I enjoyed the post, and the startup looks cool as well. I can clearly see the pain point. I think it will be a challenge positioning this product, because in order for a customer to be able to use it, presumably they already need relatively mature DevOps pipelines, in order to give Release(Hub?) something they can deploy/manage. And if I already have automated builds and a CI pipeline, is it really that much more work to automate sandbox deploys as well? Why wouldn't I deploy to my own infra, or some hosted k8s service, or GitLab Auto-DevOps?<p>I'm sure you've thought about this challenge, so I'm curious what your plans are in terms of adding value outside of "deploy to sandbox" workflows that can be replicated by CI tools and cloud providers (keep in mind that VC-funded startups, presumably your ideal customer, often have $100k+ in cloud credits to burn through). I see data snapshots, so that's a start maybe. But are you working on anything that will be hard to replicate?<p>(Also, unrelated, but I love the design!)
Does anyone get any use out of chat bot corner pop ups other than feeling patronized? You could create one that calls your users names or responds with middle finger emojis and nobody would notice.
A good DevOps pipeline is generally a good investment.<p>It might seem like the cherry on top, but being able to move fast and safely break things makes development more fun, not just for the developers.
This is an advertisement for a service disguised as an informative article. The info it provides is pretty basic and it's just farming clicks for signups from HN.
I only do video demonstrations now, even internally.<p>They go a lot quicker as I can edit out unnecessary typing etc. Then there's no need to be on site and do a demo just send a link.
FTR, this is not about great demos that happen to have been enabled by devops tools -- it's about "ReleaseHub" which can (among other things) help in the creation of great demos. I almost skipped the article bc of this ambiguity. HTH