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Show HN: EventLog - My first web app

Hey everyone,

I'm really excited to be sharing my first web app with you all, EventLog. EventLog is a tool that lets you track different events through your many applications. A little like Airbrake but not just for errors.

I have built out an API to log messages to and there's also a PHP library out there to make it even easier to integrate apps into EventLog.

I've also built a notifications system so you are notified of all the events logged hourly or daily.

Please check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks.

http://www.eventlogapp.com

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Ok, I'm getting the same error someone mentioned earlier.

Also, the front page design is, well how can I put this, bad. Would I pay for a service like this? Maybe, but then I question the integrity of the company. If someone puts out a half-ass design, what does that say about the company? Why should I trust you (the company). Also, I'd rather you include a link to a contact us page or something, putting your name on the page makes it feel like this is a one-man show (which I'm sure it is).

Instill some confidence in me and don't make this seem like you're an overnight sensation who might not be around months from now. I dont want to give up my credit card to someone working out of their bedroom. You use the word "We" alot, but at the bottom you said this app was developed by "Adam Griffiths." So, which is it? Did you make it or do you really have support people behind this? If I'm sending crucial log files to you, I need you to be able to support this when I need you to.

I'm not hating or trying to put you down but these are some of the things I've noticed. A well-design site wouldn't be the only reason why I would select a particular company, but it goes a long way to tell me a company is legit. I refuse to sign up for sites that don't show a support link or contact info. Who can I reach if I need help?

I see your points and will address all of them. In the meantime feel free to email me adam@eventlogapp.com.

Thanks.

I don't think it makes sense to limit the number of applications, event types, or team members. Cost to your customers should scale with volume of API requests.

Volume is what costs you more hosting dollars. It's also a primary indicator of your customer's need for your service, and his ability to pay for it.

Restricting access to your other features only makes your service less useful on the low end, which is where you're supposed to be winning customers. It also sets up perverse incentives that leads to e.g. piggy backing multiple real-world applications into a single app on your site, having users share accounts, etc.

You should be looking align your incentives so that you succeed when your customer succeeds. Charging for volume does that.

I like small helpful apps like this. But for any larger project I might be tempted to write a small app for a task like this myself.

I've been looking into providing a version that you can install yourself on your own hardware. If this was an option would this appeal to you?

If you have a tour video, which is nice, please try to create voice-over (very easy with 10.6+) - your video isn't that clear.

I'm working on adding in a voiceover, wasn't possible tonight since there's no place quite in my house. But thanks for the comment.

You can get cheap voiceovers of pretty good quality at fiverr.com

Small typo on landing page: "We ate a small team..."

I may have been hungry whilst writing that.

lol

I tried to create an account and got a php error

Here is the error. Fatal error: Call to undefined method Account::logger() in /home/www/eventlogapp/application/controllers/account.php on line 49 Seems to have created an account for me though

Woops, thanks for letting me know. It's fixed now. :)

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