Solve This Problem

1 points by consilience 5 years ago | 6 comments

So, a lot of the problem users have with SaaS products is worrying about their data.

Why don’t one of you super evil Uber-genius types solve this problem with an intermediary?

In the music world, specifically plugins, there are numerous solutions to run your plugins on a separate platform from your DAW, to increase speed and free up processing power.

Why not build an intermediary for something like Notion, for example, so people can feel comfortable with where their data is stored and for having more control over it?

Just a thought for you coders that dig a challenge.

PaulHoule 5 years ago |

How can an intermediary possibly help?

Notion has to have access to your data to work their app.

Add an intermediary and now you have somebody else who has access to your data.

consilience 5 years ago | |

You're not thinking about this the right way. Check it out:

Most users don't have a problem with a SaaS accessing their data - it's 'what happens when they get bought out or close up shop', etc. The problem is the user having limited access over their own data.

I mentioned VST/AU audio plugins and the ability to do just this. Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/UAD2SatTB38--univers...

So, let a SaaS like Notion have access to your data, but you store it...or it's colocated. If they close up shop or get bought out, your data doesn't disappear because you already have it.

PaulHoule 5 years ago | | |

Two possibilities:

(1) They host but you can get an export of your data; in some cases there is a local copy and a hosted version of the same app, for instance:

https://conifer.rhizome.org/

(2) You could provide a database like Firebase or DynamoDB that Notion connects to and runs the service out of. If you were running in the same cloud availability center it could be snappy.