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Re: Making of Aprilzero

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Post by k-mcgrady »

dschwartz88 wrote: post #6

I realize that this took a huge amount of time, so asking for an open source version of this might be asking a bit much. But, I would absolutely be willing to pay for a SaaS product, or a licensing fee for the code. It's absolutely beautiful, and as someone who does this in a gross spreadsheet, moving to something like this would be unbelievable.

I would also love to pay for this. However I would not want a typical SAAS product. I don't want my data on your servers. Give me something I can install myself really easily. There are products out their which do the SAAS things and ones which I can install locally (if I setup a server, database, configure it all etc.etc.). Give me something really simple and something I can secure myself locally and you have lots of my money. I don't have much, but I will give you lots of it :)

Re: Making of Aprilzero

#32

Post by djloche »

icantthinkofone wrote: post #24

While looking at all this, I can't help but keep asking, "Who is this guy?". I'm sure he's not some random web developer who thunk this up one day.

Not to diminish Anand's credibility at all - but why does he have to be anything other than some random web developer? Does everyone have to have some magical backstory to qualify to ship something great?

The primary difference between Anand and 'some random web developer' is that he actually shipped. You can join this club too.

Re: Making of Aprilzero

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Post by markgarity »

icantthinkofone wrote: post #29
markgarity wrote: post #27

Anand, you have SERIOUSLY outdone yourself on this one. I continue to aspire to attain frontend design chops as good as yours. I remember watching Iron Man with this guy in his apartment in LA while trying to convince him to move to SF. He took meticulous sketches and notes on the UI used in the film. I look at this, especially the initial circular ui, and see the culmination of those notes with amazing use of fronte…

So you can answer the question. Who is Anand Sharma?

Who is John Galt?

Re: Making of Aprilzero

#34

Post by k-mcgrady »

djloche wrote: post #32
icantthinkofone wrote: post #24

While looking at all this, I can't help but keep asking, "Who is this guy?". I'm sure he's not some random web developer who thunk this up one day.

Not to diminish Anand's credibility at all - but why does he have to be anything other than some random web developer? Does everyone have to have some magical backstory to qualify to ship something great? The primary difference between Anand and 'some random web developer' is that he actually shipped. You can join this club too.

>> Does everyone have to have some magical backstory to qualify to ship something great?

I was wondering the same as the parent and not because I thought there was a 'magical backstory' but because when someone ships something this good they have usually shipped something else you know of.

Re: Making of Aprilzero

#35

Post by k-mcgrady »

lucaspiller wrote: post #26

Anyone know where you can get detailed blood tests like that in the UK? I'm guessing the NHS won't cough up for that every month...

I know there are certain things you can pay the NHS to do (e.g. a friend had to get a full physical signed off by the doctor to participate in boxing and had to pay £20 for it). But then again blood tests are usually pretty slow even for people who need them so they may not want people paying and taking up resources.

Re: Making of Aprilzero

#36

Post by mahyarm »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #31
dschwartz88 wrote: post #6

I realize that this took a huge amount of time, so asking for an open source version of this might be asking a bit much. But, I would absolutely be willing to pay for a SaaS product, or a licensing fee for the code. It's absolutely beautiful, and as someone who does this in a gross spreadsheet, moving to something like this would be unbelievable.

I would also love to pay for this. However I would not want a typical SAAS product. I don't want my data on your servers. Give me something I can install myself really easily. There are products out their which do the SAAS things and ones which I can install locally (if I setup a server, database, configure it all etc.etc.). Give me something really simple and something I can secure myself locally and you have lots o…

It's a personal dashboard start up in the making ;)

Re: Making of Aprilzero

#37

Post by majurg »

nilved wrote: post #22

On Arch Linux using WebKit, this page doesn't load at all without JavaScript, and doesn't work at all with it. Can you fix the site or provide a text version?

Pretty sure JS is the brunt of the visualizations, etc.

Re: Making of Aprilzero

#39

Post by nilved »

majurg wrote: post #37
nilved wrote: post #22

On Arch Linux using WebKit, this page doesn't load at all without JavaScript, and doesn't work at all with it. Can you fix the site or provide a text version?

Pretty sure JS is the brunt of the visualizations, etc.

Definitely, but a well-made site will degrade gracefully. I digress though, because I'm okay with turning on JavaScript; the issue is that the page still doesn't react to scrolling.
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