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As we seem to be allowing a personal bias, I'll submit my MVP - http://bugmuncher.com http://bugmuncher.com I've built the minimum in order to get it live in 2

As we seem to be allowing a personal bias, I'll submit my MVP - http://bugmuncher.com http://bugmuncher.com I've built the minimum in order to get it live in 2 weeks. I've got a HUGE list of features to add in future, including customisation, multiple highlights, automate the subscription process, API, etc.

Ade_Lack 15y ago
Hey no problem with sharing your own as far as I'm concerened. Looks like a great MVP and I'll be interested to see how your own feedback leads the direction of any future features you have planned. What tools, frameworks, languages did you use?
- MattBearman 15y ago
  The front end tool is built in JavaScript with jQuery (but it's safe to use with other JS frameworks). The website and processing side was built in PHP/CodeIgniter, running on a linode VPS.
dools 15y ago
Have you checked out the interview with Jerome Breche on Mixergy? Your product sounds a lot like what he started off building (Snap-a-Bug) and then he pivoted to start snapengage.com It's a great story, you should check out the interview.
- MattBearman 15y ago
  Sounds cool, I'll check that out
leftnode 15y ago
Please hire a professional designer to redesign your website as soon as possible and ditch this ThemeForest theme. I see it everywhere now and it looks forced. For the record, I used the exact same theme when I launched my product, but quickly ditched it.
- MattBearman 15y ago
  I've got an awesome designer lined up to do a complete redesign/re-brand when I have the time/money to see it through. Having said that, I've had a lot of compliments on the theme, and for $20, I've got no complaints :)
  - illdave 15y ago
    I actually think that design looks really good - don't forget, people that read HackerNews may be more inclined to see these sorts of themes around (as they're usually used by people just launching a product to see if there's any interest). Most users might not see the same theme that often, if at all.
    - MattBearman 15y ago
      That's kind of what I was relying on :)
    - adjwilli 15y ago
      I think the Hacker News people are probably the target audience for BugMuncher. But in any case, the design is fine. I'm actually impressed it was only $20.
rgrig 15y ago
You may wish to run a spell checker on the window with <i>instructions</i>. (Sadly, I can't run bugmuncher on that one.)
- MattBearman 15y ago
  Thanks for the heads up, I'm sure I fixed those errors before launch, I must have just failed to update that page. Also, you should be able to run bug muncher on that page, what browser are you using?

Ade_Lack 15y ago

Hey no problem with sharing your own as far as I'm concerened. Looks like a great MVP and I'll be interested to see how your own feedback leads the direction of any future features you have planned. What tools, frameworks, languages did you use?

MattBearman 15y ago
The front end tool is built in JavaScript with jQuery (but it's safe to use with other JS frameworks). The website and processing side was built in PHP/CodeIgniter, running on a linode VPS.

dools 15y ago

Have you checked out the interview with Jerome Breche on Mixergy? Your product sounds a lot like what he started off building (Snap-a-Bug) and then he pivoted to start snapengage.com It's a great story, you should check out the interview.

MattBearman 15y ago
Sounds cool, I'll check that out

leftnode 15y ago

Please hire a professional designer to redesign your website as soon as possible and ditch this ThemeForest theme. I see it everywhere now and it looks forced. For the record, I used the exact same theme when I launched my product, but quickly ditched it.

MattBearman 15y ago
I've got an awesome designer lined up to do a complete redesign/re-brand when I have the time/money to see it through. Having said that, I've had a lot of compliments on the theme, and for $20, I've got no complaints :)
- illdave 15y ago
  I actually think that design looks really good - don't forget, people that read HackerNews may be more inclined to see these sorts of themes around (as they're usually used by people just launching a product to see if there's any interest). Most users might not see the same theme that often, if at all.
  - MattBearman 15y ago
    That's kind of what I was relying on :)
  - adjwilli 15y ago
    I think the Hacker News people are probably the target audience for BugMuncher. But in any case, the design is fine. I'm actually impressed it was only $20.

rgrig 15y ago

You may wish to run a spell checker on the window with <i>instructions</i>. (Sadly, I can't run bugmuncher on that one.)

MattBearman 15y ago
Thanks for the heads up, I'm sure I fixed those errors before launch, I must have just failed to update that page. Also, you should be able to run bug muncher on that page, what browser are you using?