Introducing Gemfury - It's like Dropbox for Hackers(gemfury.com) |
Introducing Gemfury - It's like Dropbox for Hackers(gemfury.com) |
Edit: I know that Perl is not an option there, it was just for showing how a more "open" approach would be better. Also, the name implies that is a tool for people who likes/uses Ruby (gem). So people would dismiss it based only on the name, not visiting and seeing that there's more options.
And, funny story: the word "weapon" is A/B tested with the word "repository" because I had the same doubts. Guess which one converts better? Hint: It's not "repository"
How do you define "convert"? Clicking one of the buttons? Signing up for the service? Paying money?
If converting is just clicking one of the buttons, I wonder if you get a lot of low quality converts -- i.e. ones that don't end up paying you money.
As an aside, I'm not sure why I would use this instead of dropbox or a cloud-accessible version control system. However, given that I can't actually read the explanatory text, I will never find out.
I suggest that you include a "More information" link on your initial pop-up div so that people like me won't click away from your site in only a few seconds.
My current projects target Delphi. (Go ahead and make jokes, but my industry has a surprising number of thermodynamics libraries written in it.) Is there anything you can do for me?
Gemfury is a cloud server for your private [tool] packages. Once uploaded,
your packages can be securely installed to any host. It's simple, reliable,
and hassle-free.Used well it provides cut-through of your brand / product / message in a way that is harder to build organically. Once you have traction, you can build a more separate identity.
Used inaccurately, and you will likely annoy people who might be your target market. Used ironically, you can definitely have fun.
But what would I know - my business advice is like Pets.com for Trappist Monks.
I don't know why you would equate ruby gems with 'hackers' unless you really like people to be disoriented.
Why don't you call it by name (i.e. "hosted RubyGems server") instead of confusing people and trying to piggyback on the "Dropbox" brand? Or do you think that your product isn't good enough?
1) thanks for msbetatesting hackernews, 2) did you even test your site for BS errors, you noobs, 3) not a bad idea, but srsly, what's wrong with github (that everyone and their mother uses)?
This website is like the movie, 'Hackers'. I would appreciate an explanation.
My Gemfury username is 'adamcharnock'.
Though, what's the difference between this and rubygems.org? Is it just like a private version, so you can create proprietary gems and be able to pull them down from anywhere (production, other team members, etc.)?
And you're spot-on about Gemfury's purpose
And if you are going to try it, test it first. Use your little catchphrase and then ask your friend what they think that means you do - 'Dropbox for Hackers' doesn't necessarily mean "code sharing that just works" - it could be interpreted as "making your private code accessible by our internal team" or "yay - unexplained conflict errors all over the place".