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Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Cameron_D wrote: post #246
timmorgan wrote: post #2

Hard to believe, but I've been working on this Rails app for over 7 years now! It started as a Rails 1.0 app waaayyy back when, and I've managed to bring it along through almost every major Rails version (still working on updating to Rails 4.1), which I'm pretty proud of. You can see screenshots at http://church.io . Being specifically church software, it might not find much of an audience here on HN, but still, I'm…

I've been asked last month to rebuild my church website. I'm going to show them this and get their feedback on utilising it, it looks amazing!

OneBody is really more for your "members only" area of the site, not the visitor-focused website. I recommend Wordpress for that :-)

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by timmorgan »

_9hey wrote: post #278

It takes 1GB to run? dude I might have to port this to node

Yeah, with Rails + MySQL, 1GB is best in my experience.

I bet someone could tune it all to run in 512 MB, but for me, the difference in money isn't worth the extra effort.

I'm not really sure how one would "port" a Rails app to a Node app -- the layout of the app and libraries you'd need would be completely different.

I've built several small apps in Node.js and Express, and I have to say, debugging Node.js code is way harder than Ruby.

If you do decide to build something, please let me know! I'd be interested in following your work.

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by timmorgan »

joeclark77 wrote: post #279
timmorgan wrote: post #230

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OneBody is powered by another of my projects http://bible-api.com ( https://github.com/seven1m/bible_api ), which just needs a little bit of code to return verses from the Apocrypha. If there's interest, I'd be willing to make it happen or show someone where to get started!

Part of the trick is that verses are numbered differently, for example, the Psalms. And Catholic Bibles have more chapters in Daniel and I think Esther. An API that would allow people to match verses across the two types of Bibles would have to have some kind of durable primary key for each verse in addition to its nominal address.

Ahh, I wasn't aware. I imported the World English Bible XML directly. I'll need to investigate more...

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by timmorgan »

fiatjaf wrote: post #185

I don't understand what does the software do. It is a "group manager" for churches? Something like Facebook Groups or many others of the same kind? I really liked the aspect of the app and that it was built, because I really think group management and group data is an issue, but WHY is it a problem when there exists Facebook Groups, email groups and lots of other solutions? Is church directory a totally different dom…

Yeah, I suspect a lot of churches could just get by with Facebook Groups and be happy.

For our church, however, finding/begging people to join Facebook was a problem, and some people have privacy concerns, so having our own private social network has been successful.

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by timmorgan »

ivanca wrote: post #157

Is a good software, I'm sure, but 500 points? Is this some sort of communal self-assurance humble-brag about being accepting of "religious software"? Or does everyone just really love ruby CMSs?

Yeah, I know right? This is crazy. I surely didn't expect this kind of support! Thanks guys!

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

DonHopkins wrote: post #266
mwcampbell wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I realize you may have been joking, but I wonder how most atheists and other nonreligious people here would feel about selling a product or service targeted specifically at religious people or churches. To me, it feels dirty, like I would be saying, "I know that religions are false and even harmful, but I'm going to milk those less enlightened believers for all they're worth."

As an atheist, I would feel great about taking money, house keys, login passwords and encryption keys from religious people, to take care of their pets, servers, possessions and left behind loved ones after the rapture. http://www.aftertherapturepetcare.com/ http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/ It's the religious people who are looking forward to rapture and armageddon who are the sick dirty ones: http://www.rapturere…

I have to say we are thinking of different definitions of religious.

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by pekk »

timmorgan wrote: post #2

Hard to believe, but I've been working on this Rails app for over 7 years now! It started as a Rails 1.0 app waaayyy back when, and I've managed to bring it along through almost every major Rails version (still working on updating to Rails 4.1), which I'm pretty proud of. You can see screenshots at http://church.io . Being specifically church software, it might not find much of an audience here on HN, but still, I'm…

> Being specifically church software, it might not find much of an audience here on HN

After a huge pile of upvotes and comments, do you still want to believe that HN has some kind of anti-Christian bias?

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by Havoc »

JPKab wrote: post #82
timmorgan wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glory to God! :-) It's just my passion. I really hope someone does build this as a slick hosted service. I don't do well dealing with customers :-)

Good for you man. But just realize that sadly, many churches operate as businesses where the pastor and his family just pocket tithes for their lifestyle and build fancy LED signs instead of giving to the poor......

>churches operate as businesses

In truth this seems to be the US mega-churches. Round here the pastors live a decent but modest life. Enough to raise a family not enough to buy a flashy car.

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by DonHopkins »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #286
DonHopkins wrote: post #266

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an atheist, I would feel great about taking money, house keys, login passwords and encryption keys from religious people, to take care of their pets, servers, possessions and left behind loved ones after the rapture. http://www.aftertherapturepetcare.com/ http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/ It's the religious people who are looking forward to rapture and armageddon who are the sick dirty ones: http://www.rapturere…

I have to say we are thinking of different definitions of religious.

Then what exactly is your definition of religious? Does it somehow exclude the hundreds of millions of Christians who believe in the rapture (41% of all Americans, 52% of Americans in the South)? If so, then that's some creative gerrymandering and I'd love to see your rationalization and sources!

http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/jesus-christs-return...

By the year 2050, 41% of Americans believe that Jesus Christ definitely (23%) or probably (18%) will have returned to earth.

http://magazine.good.is/articles/more-than-40-percent-of-ame...

More Than 40 Percent of Americans Believe the Rapture Is Coming

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/christ-second-comin...

How Many U.S. Christians Believe Christ's 'Second Coming' Will Happen Soon? More Than You May Think (SURVEY)

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/05/world-ending-...

Hurry Up And Wait for the Rapture

In the South, a full 52 percent of those polled predicted that JC's return is imminent. Those figures come from a June 2010 poll from the Pew Research Center for People & the Press.

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/think_only_a_few...

Think Only a Few Fools Believe in the Rapture? Think Again.

In other words, a substantial portion of the American public—more than 4 out of 10—disagrees with the May 21 Rapture freaks only with respect to the date and some of the details of Jesus’ return. Think of that stat the next time you’re assured by some liberal theologian that the arguments of contemporary atheists are directed against targets that no longer exist.

Re: Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

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Post by timmorgan »

pekk wrote: post #287
timmorgan wrote: post #2

Hard to believe, but I've been working on this Rails app for over 7 years now! It started as a Rails 1.0 app waaayyy back when, and I've managed to bring it along through almost every major Rails version (still working on updating to Rails 4.1), which I'm pretty proud of. You can see screenshots at http://church.io . Being specifically church software, it might not find much of an audience here on HN, but still, I'm…

> Being specifically church software, it might not find much of an audience here on HN After a huge pile of upvotes and comments, do you still want to believe that HN has some kind of anti-Christian bias?

Oh, I didn't mean at all that HN is anti-Christian. I just didn't think that church software (a very specific niche) was all that interesting to the HN crowd. I'm very pleased with all the support!
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