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by gkoberger 2492 days ago
Founder here! I know funding news isn't always a match for HN, but I'm glad someone posted it here since HN is where it all started.

Here's our launch, if anyone wants to go back and look: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8422408

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Congrats on the raise. Interesting to use to API logs to provide better debugging and support. Can you give an example?
Thanks Sid!

Let's say you get back an error. We've made it so the API creator can link in the response to a unique page in the docs, where they'll see their actual API log. They can see exactly what the server saw and returned, replay the request, and more. If an error code is returned, the API creator can write out what the error means and how to fix it.

If that's not enough, they can open a support ticket on ReadMe, and include the logs that seem broken. That way, both sides are looking at the same API logs, and know things like what SDK is being used or if the data is URL encoded properly.

Lastly, we're going to build tools that are more proactive. Like, if a customer is getting a certain threshold of errors in production, we'll make it easy to trigger an email to them with a warning.

Guess what's going to be part of the next GitLab release...
Nice, that could be really useful. Bringing back hypermedia to programming interfaces.
Also, we're hiring! https://readme.com/careers

Engineers, support, solutions engineer, dev evangelist, content writer (with a technical background), and more! If you don't see the right job, email greg@readme.io!

Hey Greg! I don’t know if you remember, but one time we got I think third place at an RIT hackathon.

It was really cool to find out that you were the founder of readme after hearing about it (and asking for the budget to buy it). Congratulations on the Series A!!

FYI, this link I found somewhere redirects to a 404:

http://readme.io/home

Fixed, thank you!

We think we used that URL when we submitted to HN a few years ago because the root domain had already been submitted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6397526 (I ended up offering to pay for it!)

kudos!