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Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo

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Re: Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo

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Post by speg »

rsobers wrote: post #40

Beautiful product! Just be aware of the support nightmare that comes along with people trying to install your software in many different environments. I will never, ever create installable software ever again.

The same could be said about people trying to use old web browsers.

Re: Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

23andwalnut wrote: post #7
holic wrote: post #5

Looks great! I noticed the website uses Foundation while the actual app uses Bootstrap. Any reason? Having used both, do you prefer one or the other?

Thank! I use both fairly often. I have a strong preference for Foundation, but bootstrap has a lot more components, which is useful when I'm building web apps. Foundation is great for websites.

That's a really good way of characterizing the Foundation vs Bootstrap split.

At this stage, it just seems weird to start a new web project and not use at least some framework.

As to the difference in number of components - the Bootstrap ecosystem is massive -checkout:

http://www.bootstraphero.com/the-big-badass-list-of-twitter-...

I've been slowly collecting links for a similar Foundation list and it hasn't been going so well.

Re: Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo

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Post by debaserab2 »

matthuggins wrote: post #38

Saw this on reddit a few days ago. You could make a lot more money with it by making it a hosted solution and charging monthly/yearly.

Then you are competing directly with Basecamp with no obvious product differentiation. It's going to be tough to get traction going this way.

The fact that it can be purchased and installed is the differentiating factor and may target a market audience that's largely ignored.

While there is usually the potential for higher sales with a SaaS approach, that doesn't mean it's always the correct fit when entering a market.

Re: Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo

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Post by davej »

speg wrote: post #41
rsobers wrote: post #40

Beautiful product! Just be aware of the support nightmare that comes along with people trying to install your software in many different environments. I will never, ever create installable software ever again.

The same could be said about people trying to use old web browsers.

Not really the same because you can say "We don't support IE version x" and be done with it. There are much more variables at play in a server setup: PHP, MySQL, web server, OS etc.. Each of these can be running different versions and each instance (of PHP for example) can be configured completely differently from the next.

Re: Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo

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Post by zimbatm »

rsobers wrote: post #40

Beautiful product! Just be aware of the support nightmare that comes along with people trying to install your software in many different environments. I will never, ever create installable software ever again.

We really need a way to easily distribute web-apps on a single-server scale for start at least.

If someone is interested to build something with docker.io please contact me :)

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Post by todd3834 »

rsobers wrote: post #40

Beautiful product! Just be aware of the support nightmare that comes along with people trying to install your software in many different environments. I will never, ever create installable software ever again.

I've been thinking about this and I like the idea of building the software to run on Heroku (or similar). For those that want a self hosted plan you just tell them where to host it and if they want installation outside of that you charge them a decent hourly rate to make it worth it.

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Post by wise_young_man »

23andwalnut wrote: post #18
scrapcode wrote: post #14

Did you use a PHP framework to build this? If so, which?

I actually didn't use any frameworks (server or client). They always feel to heavy for what I'm trying to accomplish, especially php frameworks. I rolled my own MVC implementations for both the client & server. I've been thinking about porting the entire thing to Laravel + Backbone, to see if I like it better, but I haven't made any decisions yet. If I do, it will probably be a month or two before I get started.

It seems a bit ironic to use a front-end framework, but not a back-end framework. You should look at http://fuelphp.com, another alternative to Laravel and is a light weight PHP 5.3 framework.

Re: Show HN: I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo

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Post by blackdogie »

Wow, It's not just a task tracker. I must say i was happy to see that it can take care of the invoicing side of things too. This would be a great solution for webdesigned or other contract workers.

Looking at the invoicing system, it's hard to figure our all the options. But if it's good I may decide move from http://freeagent.com/ to host my own. Are there any more plans to extent the financing side of the app ? Or any particular roadmaps for the product ?

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