[HN Gopher] Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquir...
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Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquires FeaturePeek
(YC S19)
Author : csmajorfive
Score : 129 points
Date : 2021-05-19 16:01 UTC (6 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.netlify.com)
| simonw wrote:
| I'm still optimistic for Python Netlify functions:
| https://answers.netlify.com/t/python-lambda-functions/3423/1...
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| If they were JavaSript only I wouldn't hold much hope, but
| they've been both JavaScript and Go for ages now - and I would
| expect Python to have a much larger user-base than Go for this.
| bigyikes wrote:
| We have a deploy preview system at work and it is so valuable. I
| see less value in the collaboration tools built on top of these
| previews, but it's cool nonetheless.
| robertlagrant wrote:
| The first time I saw CloudFlare Pages do a preview it was a
| little magical. Really impressive stuff.
| kevincox wrote:
| GitLab has a similar feature:
| https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/review_apps/#visual-reviews
|
| It does require a bit more work to set up (which is unfortunate,
| since they already use the URL could they use that to map back to
| the PR?) but seems basically the same if not quite as polished.
| kenrose wrote:
| > but seems basically the same if not quite as polished.
|
| That describes many of GitLab's features.
| sytse wrote:
| We're exploring how to reduce or remove this set up work with
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/35322
| Rodeoclash wrote:
| If anyone is interested in a (semi!) working version of feature
| previews that is open source, I threw together
| https://gitlab.com/Rodeoclash/StageHand
|
| It takes a branch in GitHub and use a config file to bootstrap
| the application inside a K8's cluster using a "docker in docker"
| model. If you could describe your infrastructure as a docker-
| compose.yml then you can launch it as a preview.
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| I'm not really a marketing person so it never went any further
| than a proof of concept. However, if someone is interested in
| working with it then I'm happy to support getting it running.
| esilverman wrote:
| Eric here from FeaturePeek, we are thrilled to be part of
| Netlify!
| ridruejo wrote:
| Congratulations! Exciting news :)
| elitan wrote:
| Congratulations! Good work!
| esilverman wrote:
| thank you!
| schnebbau wrote:
| What are you congratulating?
| swyx wrote:
| question if you will entertain it - what was your original YC
| pitch like? i'd love to see the evolution of this idea :)
| quaffapint wrote:
| A year or so ago I was working on a similar product as
| FeaturePeek - a platform agnostic deploy preview and
| collaboration tool. I decided not enough people would want that
| outside of their hosting platform and shelved it.
|
| Clearly I was wrong and clearly why you should talk to more
| potential customers before you make decisions. Congrats to
| Netlify and FeaturePeek.
| mynegation wrote:
| Given that this is an acquisition of a 2yo startup by a hosting
| platform company, looks like you were right on the money.
| pistoriusp wrote:
| To be fair to yourself this is probably a lot more than a
| year's work, but also... just because it exists doesn't mean
| that another shouldn't version shouldn't exist either!
| pistoriusp wrote:
| This is awesome! I love that everyone can now give feedback.
| Developers, designers, people who write copy, etc.
|
| And that the feedback is piped into a single source of truth:
| GitHub (of course, if you use GitHub). It's so easy to loose
| track of these things when they're not near the code.
| at-fates-hands wrote:
| _Collaborative Deploy Previews are fully enabled on every Netlify
| account today! Anyone with a Netlify account can use the reviewer
| tool._
|
| This is why I love Netlify.
|
| They put together an incredibly powerful tool, and then released
| it to ALL of their customers. No, not a "Hey, we created this
| really cool tool! And for only an extra $3.99/mo you can utilize
| it!" I have several accounts, both free and paid and all of them
| have the Deploy Preview feature available.
|
| There's so many things Netlify could've monetized and they
| haven't. They truly are a customer centric company - which is
| rare these days.
| kennyIO wrote:
| I can think of 101 ways this can help large teams become more
| productive
| ccheney wrote:
| For preview URLs how are y'all handling SSO? No SSO provider
| supports wildcard redirect URIs. Looking for ideas...
| fishtoaster wrote:
| Auth0 does, thankfully! I set my redirect uri to
| `https://deploy-preview-*--my-cool-netlify-app-
| staging.netlif...` just the other day. :)
|
| They have a few rather specific rules about it, but it works
| for deploy previews anyway:
| https://auth0.com/docs/applications/wildcards-for-subdomains
| nrmitchi wrote:
| Auth0 does, but IIRC it does not support multiple or not-last
| wildcards. Ie "app.*.preview.<domain>" does not work.
|
| If your application itself has subdomains, Auth0 doesn't
| solve this easily
| tin7in wrote:
| This replaces a multi-step manual process that we've been doing
| in our team. Well done!
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