Thndrstrm, a decentralized personal server solution (opens in new tab)

(thndrstrm.com)

5 pointstnash10y ago7 comments

7 comments

Interesting idea but isen´t there completely free alternatives like OwnCloud? No mention of Open Source, something like this will likely not survive. I´m very skeptic in regards to something like this on crowdfunding. I´ve had a bad experience on indigogo where I lost $200+ because I trusted the creator. Besides it´s just bits and pieces of different services already created. iGoogle, Google Plus, Google Music, Smugmug, Plex? Gmail, Pushbullet, Google Calendar, Google Drive/Docs, Lastpass although I´m soon moving to Mooltipass. CMS? Wordpress,Ghost, Pico. There don´t seem to be a need for something like this, except perhaps your own control where OwnCloud covers quite a bit of it. And if it isen´t open source and you don´t host it yourself on your own servers then you aren´t in control.

zzalpha10y ago

One of these days I hope to understand the modern fear of vowels...

mondoshawan10y ago

Why why why is this PHP and MySQL? Can we please stop using stacks that do not scale and have severe security problems?

tnashOP10y ago

PHP and MySQL are actually very fast, check out Tech Empower's benchmarks (https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r10&hw=...). Remember Facebook is built on PHP. For this purpose (distributed servers) it's a perfect stack. Easy to code for and very fast. Security is one of our primary concerns and I assure you that Thndrstrm has our users' privacy and security in mind at all times.

mondoshawan10y ago

Fast != scalable

kitwalker1210y ago

this is a kickstarter campaign. there's nothing for users to try out. why is this on Show HN?

burkesquires10y ago

November 2016 seems like a long way off...

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