[HN Gopher] Next-generation Deploy Previews, plus Netlify acquir... ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (www.netlify.com) (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... | | 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. | | 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! ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-05-19 23:01 UTC)