Distelli
Infrastructure
deployment automation
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
13 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 19 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Design: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 1 for, 4 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Platform is useful and easy to develop on
From 1 comment
I'm moving one of my revenue-positive apps to Distelli. Rahul is a great guy, and the platform is awesome to develop on.
maslam on HN
Good concept and promising
From 2 comments
Seems promising. Kind of like a more flexible Heroku.
adambom on HNLove it!
maslam on HN
Objections
Landing page has no pricing and is unclear what is sold
From 1 comment
You just have a signup for beta button that you are using to collect email address instead of a full pricing page. I understand why people tend to do their for their first…
chaddeshon on HN
Closed source is a non-starter for some users
From 1 comment
Source: I run a few production backend services in Python. Mostly to Debian boxes. No matter what your product anticipates, it doesn't anticipate all the things I do, in fairly…
drewcrawford on HN
Differentiation from existing deployment tools is unclear
From 2 comments
This might be the second time I've said this in two days but... So it's a git post-receive hook that parses a YML and starts your app? In all seriousness though there have been a…
slajax on HNI think you should spend some time to talk about the pain you are fixing. There's no hook. What problem am I having now that you are going to make go away?
chaddeshon on HN
Site design and logo need work
From 3 comments
Firstly, I like the idea. Its a great application. At first glance I got a feeling that the website design is incomplete. The hovering on the menu seems a bit too sharp. I am no…
anuragramdasan on HNI think your website looks very professional. However I think the logo looks awkward. It needs work. Good luck.
Supermighty on HNPay someone for a decent logo
OGC on HN
Requests
Add a pricing page
From 1 comment
You just have a signup for beta button that you are using to collect email address instead of a full pricing page. I understand why people tend to do their for their first…
chaddeshon on HN
Better documentation on deployment and use cases
From 2 comments
Source: I run a few production backend services in Python. Mostly to Debian boxes. No matter what your product anticipates, it doesn't anticipate all the things I do, in fairly…
drewcrawford on HNSystem requirements? This is always one of the first things I look for. Mostly because marketing speak is often far more grandiose than reality... "Easily Deploy your Code to Any…
IanDrake on HN
Docker example
From 1 comment
Source: I run a few production backend services in Python. Mostly to Debian boxes. No matter what your product anticipates, it doesn't anticipate all the things I do, in fairly…
drewcrawford on HN
Improve landing page design and text
From 3 comments
You got 9 features on the landing page which looked like a wall of text. Distill it to 3 perhaps?
phektus on HNNice and simple. Slow down the fading text. Consider a carousel. I know they're cliched, but people understand them. Edit: Too much text. Show some screenshots. What are the…
FreshCode on HNInstead of having text that disappears while I'm in the middle of reading it, I suggest you just display all your points statically.
cabalamat on HN
Questions
Does it work with RightScale, Scalr or OpDemand alternatives
From 1 comment
How does your product differ from RightScale, Scalr, or OpDemand?
jnankin on HN
Does the agent connect to servers and need root access
From 1 comment
So I load up my services that I need to run on multiple Linux servers into a package, and then distelli will deploy, run and manage those packages. You're selling a service…
RyanZAG on HN
Is it Python 3 compatible or Windows supported
From 2 comments
Linux Apps/Environments only?
tucaz on HNIs Python 3.3 ok?
yaepu2Ie on HN
Alternatives named
Heroku
From 2 comments
I like the idea of getting off Heroku and moving to something more like this. How would sidekiq/delayed jobs worker instances be deployed using a setup like this? I glanced…
johnnyg on HNSeems promising. Kind of like a more flexible Heroku.
adambom on HN
RightScale
From 1 comment
How does your product differ from RightScale, Scalr, or OpDemand?
jnankin on HN
Scalr
From 1 comment
How does your product differ from RightScale, Scalr, or OpDemand?
jnankin on HN
OpDemand
From 1 comment
How does your product differ from RightScale, Scalr, or OpDemand?
jnankin on HN