RailsBuddy

Find a buddy for Rails. For everyone in the Rails/Ruby community, by @afomera. Inspired by Laramates.

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

new idea: allowing you to set if you want to require approval before allowing contact.

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

Just wrote an update to go out to everyone who's reserved a username so far. Will send tomorrow sometime.

pretty exciting to see things start to come together.

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

@JalisoCSP sometimes I like to invent fictional conversations between Chris and I. it's fun.

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

Got v0.1 of messaging in place now too.

It includes a really annoying to code live status indicator when the person is on the conversation

Here's a preview
https://t.co/r6QP0kq557

So recap:
- Profiles mostly in place
- Messaging somewhat in place

Up Next up is a list of devs

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

@schwad_rb @tuple i think it can be accomplished with the bio text area i have, since you can write whatever. though i’ll look at adding a tuple social link. i’d love to figure out an integration with Tuple tbh down the road.

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

👀It's the first look at v0.1 of profiles

The expertise section is hardcoded still, but everything else is editable!

https://t.co/3yLw2M7RCx

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

What if you had space to express yourself on your profile for RailsBuddy? 🤔

You could express yourself, why you're looking to find a pair/how you work best, share your skill levels and so forth. Still WIP but this is kinda closer to the vision in my head.

Thoughts/Feedback?

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

@zhephyn @afomera oops, just pushed a change to hopefully help with this!

the new defaults in Rails 8 got me all messed up 😅

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

@sdglhm @afomera yessss thanks for that!!

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

👀It's the first look at v0.1 of profiles

The expertise section is hardcoded still, but everything else is editable!

https://t.co/3yLw2M7RCx

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

Next up will be a code of conduct for all participants. An important step in ensuring we have a welcoming, safe and inclusive community.

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

This layout just wouldn't do. Spent some time pulling in a layout I had in another project...

still a bunch to figure out, but that's all for today.

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

I've hello world'd the app, when do I IPO? #rails

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

I've hello world'd the app, when do I IPO? #rails

[schwad @schwad_rb]

I signed up for RailsBuddy. Have you???

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

Thank you all! It's official we're doing the thing.

Keep those signups coming, the more we get the better chance of finding a buddy come launch date!

It's time for us to roll up the sleeves, open a coca-cola and get to work.

[Andrea Fomera @afomera]

Little tally magic behind the scenes to help me with research for @RailsBuddy, it's awesome to see so many people looking to help others.

We're just 25 people away from hitting the minimum number of people that I think will make it viable, though still shooting for 500.

[RailsBuddy @RailsBuddy]

Thrilled at the reception so far for RailsBuddy, please tell your friends, we're halfway to reaching the minimum viable users for the community. ❤️ Though I'm aiming for 500 (which would be amazing).

More signups = More chances to find a buddy

https://t.co/vN7pW78PDR

[Andrea Fomera @afomera]

What if there was a place for #Rails developers to find each other to pair up and get help or have a friendly chat? Some place that didn't cost anything to the developer.

If @RailsBuddy gets enough people claiming their handle I'll build it

Link below!