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Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by MattBearman on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @08:39AM (#2780578)
As we seem to be allowing a personal bias, I'll submit my MVP - 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.

Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by Ade_Lack on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:02AM (#2780659)
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?

Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by MattBearman on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:09AM (#2780953)
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.
Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by dools on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:43AM (#2780846)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by MattBearman on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:51AM (#2780872)
Sounds cool, I'll check that out
Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by rgrig on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @06:23AM (#2784933)
You may wish to run a spell checker on the window with <i>instructions</i>. (Sadly, I can't run bugmuncher on that one.)
Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by MattBearman on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:26AM (#2785666)
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?

Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by leftnode on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:48AM (#2780867)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by MattBearman on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:50AM (#2780871)
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 :)

Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by illdave on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:33AM (#2781058)
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.
Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by adjwilli on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @11:53AM (#2781420)
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.
Re:Ask HN: What are some great examples of a Minimum Viable ... by MattBearman on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:47AM (#2781122)
That's kind of what I was relying on :)