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Helpful (http://helpful.io http://helpful.io). Ruby on Rails helpdesk software trying to make things like ZenDesk & Desk.com suck less. Github: https://github.c
by chrislloyd 13y ago
Helpful (http://helpful.io http://helpful.io). Ruby on Rails helpdesk software trying to make things like ZenDesk & Desk.com suck less. Github: https://github.com/asm-helpful/helpful-web https://github.com/asm-helpful/helpful-web. We've been getting guidance from Kevin Hale (a YC partner) on his vision for the perfect support app. We also do something kind of cool where we share the ownership (and profit) of the app between the contributors: https://assemblymade.com/helpful https://assemblymade.com/helpful. Anybody is welcome to be "Helpful" and join the great team that we have building it.
- bcjordan 13y agoI've found contributing to Helpful to be a great way to play with some fresh technologies and get production code onto GitHub while working with a team. The on-boarding steps and task tracker are excellent, even compared to larger not-for-profit FOSS projects. - You get to use fresh technologies and learn best practices from some excellent project leads and contributors - You earn ownership shares of future proceeds from the project - Your contributions are open source and visible on GitHub—this can mean a lot if you later go to apply to a startup job where "point to a few projects on your GitHub" is more important than "send me a PDF of your resume" You could do much worse per minute spent on a side project, well worth it in my opinion.