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Sure, and I didn't mean to appear like I was stating the service was useless. It obviously has use -- it is a cheap shortcut that will reduce a very obvious pa
by Travis 15y ago
Sure, and I didn't mean to appear like I was stating the service was useless. It obviously has use -- it is a cheap shortcut that will reduce a very obvious pain point. An excellent business idea.
All I was saying is two-part:
1) the marketing copy on the landing page needs some work. the design needs some work as well. The main message was unclear to me
2) this product isn't for everyone. E.g., I do all my dev work on virtual machines. One of my colleagues has a custom deployment script. Many people use continuous deployment.
I guess all I'm suggesting is that the creator move to market themselves to a certain segment of the population. I'm not in that segment, but it was difficult for me to determine that. I suspect it's because the copywriter is loathe to exclude a possible customer. In my opinion, the "grab at everyone" approach hurts more than it helps. Go specific!
And finally, not everyone has Ruby running. I've never installed a gem in my life. Which would I rather do: something that I have done a million times and have partially/fully automated (depl to internet), or try to setup a ruby system?
- pixeloution 15y agoIf you're on osX there's no "setup a ruby system" you type a one line command and then you can use "show". You might have to use the full path to `show` to get it to execute depending on how it installed. You don't need to know anything about ruby -- I've never touched ruby and I was up and running in less then 60 seconds.
- Travis 15y agoFair enough. Again, I was just trying to analyze their landing page copy from the point of view of a potential customer. I am not a potential customer. But for people without any Ruby experience, you don't know that fact ahead of time. All you see is the unknown ruby command. And my impression (as a non-user of ruby) is that it's hard to get going. So a potential customer may see these issues as a hurdle to jump.