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91 points richardzhang | 6 comments | 18 Nov 24 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.624s | source | bottom
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gchamonlive ◴[19 Nov 24 01:25 UTC] No.42179233[source]▶
To everyone criticizing this project, you should probably dig a bit to find out what's the context of this project.

From the integuru page:

> We build integrations with platforms lacking official APIs. We specialize in low-latency integrations via reverse-engineering. All integrations are open-source.

So these warnings are probably wasted on someone that is very much aware of what he is doing.

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1. Uehreka ◴[19 Nov 24 01:31 UTC] No.42179268[source]▶
I looked at the website before commenting just to be sure. Judging from the quality of the design (which, yes, I think is an appropriate way to arrive at this conclusion), I would not be surprised to find out that this is a couple recent college grads who don’t realize what this business entails.
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2. promiseofbeans ◴[19 Nov 24 01:47 UTC] No.42179357[source]▶
They claim it's a project by these people, who are YC-backed: https://www.taiki.ai/
3. preommr ◴[19 Nov 24 01:50 UTC] No.42179372[source]▶
> I would not be surprised to find out that this is a couple recent college grads who don’t realize what this business entails.

It's made by Y-combinator backed startup Taiki. The cofounders (who have names similar to the ones that made commits in the git repo) seem to be pretty experienced (Alibaba, and Amazon)[0]

[0] https://www.taiki.ai/about-us

4. yreg ◴[19 Nov 24 04:48 UTC] No.42180164[source]▶
> Judging from the quality of the design

Half of the respected users in this forum have websites like that.

5. sincerely ◴[19 Nov 24 05:45 UTC] No.42180385[source]▶
Those simple, minimal css websites are trendy right now as a way to signal "this isn't a bloated business, we're practical and efficient". See ssi.inc for a high profile example
6. ryanmcbride ◴[19 Nov 24 15:14 UTC] No.42184284[source]▶
> which, yes, I think is an appropriate way to arrive at this conclusion

it's not