I think we're almost all in agreement that pitch video doesn't do a very good job explaining Keen IO. I mean, it was posted on HN three years ago as an example of a bad pitch :).
The idea for the service was at its infancy and Kyle's ability to articulate it to pg in front of 300 people just wasn't there yet. If you'd like a more up-to-date answer, here's one I wrote to the question "Why wouldn't I just roll my own" that someone else asked in this same thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9378228
The idea for the service was at its infancy and Kyle's ability to articulate it to pg in front of 300 people just wasn't there yet. If you'd like a more up-to-date answer, here's one I wrote to the question "Why wouldn't I just roll my own" that someone else asked in this same thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9378228