Rebble.io by Peach Hack (#PonyDev @ BronyCon 2018)

A 10 minute lightning talk at BronyCon 2018's Pony Programming panel. Find more slides at http://developer.horse

Presented by Peach Hack https://twitter.com/KatharineBerry

https://rebble.io

Transcript

1. Pebble is dead. Long live Pebble! rebble
2. Peach Hack • Working on Google Cloud • Failed to make smartglasses at Intel • Used to make watches at Pebble • I make some pony games: ponytone.online, rpg.horse @KatharineBerry
3. What is Pebble? They’re smartwatches
4. What happened?
5. So what?
6. Web Services
7. Web Services • Pebble appstore • Firmware updates • Language packs • Notification icons • Timeline • Dictation • Weather • Notification icons And more…
8. What can we do?
10. rebble · web services A product of the Rebble Alliance, LLC
12. How do we run it? Serverless
13. How many users? “I dunno, maybe a thousand at most?”
14. How many users?
15. How many users?
16. How many users?
17. How many users? “…fifty thousand?”
18. A diversion: money
19. Make a budget
20. APIs are expensive Dictation: $110,000 / year Weather: $260,000 / year
21. Freemium • Basic service: free • Dictation and weather: $3/month (or $33/year) (I hate that word)
22. Subscription enforcement “voice": { "languages": [ { "endpoint": "pebble-eng-usa.nuancemobility.com", "four_char_locale": "en_US", "six_char_locale": "eng-USA" }
 // ... ] }, "weather": { "url": "https://api.weather.com/v1/geocode/$ $latitude$$/$$longitude$$/?api_key=whatever&language=$ $language$$&units=$$units$$" },
23. Crazy Hack Time
24. Crazy Hack Time “voice": { "languages": [ { "endpoint": "pebble-eng-usa.nuancemobility.com", "four_char_locale": "en_US", "six_char_locale": "eng-USA" }
 // ... ] },
25. That’s it! Have a pebble? Want it to keep working? rebble.io