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Ask HN: Do you have a public metrics screen and how did you build it?
Our nascent sales team have responded pretty well to having their numbers up on a big public https://github.com/evolvedlight/pydashie overview next to their main huddle area.
Having hacked it together out of the first thing I found in a lazy evening I can't help but think there must be more exciting options.
Does anyone here use similar 'big boards' and more importantly are there any other solutions you like? (back-end agnostic preferred)
- iDemonix 10y agoWe use Grafana on top of Graphite for everything. It's great as it has plenty for tech types but is easy enough for management to use effectively.
- tedmiston 10y agoWe've put one together very quickly using the data visualization widgets from Keen (https://keen.io https://keen.io). Another option is the awesome Static Board app made by Panic (http://panic.com/statusboard/ http://panic.com/statusboard/). Note that you'll need an iPad to project it.
- mtmail 10y agoMy last company used https://www.geckoboard.com/learn/dashboard-examples/ https://www.geckoboard.com/learn/dashboard-examples/ on a large screen TV
- yolesaber 10y agoWe had unpaid interns manually running SQL queries during their lunch break against our transactions table and then lighting one of two beacons based on the data we get back: the purple flame (if we have a revenue increase) or the red (meaning our dark lord Zy'kul has finally awoken)