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So, this is basically the best of TurnTable.FM with the benefits going to charity? I'm in.

Clever! Reminds me of Million Dollar Homepage: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com

We'll announce our supported environment list shortly but the preview answer is: Docker & Heroku Buildpacks :)

Yeah, it's not perfect but right now we're solving this with tolerance thresholds on the image diffs.

Sure! We use a web driver to simulate browsing in an actual client, so Javascript, etc. is executed as it normally would be.

Dev here. Our team has grown to love the GitHub pull request workflow. We built Prune to solve one issue we consistently run into: how to QA on the various branches before merging.…

Great resource for tea beginners and experts alike: http://steepster.com Discover new teas, get recommendations, and keep a tasting journal. Disclosure: I'm a co-founder.

We haven't considered making it non-linear. It's an interesting suggestion, though I'd hesitate to go that way only because the user then lacks a clear 1:1 model of how the slider …

It will be interesting. It's important to note the nature of our community and whom we expect to contribute. Generally, we're geared toward a more passionate user who we find to be…

Yeah, sorting is an issue we're still looking at (and is still very much in transition considering the new rating system). Appreciate the suggestion! We'll add it to our list of po…

Thanks, callmeed. 1. Yep, slider implementation is jQuery UI. 2. It is too early to tell, but we're definitely planning to share a follow up. As mentioned in the post, we had a sim…

Hi, I'm Mike from Steepster. We thought we'd share our new ratings system we just deployed with HN as we think it's relevant for products with customer reviews, ratings, etc. It's …

Great mix of more general advice (like the previous set of bullet points), combined with specific context around your experience. It's a nice change of pace from the "your startup …

In retrospect, I feel bad submitting this. It was my first submission in the two years or so I've been here (~1 with an account), which makes it worse. In my defense, I had no idea…

Yeah, and I think it's a shame because, while getdropbox.com works great as a marketing site, getdropbox.com/home doesn't feel right for their Web interface.

It's a shame that Google gets the A record, since it now gets ~40k UVs from getdropbox.com misdirects... http://siteanalytics.compete.com/dropbox.com/

If not, how long have they had it?

Only redesign when you have a measurable goal or set of goals in mind. It helps if they're quantifiable, but they don't necessarily have to be. There are many dangers in redesignin…