makes sense. It also makes this incredibly bad. Not only do you have to run your own server, you have to pay for bandwidth twice - once from your server, and once…
nl on HNDropbox might not charge you for your bandwidth, but your server host will. Using something like this results in twice the bandwidth for every page served. You will be using your…
stanmancan on HN
Unclear how it differs from existing sharing and local server tools
From 1 comment
How is this different than using Uniform Server, XAMP, sharing on OSX or even SimpleHTTPServer, serving from the Dropbox folder? Setup looks more involved than any of those.
ricardobeat on HN
Long-held connections and timeouts may upset Dropbox
From 2 comments
It starts a thread per (dynamic) request, with 25 second timeouts? I can't imagine Dropbox will be too pleased running that on their servers (Although it is possible I'm…
nl on HNThey don't charge you for bandwidth, except as part of their normal charges. You can be sure they would cut off downloads if you started serving any significant traffic. (Mainly…
nl on HN
Requests
Clearer naming to avoid misleading title
From 1 comment
Stop with the misleading titles, people! I thought this meant you'd somehow make Dropbox run the website for you, which, while a pretty silly idea, would be interesting. But no,…
TOGoS on HN
Questions
Does this violate Dropbox terms of service?
From 1 comment
Does this violate Dropbox TOS?
veyron on HN
How to share the folder with classmates and fix a broken site
From 1 comment
I'm trying to share my folder with some classmates so we have some collaboration without having to share our own server passwords. However, when I try to share the drapache…
_o99w on HN
Alternatives named
dropboxwsgi
From 1 comment
this also exists if you're looking for something that is compatible with wsgi and supports intelligent http caching https://github.com/dropbox/dropboxwsgi
rian on HN
Uniform Server, XAMPP, OS X sharing, SimpleHTTPServer
From 1 comment
How is this different than using Uniform Server, XAMP, sharing on OSX or even SimpleHTTPServer, serving from the Dropbox folder? Setup looks more involved than any of those.
ricardobeat on HN