Lessons Learnt Failing to Monetize My Ruby Gem

wastedhours 6 years ago |

I 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.

ge96 6 years ago | |

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.

rogem002 6 years ago | | |

I've seen a few portals (Like Heroku Dataclips / Metabase) which offer this.

That said, I shoehorned it into my daily routine otherwise I'd just end up not checking it for a few weeks at a time.

ge96 6 years ago | | |

These are just database query "aggregates"? I'm looking for random stuff like I have an anemometer I made that collects data... I still have to get into websockets(I've made some) but concerned about home network security.

wastedhours 6 years ago | | |

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.

ge96 6 years ago | | |

> 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

rogem002 6 years ago |

If anyone is curious, the source code of the now shutdown app is available on GitHub ( https://github.com/PigCI/App ).

floatingatoll 6 years ago |

Roger, 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.

rogem002 6 years ago | |

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.

rurban 6 years ago |

"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?

rogem002 6 years ago | |

I think GitHub isn't trying to push the marketplace as hard as they were a year ago. I suspect the success of GitHub Actions makes the whole marketplace a bit of a risk they'd rather not waste time on.

shinryuu 6 years ago |

Basecamp is pretty good for the stand-up perspective as well. There is a free version for personal accounts.