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by misnome 969 days ago
Crikey, if you hadn't directly connected this as similar, I would have no idea what their product would even vaguely do from that landing page.
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Agree.

> Akita makes monitoring and observing system behavior accessible for every developer. Quickly discover all your endpoints, see which are slowest, and learn which have errors

Translation: Install a Docker extension that intercepts and inspects your network requests to infer the shape of your API.

I feel like when you're targeting developers, you should quickly explain what it is you actually do.

Companies in general should do this, not just ones targeting developers! Instead they have a bunch of vague marketing copy that means nothing. It's a pet peeve.

My favorite is when they think they're keeping it short and to the point, with no bull. So, they'll have a hero section with copy like "Sharpen capacity. Scale across segments. Nuff said." No, not enough said, say more!

> Companies in general should do this, not just ones targeting developers! Instead they have a bunch of vague marketing copy that means nothing. It's a pet peeve.

This seems to appeal to purchasing teams. When you write what the app actually does suddenly it’s technical and the team doesn’t understand what is written any more.