onBlueDot

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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Haha, fair enough. In either case, Ruby is my first language, and rails is the framework which I opted for~
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Aye the backend could certainly use some additional processing. We're just working out the best way to approach this now. For the time being we just offer some simple sorting, tagging and categorization options, but we're working on locking
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Yeah we tried to keep things simple the whole way through, and our focus is solely on the enterprise, rather than an external-facing "consumer" suggestion box.
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Yes, rails is my first language (aside from knowing a little bit of HTML/CSS beforehand). I used railstutorial.org, railsforzombies, etc. and spun off from that to get Vetter up and running. I've definitely developed a passion for developme
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Definitely something to consider. The tendency to rate things higher is definitely apparent with the star-rating system, so this is something we've been considering. You've done a good job summarizing the pros of using an upvote-only system
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback, I'll tidy up the validations / make them more clear. Strange about the SSL notice - I'll look into this one. As for profitability, we're somewhere in between the two points you mentioned :)
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Yes, still learning a lot about copy and design... But hopefully we will be able to improve this with time. Good question about the Vetting - I see what you're saying about it, and we've looked at some alternative approaches, but it seems t
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Anything and everything! At this point we are definitely looking to build our customer base, as it is relatively small currently, but feedback from users has been quite good so far.
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Yup it is based on Twitter bootstrap... this was added in about 4 months after we launched. Thanks!
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by onBlueDot 14y ago
Quick bit of back story: Myself and a co-worker founded Vetter last year. I had been learning rails, and he had the idea for the project. It has now been about 9 months, and we've learned a lot, are profitable, and fully-bootstrapped (asid
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Show HN: Vetter - please critique my first web app(getvetter.com)
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