56 points simon_weber 1 hour ago 9 comments

gk1 49 minutes ago | parent

Folks, in your launch posts remember to describe what you're launching and what it's for. Ideally in the opening paragraph.

- Intro: Explains problem but not what is Neki or what it's for.

- Why Neki: Explains alternatives and why they suck but not what is Neki or what it's for.

- How does Neki work: Describes the technical components but not what is Neki or what it's for.

- What you get beyond sharding: Explains how to run/deploy but not what is Neki or what it's for.

- What is a platform preview + Try Neki today: 140 words on the definition of "preview" and links to get started... but not what is Neki or what it's for.

Edit: The landing page has 100x more useful information up front -> https://neki.dev/

tjohnell 48 minutes ago | parent

A C2 level diagram included in the blog post would be helpful. What are the drawbacks to using Neki aside from the obvious (new software has bugs)?

khy 45 minutes ago | parent

Man, I was deep into this blog post before I was able to answer the question "what is Neki?".

imjosh-dev 25 minutes ago | parent

https://neki.dev/ is a much more terse overview of neki

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 42 minutes ago | parent

Will this be open source at some point?

behole 33 minutes ago | parent

Site design is tight. I like it.

xnx 19 minutes ago | parent

What does this compete with? Google Cloud SQL?

kaycebasques 13 minutes ago | parent

I am on a 12 Muni right now that is plastered with a Neki ad, and I looked up neki.dev luterally 10 mins ago to see what this product is about. Did they time the release of this bus ad with the launch date?

kelp 6 minutes ago | parent

Bus ads have been running for a little while now. A few billboards around too.