Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source.

Posted by ohnivak on Saturday July 28, 2012 @02:29AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Struggling to raise last $13,000 needed to stick a new UI (and JS) on the site -

http://vanillamonitor.com

So perhaps, it's time to give up, and perhaps, release this as open source?

Here is the new look I intend to stick on it http://cl.ly/image/1t3l2q3c3d3v2R0X3i04

And the description of what the software actually does http://cl.ly/420H472P0m1o3f131e19

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Re:Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source. by SoftwareMaven on Saturday July 28, 2012 @12:29PM (#4305835)

Why? I think your design is fine for an initial minimum viable product. Furthermore, I think the product looks interesting. I don't doubt there is a market for something between http://monitor.us and Nagios, especially one with a clean, simple interface.

My advice would be to forget the redesign, get some minimal set of functionality working really well, turn off the rest, and start a beta. I'd be interested in participating in that beta.

EDIT: Feel free to contact me if I can help (with advice or a beta). My email is in my profile. I recently went through the process of finding a low-cost monitoring solution for a few servers so can give feedback in that regard.

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Re:Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source. by ashraful on Monday July 30, 2012 @01:58AM (#4311109)

Hi. I am a designer and front-end developer and I could probably help you out with designing and implementing the new UI.

Email me at [email protected]

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Re:Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source. by ohnivak on Saturday July 28, 2012 @02:33AM (#4304886)

Clickable link http://vanillamonitor.com

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Re:Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source. by yolesaber on Saturday July 28, 2012 @09:16AM (#4305449)

I really wish I could read your "About" page without having to log in.

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Re:Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source. by tstegart on Saturday July 28, 2012 @12:31PM (#4305842)

Yeah, I agree. I'm wondering what the OP's company does exactly. Like Amazon S3 stats?

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Re:Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source. by tstegart on Saturday July 28, 2012 @12:32PM (#4305846)

Ahh, the site just changed and now I can see everything.

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Re:Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source. by orangethirty on Saturday July 28, 2012 @01:01PM (#4305898)

You have Django Debug ON. Turn it off so it shows the 404 page.

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Re:Ask HN: To go open source or not to go open source. by pestaa on Saturday July 28, 2012 @09:35AM (#4305473)

We need more software designed like this.

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