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Re:Ask HN: 4 months after posting my project on HN, it has 0... by murukesh_s on Monday October 22, 2018 @09:53AM (#18274630)
Overall the idea looks good, but the product looks too cheap, javascript validation? oh perhaps I could do it on my own.

Just hide the details and put some jargons (AI/ML to detect behaviour etc :) and give an enterprise look and feel.

Re:Ask HN: 4 months after posting my project on HN, it has 0... by msiggy on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:22AM (#18274859)
Obfuscating what your product does is a terrible idea. Don't do this.
Re:Ask HN: 4 months after posting my project on HN, it has 0... by skyde on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:27AM (#18274905)
I agree if you need to hide what value it really bring people will stop using it as soon as they understand.
Re:Ask HN: 4 months after posting my project on HN, it has 0... by gmiller123456 on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:03PM (#18277934)
Unfortunately this is exactly what he recommends in his FAQ:

"Besides, we strongly recommend to let our JavaScript file blend in with the rest of your application's JavaScript. Webpack, compress and uglify the best you can, to make the code responsible for validation as difficult as possible to find and break."

Re:Ask HN: 4 months after posting my project on HN, it has 0... by msiggy on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:42PM (#18279585)
Wasn't talking about code obfuscation :)
Re:Ask HN: 4 months after posting my project on HN, it has 0... by wafflesraccoon on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:06AM (#18274728)
I agree, after looking over the project the first thing I thought was "I bet I could do this myself". +1 for hiding the details and adding a little jargon.