Hooks
Productivity
notifications and alerts
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
4 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.00.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful alert coverage and the idea of a single place for notifications
From 3 comments
This is just what I needed to filter the signal from the noise. Please add Github tracking for repositories that receive more than X stars in one day:…
rhelsing on HNIf this is what I imagine this to be, you've saved me thousands of hours of development to make something I've wanted/needed for years. Signed up, checking it out now.
joshcanhelp on HNFYI, there is a text version of our main alerts: * Sports: NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL games and scores * Music concerts * Videogames releases, Twitch streams * Weather: rain, ice, snow,…
krammer on HN
Objections
Landing page does not explain what the product does
From 1 comment
The landing page doesn't tell me what this does at all. I get that it does alerts that somehow get onto the apple watch, but nothing else. "Discover our channels" --> what are…
dzine on HN
No Android version yet
From 1 comment
Android? No?
HugoDias on HN
Missing privacy policy
From 1 comment
Since the app is free... privacy policy? I didn't find anything in your press kit or on your site.
username223 on HN
Requests
Add bank and credit card activity alerts
From 1 comment
What I'd really like to get are bank account and credit card activity alerts.
bkyan on HN
Add GitHub trending repository alerts
From 1 comment
This is just what I needed to filter the signal from the noise. Please add Github tracking for repositories that receive more than X stars in one day:…
rhelsing on HN
Allow custom alerts from scripts or custom endpoints
From 2 comments
Is there a way to build completely custom alerts, ie something fired off by a script on the user's computer, through your app? If not, is there plans to add this functionality?
camhenlin on HNHi. Not right now. We have an rss alert where you can put any rss you want, but I know, that's not enough. We will add a way to that soon, probably creating a custom endpoint per…
krammer on HN
Questions
How is this better than native iOS notifications or IFTTT?
From 2 comments
It doesn't explain on the website, but how is this better than native notifications on iOS?
huu on HNWhat are the differences between this and IFTTT?
mattdonders on HN
How are sports and Netflix data obtained?
From 2 comments
This is really impressive. How did you secure the games and scores data?
jeffclark on HNHow are you getting at the netflix data? They killed their API for all but a few platforms in the fall.
jgrandelli on HN
Alternatives named
IFTTT with Pushbullet
From 2 comments
I use ifttt + pushbullet for these kinds of tasks. Pushbullet also has an api so you can directly push notifications to your device(s). I wouldn't mind a clone of ifttt that let…
bentcorner on HNI use pushbullet http://pushbullet.com/ it's similar in it use of "channels" to notify you of something but doesn't have as many I think. It's also (from my experience) a little…
dethstar on HN
Huginn
From 1 comment
I've been using a huginn + pushbullet for this. It definitely lets you customize your channels (you can write your own in Ruby if you need full control).…
bjtitus on HN
Pushover scripts
From 1 comment
For a "roll your own" approach I use Pushover on iOS (I know people using PushBullet on Android) and then either use the Email->Push gateway and/or I have a simple bash script…
joshstrange on HN