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My app is https://bioviz-studio.com https://bioviz-studio.com, a web-based tool to create beautiful video visualizations of molecular structures. App itself is

My app is https://bioviz-studio.com https://bioviz-studio.com, a web-based tool to create beautiful video visualizations of molecular structures. App itself is at https://app.bioviz-studio.com https://app.bioviz-studio.com. Front end: Vue, vuetify, vuex, NGL, three.js/webgl, d3.js, 100% typescript, yarn, webpack Back end: node.js, express, Firebase, GCE, Blender, ffmpeg, docker, CUDA Why? Vue for pretty UI & ease of coding, NGL for beautiful molecular graphics, Firebase because it makes getting from 0 to 1 easy, Blender because of Cycles renderer & scriptability. Have choices impacted success? Definitely! Faster iteration leads to better UX, good architecture leads to stronger foundation, and standard tech means I can on-board a contractor when needed.

ykevinator3 5y ago
This is amazing
- darkstarsys 5y ago
  Thanks!
dakna 5y ago
This looks great, congrats! Since academic researchers are your customers, would you mind sharing a few tips on how to get your product in front of academic staff? I'd assume the university department has to approve this expense, or do researchers pay out of their own pocket to avoid budget justification?
- darkstarsys 5y ago
  I give significant academic discounts, so researchers can typically pay out of pocket. As for how to get in front of staff: all the old fashioned ways. Ads, content marketing, attend conferences (hard during COVID), give talks.
- xmcqdpt2 5y ago
  Hi, I'm currently a postdoc in a large NA academic research group working on molecular problems. I haven't use bioviz (very cool though!) but it would be paid the same as journal open access fees (which can cost 1000s of dollars and are paid by the authors), through grants. The individual academics usually have full control of their grant money. For large purchases (here above 8000$ or so) the university asks for a competitive tender process or proof that only one vendor exists. Very few research purchases require departement approval, and physical science professors are pretty used to spending large amount of money on software and equipment. For example, I'm currently working with two programs for which we pay about 20k$ in license fees a year.
hedoluna 5y ago
The preview is amazing! How many customers you had so far?

ykevinator3 5y ago

This is amazing

darkstarsys 5y ago
Thanks!

dakna 5y ago

This looks great, congrats! Since academic researchers are your customers, would you mind sharing a few tips on how to get your product in front of academic staff? I'd assume the university department has to approve this expense, or do researchers pay out of their own pocket to avoid budget justification?

darkstarsys 5y ago
I give significant academic discounts, so researchers can typically pay out of pocket. As for how to get in front of staff: all the old fashioned ways. Ads, content marketing, attend conferences (hard during COVID), give talks.
xmcqdpt2 5y ago
Hi, I'm currently a postdoc in a large NA academic research group working on molecular problems. I haven't use bioviz (very cool though!) but it would be paid the same as journal open access fees (which can cost 1000s of dollars and are paid by the authors), through grants. The individual academics usually have full control of their grant money. For large purchases (here above 8000$ or so) the university asks for a competitive tender process or proof that only one vendor exists. Very few research purchases require departement approval, and physical science professors are pretty used to spending large amount of money on software and equipment. For example, I'm currently working with two programs for which we pay about 20k$ in license fees a year.

hedoluna 5y ago

The preview is amazing! How many customers you had so far?