Dashku
Dev tools
dashboard builder
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
8 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 21 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.
Execution: 0 for, 9 againstDesign: 4 for, 5 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 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
Clean, polished UI design
From 2 comments
Independent of what it does and all, you have designed the UI really good. Kudos for that.
sidcool1234 on HNThis looks very slick, kudos! Small nitpick: why do I need to give myself a username when signing up?
jonny_eh on HN
Sample data lets you test widgets
From 1 comment
This is great. I really like how you can test your widgets with sample data. Because of the lack of a decent dashboard solution, we've been running our own. We absolutely wanted…
jeromegn on HN
Objections
Site went down under HN traffic due to ulimit misconfiguration
From 3 comments
Hi everyone, Once again, my apologies for the downtime. For some reason, this was the case: ``` $ ulimit -n > 1024 ``` I thought I had set the ulimit to unlimited, but that…
paulbjensen on HNWebsite is still down, that's a shame - OP can't even get the homepage back online before showing HN. 30 minutes to bring back a homepage is pretty bad man, also your personal…
codebeaker on HNHi, Apologies for the downtime. It turns out ulimit was set to 1024 when I thought I'd configured it to unlimited. As for paulbjensen.co.uk, I removed that site about 3 months…
paulbjensen on HN
Self-signed SSL certificate errors
From 2 comments
The self-signed SSL certificate causes Firefox to scream security issue. You might want to fix that.
Xion on HN(Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)
Cieplak on HN
Hosted service rather than self-hosted
From 1 comment
Indeed. I mean, it may very well be true, and without time to analyze, if you are highly confident in nginx and the rest of your server setup (it's not some other user definiable…
dedward on HN
Requests
Open-source the code
From 3 comments
What's your next step? Open-source the code, set up billing, improve the app (maybe move it off to a naturally-scaling cloud service)? I mean, it's neat (understatement of the…
godDLL on HNthank you for this! just created a awesome dashboard very quick! :) why not create a kickstarter project and raise enough money so you can open source the code? i would…
hegga on HNI've been building a project that's very similar to this using AngularJS, socket.io, and the Highcharts/D3 graphing libraries. If you decide to open this project up, I'd happily…
jmandzik on HN
Export and import of dashboards and widgets
From 1 comment
Thanks for posting, I'll have to come back later and check out the site. From the video I can't really tell if it's opensource or a hosted service. I'm also curious if there's an…
dcosson on HN
Questions
Is it open source or hosted?
From 1 comment
Thanks for posting, I'll have to come back later and check out the site. From the video I can't really tell if it's opensource or a hosted service. I'm also curious if there's an…
dcosson on HN
What will it cost after beta?
From 2 comments
So this is free for now, what are you thinking of charging?
covati on HNIs this always going to be free? Because there are other competitors in this space currently with premium solutions...
silverlight on HN
Alternatives named
Geckoboard
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. I looked at Geckoboard a while ago but gave up since the dashboards didn't offer the flexibility I needed at the time, and they were just too slow to render (I…
aquark on HN
Klipfolio
From 1 comment
I have tried most of those dashboard services and the best one by far for me is http://klipfolio.com/
DavidPP on HN