Lessons Learnt Failing to Monetize My Ruby Gem
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Lessons Learnt Failing to Monetize My Ruby Gem
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Re: Lessons Learnt Failing to Monetize My Ruby Gem
#2If anyone is curious, the source code of the now shutdown app is available on GitHub ( https://github.com/PigCI/App ).
Re: Lessons Learnt Failing to Monetize My Ruby Gem
#3I also recommend the "app standup" as well - my side projects usually have a Telegram bot that sends me a daily message of performance, users, any cash generated etc... really does help keep the momentum going.
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#4Basecamp is pretty good for the stand-up perspective as well. There is a free version for personal accounts.
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#5I also recommend the "app standup" as well - my side projects usually have a Telegram bot that sends me a daily message of performance, users, any cash generated etc... really does help keep the momentum going.
Is that a thing? Like a site/portal/dashboard you log into, shows a bunch of your apps/random servers and their statuses... I was thinking about this myself. Ideally would be real time or at least some kind of pub-sub/poll.
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#6I also recommend the "app standup" as well - my side projects usually have a Telegram bot that sends me a daily message of performance, users, any cash generated etc... really does help keep the momentum going.
Is that a thing? Like a site/portal/dashboard you log into, shows a bunch of your apps/random servers and their statuses... I was thinking about this myself. Ideally would be real time or at least some kind of pub-sub/poll.
Every time I see a new server management dashboard I think it'd be a cool concept to apply for a side/home project monitoring tool.
A bit like Backstage, but for personal projects.
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#7"however GitHub paused verifying applications in January. This really screwed me as the marketplace guidelines said I was not allowed to be listed on the GitHub marketplace if I offer a paid service outside of GitHub Marketplace."
Anybody knows the background on this screw-up?
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that a thing? Like a site/portal/dashboard you log into, shows a bunch of your apps/random servers and their statuses... I was thinking about this myself. Ideally would be real time or at least some kind of pub-sub/poll.
Every time I see a new server management dashboard I think it'd be a cool concept to apply for a side/home project monitoring tool. A bit like Backstage, but for personal projects.
> backstage
I'm guessing that's the CMS? Was trying to find it Anyway yeah something about real-time stats/data in general kind of "addicting".
Long as it's not as ridiculous as using an old phone just for a dashboard ha, I saw that "trend" recently
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#9Roger, one consideration that could otherwise seem trivial or irrelevant is that the word “pig” is not free of connotations, and is not often used positively in many respects outside of pig-relevant contexts. It probably would have been OK in a farming or ore processing context, but without grounding for the joke it’s a rough sell.
Re: Lessons Learnt Failing to Monetize My Ruby Gem
#10Roger, one consideration that could otherwise seem trivial or irrelevant is that the word “pig” is not free of connotations, and is not often used positively in many respects outside of pig-relevant contexts. It probably would have been OK in a farming or ore processing context, but without grounding for the joke it’s a rough sell.
I regretted the name after launch. It seemed fun & playful at first, but soon its limitations became pretty apperent.
Next time I'm just going to use a "Does what it says on the tin" kind of approach to naming.