jenniferDewalt

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   by jenniferDewalt 10y ago

   Founder of Zube here. GitHub Projects seems like a nice solution for very small teams, side projects and open source projects. However, serious teams need more powerful features like a well thought out workflow, support for multiple repos a
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   by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

   I had tried picking up textbooks and online courses before I started the 180 project and none of them stuck for me. While I could do the exercises, but I never felt like I was understanding how to actually use the skills I was learning. Wit
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   by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

   During the project I had to travel from San Francisco to Pennsylvania for family obligations. I managed to do a pretty good job of keeping my coding schedule up while flying and spending time with my family, but I ended up having to stay up
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   by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

   Thank you! Pieter is awesome :)
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   by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

   Right on!
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   by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

   Thanks! Yes, repetition is super helpful. Before starting a new project, many artists will go through a 'research' phase where they'll make quick iterations of ideas over the course of days or weeks. That's part of where
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   by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

   Thank you!
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   by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

   JIRA is a great tool but it's hard to set up and for small teams it can be overkill. We built Zube to provide an Agile workflow right out of the box so you can get up an running right away. Zube is also deeply integrated with GitHub an
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   by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

   Thank you! I did a lot of Googling. Each day I would break down what I wanted to do into small components and start researching. I used sites like Stack Overflow, Mozilla Developer Network and CSSTricks to find answers and a lot of trial an
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    YC recently started a new program called YC Fellowship. We're in the second cohort now. It's an 8 week program for early stage companies that you can participate in remotely. They describe it as a lighter version of YC core. You c
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    I had a lot of fun working on the 180 Websites project. It was grueling at times but pushing something live everyday was super satisfying. My favorites are Electro Bounce, How We're Feeling and Elevations. I love working on Zube now. I
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    I was spending an average of 10 hours a day, every day on the 180 Websites project. For YumHacker, I was working on that full time for about 6 months or so. We've been working on Zube for about 1 year now full time.
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Thank you! Electro bounce is one of my favorites as well :) 180 websites is mostly Rails backed. The first 68 pages are served out of the public folder and almost everything else was done with Rails. The last week is all done with Node.js.
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Hey everyone! I'm happy to answer any questions. AMA!
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    How I Built 180 Websites in 180 days and became a YC Fellowship Founder(zube.io)

    72 points by jenniferDewalt 11y ago|29 comments
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    We totally understand your concerns and we take security very seriously. In order to manage GitHub issues, GitHub currently requires the repo scope. If there was a more restrictive scope just for GitHub Issues, Zube would use that one inste
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Gotchya! We've been thinking about how to add some flexibility to the columns without falling into the 'endless column' trap where teams end up with dozens of micromanaged columns. It sounds like that level of organization wo
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Awesome! Let me know if you have any questions. I'm happy to help!
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Interesting. Maybe we could make an app setting that would save points as labels. Thanks for suggesting it! And we will release a public API :) You can already see much of the functionality in Zube's Issue Manager.
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    We'd really like to add other integrations like GitLab. We do have a bit of work to do on our core product first so it may take a little while before we get there.
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Great question! JIRA is highly configurable so if your company has a lot of custom requirements, that might be the way to go. Zube provides a lightweight, Agile workflow out of the box designed to get you up and running fast. So it depends
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Yep, that's the game plan!
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Thanks! We created tickets with non-technical people in mind as way they could report bugs, feature requests and the like without cluttering up issues for developers. Since the tickets track the work on their linked issues, the ticket owner
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Got it! That makes sense, thanks for the breakdown.
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Cool! That's how we're implementing it.
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Thanks! The idea for Zube came from my and my cofounder's (shout out to @204NoContent!) experiences working on dev teams at our previous jobs at early stage startups. We built the tool we wished we had :) The 180 Websites project is de
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Zube's a stand alone web app. Your Zube cards are two-way synced in real-time via the GitHub API.
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Sounds good! Yes, I agree that the board should really only be for issues.
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Thanks for the kind words Stephen! We've come a long way since that rickety demo :)
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    by jenniferDewalt 11y ago

    Thanks for signing up! We definitely have some work to do with the on boarding flow and documentation, especially around Tickets. Glad to hear you were able to figure it out! :) A Ticket is a place where you can link together multiple GitHu