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I've been using this for the past 6 months for S3stat, Twiddla and FairTutor, with some pretty impressive results. Since it's "November Sprint" time, I finally

I've been using this for the past 6 months for S3stat, Twiddla and FairTutor, with some pretty impressive results. Since it's "November Sprint" time, I finally motivated myself to package it up and release it as Open Source. It's essentially a simplified version of patio's A/Bingo, with one major departure in that participation data is stored in the users' browser rather than a local database. That helps it scale out better and means that you can pretty much just drop the code into your project and have it start working without having to configure anything. Let me know what you think!

patio11 16y ago
I think a prominent client of mine may owe you a beer. Thanks for bringing the light of A/B testing to platforms without great options. Nobody should have to use Google Website Optimizer.
- jasonkester 16y ago
  Thanks for that, but I'm afraid that beer would get forwarded right back to you, since it was your comment that pushed me from "I should build one of those" to "I should build one of those and release it as open source": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124839 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124839
rubyrescue 16y ago
I guess this isn't totally off topic: http://www.fairtutor.com/about/how-it-works http://www.fairtutor.com/about/how-it-works is broken unless that's part of the a/b test :) Seriously, FairTutor is a great looking site, would love a post on how you built it, found the tutors, etc.
- jasonkester 16y ago
  You caught me pushing a new build. Try again now. FairTutor will get its own "Rate My Startup" post, and probably a few "Making of" entries on the Expat Software blog when I get closer to a public launch. I've never been one to publicize my stuff when the front page is just collecting emails. Even though there's a full-blown website running beta classes back there, I'll wait until there's something you can actually see before asking people to take a look at it.
  - jasonkester 16y ago
    As for finding tutors, I went to the source. Last year I spent 9 months backpacking my way across Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama. Along the way I spent nearly as many days talking with local Spanish language schools as I did surfing. Assuming any success whatsoever when the site launches, I'll try to follow up with a Central America tour next year. It's only the responsible thing to do, and besides, the surfing is better.
  - rubyrescue 16y ago
    Sites where you're building a marketplace of clients and providers are always a bit harder to bootstrap so i find it interesting; also i live in South America and thought about building a product like this.
euroclydon 16y ago
[EDIT] Just saw your reply to forcer's question. My page was stale [/EDIT] That storing the participation data in the user's browser is a bit of a red herring for me. Would you please describe the tradeoffs between doing it that way, and doing it Patrick's way? Also, there's no license. I potentially would like to contribute, but that's a show stopper. Any chance of giving it an MIT lic? Feel free to shoot me an email at joshpearce[at]beechtreetech[dot]com
- jasonkester 16y ago
  I don't do open source licenses, since they just strike me as pretentious. The code is out there on the internet, and clearly labeled as free to use. I don't particularly care if you don't credit me, use it in a paid app, or whatever. It's in the public domain, so go nuts with it. If you make changes, let me know and I'll see about rolling them back in.

patio11 16y ago

I think a prominent client of mine may owe you a beer. Thanks for bringing the light of A/B testing to platforms without great options. Nobody should have to use Google Website Optimizer.

jasonkester 16y ago
Thanks for that, but I'm afraid that beer would get forwarded right back to you, since it was your comment that pushed me from "I should build one of those" to "I should build one of those and release it as open source": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124839 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124839

rubyrescue 16y ago

I guess this isn't totally off topic: http://www.fairtutor.com/about/how-it-works http://www.fairtutor.com/about/how-it-works is broken unless that's part of the a/b test :) Seriously, FairTutor is a great looking site, would love a post on how you built it, found the tutors, etc.

jasonkester 16y ago
You caught me pushing a new build. Try again now. FairTutor will get its own "Rate My Startup" post, and probably a few "Making of" entries on the Expat Software blog when I get closer to a public launch. I've never been one to publicize my stuff when the front page is just collecting emails. Even though there's a full-blown website running beta classes back there, I'll wait until there's something you can actually see before asking people to take a look at it.
- jasonkester 16y ago
  As for finding tutors, I went to the source. Last year I spent 9 months backpacking my way across Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama. Along the way I spent nearly as many days talking with local Spanish language schools as I did surfing. Assuming any success whatsoever when the site launches, I'll try to follow up with a Central America tour next year. It's only the responsible thing to do, and besides, the surfing is better.
- rubyrescue 16y ago
  Sites where you're building a marketplace of clients and providers are always a bit harder to bootstrap so i find it interesting; also i live in South America and thought about building a product like this.

euroclydon 16y ago

[EDIT] Just saw your reply to forcer's question. My page was stale [/EDIT] That storing the participation data in the user's browser is a bit of a red herring for me. Would you please describe the tradeoffs between doing it that way, and doing it Patrick's way? Also, there's no license. I potentially would like to contribute, but that's a show stopper. Any chance of giving it an MIT lic? Feel free to shoot me an email at joshpearce[at]beechtreetech[dot]com

jasonkester 16y ago
I don't do open source licenses, since they just strike me as pretentious. The code is out there on the internet, and clearly labeled as free to use. I don't particularly care if you don't credit me, use it in a paid app, or whatever. It's in the public domain, so go nuts with it. If you make changes, let me know and I'll see about rolling them back in.