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For a while, we’ve been developing a DePIN-powered uptime monitoring tool designed to potentially handle data from millions of devices. Our current infrastructure monitoring and uptime management service, (Checkmate) is evolving to include DePIN integration. This will allow users to burn tokens to access data from the UpRock DePIN network.
This is currently how it works under the hood:
- Connect your wallet -> Select the server you want to monitor
-> Choose a geographic focus (specific cities, countries, or entire continents) for Checkmate to send ping messages.
While managing large volumes of data isn’t an issue at this stage, visualization remains a challenge. We’ve implemented MapLibre to display the data, giving users the flexibility to send one-off ping requests to the DePIN network or schedule continuous checks (e.g., every minute).
Given the novelty of this concept (similar to RIPE Atlas), visualizations will play a critical role for admins. Here's what we can currently offer on the dashboard:
- Node distribution on a map: Visualize the number of nodes per country.
- Selective probing: Choose probes directly on the map.
- Probe details: View all probes selected for a specific server.
I need some feedback on how to move ahead. Since we are just a few weeks away from the general release, it would be great if I could get some thoughts. We’re considering whether this is the right balance of features or if adjustments are needed.
My immediate questions would be:
- If you had access to a global DePIN network for server monitoring, what would you prioritize seeing on the dashboard?
- Would you be interested in seeing historical logs? Like access logs going back to a specific time.
- would you want to customize packet size? (set the size of the packets being sent).
Probably there are others upcoming but I would like to start with a small UI set initially.
Yes you do. You sell the "volunteering" program itself for a cost.
> The BlueWave Labs program is an incredible value at only $259 per month to cover the cost of training and mentorship.
You run a company that takes volunteer work and turns it into B2B software, which supposedly isn't even all open source ("For the closed source products, BlueWave Labs owns the code produced."), basically exchanging free labor for a letter of recommendation (but only after 6 months indentured servitude, according to the FAQ). And you charge volunteers money to do it on top of that!
So the volunteers pay the "mentors'" (i.e., company owners) salary and contribute code to your codebase for free on top of that. Amazing grift you got going on! You can pull a MongoDB at any time as soon as your products become mature enough to be worth real money to companies.
I'm not a fan of this "volunteer-built corporate software" structure. Anyone who knows how to code at all has enough skills to justify a paid internship. Service/support contracts/hosted SaaS with an open source product should be able to support paying your developers.
I am the founder of BlueWave Labs - we accept junior developers and UI/UX designers to give them Canadian experience by building open source products, to help them land their full time IT jobs and would love to talk to anyone who has put some thought on bootcamps. BWL is a bit different from bootcamps but the main idea is the same: to help people land full time jobs.
That is probably the end of income share agreements (ISA). If any companies are doing ISA like that, most probably they would have to collect money upfront just like other bootcamps as well.
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