If what you mean is there a CDN for the Ratchet javascript, I don't think so. If you go to the website http://maker.github.com/ratchet/ there is a download link, but my repo just augments what you get in the download folder... like I said, 5 minutes :)
EDIT: I see what you mean now, no I didn't put up a hosted link since I just developed the one screen during a 5 min break. That's a decent idea though, maybe I'll make a full demo application (maybe I'll make it a Todo list, no one has ever used that for a demo app before) and put it up on Heroku.
Yep, just the main national tracking polls. We email every one out so at the state level it might get overwhelming. And we can't really put too much into a filtering setup since it's a product that'll autodeadpool in 2 weeks :)
Developer here. I helped build this site after noticing I was checking presidential polls like 12 times a day and really wanted a quick disposable tool for the next 2 weeks to get them as soon as they are released.
On Nov 6th, we'll shut the site down and permanently delete the entire list.
True, though usually people would seem rather want to have their content on their own servers, and have an API the editing tool uses to save. This is the scenario Create.js was built for, allowing you to use it in a custom web app, but also major CMSs like TYPO3 or OpenCms to build their custom UIs on top of it.
Luckily great tools have been built for this. We use Opscode Chef and it's life changing. After an admittedly painful learning hump, we're able to completely power our sysadmin via code.
DeployButton is just the trigger button, not the missile :)
Hey guys, thanks for the feedback. As you may already know, this was built for the 48hour Rails Rumble hackathon. So it will definitely have quirks and there's a ton of stuff we had to cut (like collab git access instead of full oauth which i believe would have solved most security concerns).
Dropbox let us set things up nicely, where we opt for only a single folder (Apps/DeployButton) and we can only see stuff you place directly inside.
The main appeal of DeployButton for me was to have a service I could easily connect to Campfire/Hipchat to script out deployments from there. It's not that deploying is "hard", it's that it's tedious and I believe should always done as a collaborative experience instead of solo.
More feedback greatly appreciated. Site and workers are already overloaded (we didnt anticipate an HN post). So apologies in advance.
Awesome writeup! Rails asset management can get pretty complex for newbies, but with a few good strategies like described in the article, it can be tamed and managed without too much trouble.
Completely agree, it should be emphasized that nReduce isn't trying to compete with existing accelerators. I think it's actually a great first step for companies to get to the point where they can join one (since the good ones tend to require serious traction just to get in).
Personally the best thing our team got out of being an nReduce participant is the weekly checkins. Having 12 video checkins that document our progress has been really useful for showing investors the amount of progress our team can make week by week. We intend to continue this habit throughout the life of the company.
