[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Best No/Low-code solution to creating a noti...
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       Ask HN: Best No/Low-code solution to creating a notification
       service?
        
       Hi everyone,  I'm a game developer with a web/mobile business idea
       and very little time on his hands due to being a single parent. I'm
       looking the solution that requires the least effort to creating an
       MVP of this project.  Summary: "Send push notification when a new
       software/package version is available".  Parts needed (as far as I
       can imagine): - Simple website for accounts/signups and managing of
       preferences (for which software/packages to receive notifications
       for). - Backend for checking RSS feeds, json files, or scraping
       simple websites to check software/packages' latest versions. -
       Payment/billing system. - Mobile app for users to receive push
       notifications - Push notification service  I've played around with
       IFTTT and Zapier to create some simple prototypes but to glue all
       the parts together seems like a daunting task, especially
       considering how little time I have.  I've also looked around on
       Upwork to find the right 1-2 developers to develop this for me but
       haven't found anyone I can feel that I can trust.  Looking forward
       to any advice/feedback. Thanks!
        
       Author : VoxelBoy
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2022-11-20 20:14 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
       | PenguinCoder wrote:
       | Is this something for your own use or for others to sign up and
       | use?
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       | A couple of ways to send yourself some simple notifications
       | included services like Gotify or nfty.sh. You'd still have to put
       | together any type of scrapping you want/ need, but either of
       | those (or others) would handle the notification aspect with a
       | simple http push.
        
       | Malazath wrote:
       | I guess shameless plug, but:
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       | I work at and helped start (though through bifurcation) a startup
       | that focuses on this sort of thing. Might be worth a check:
       | https://userwise.io
       | 
       | I will admit we'd be a sort of overkill for just notification
       | services, but the other features we offer on top may also
       | interest you
        
       | thesuperbigfrog wrote:
       | Perhaps use a readily available solution?
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       | https://aws.amazon.com/sns/
        
       | phphphphp wrote:
       | Typeform + Make.com + courier.com. Gluing various services
       | together will take much less time than it would take to find
       | someone to build it for you and it'll probably have a better
       | outcome -- because gluing services together will highlight
       | missing product design decisions that need to be made, which you
       | can make yourself, rather than unintentionally allowing
       | developers to make decisions.
       | 
       | ...or if you want a co-founder who can do the building for you,
       | and you do the vision, business etc. I'm available :)
        
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