Gemnasium: Keep your Ruby gem dependencies in shape

https://gemnasium.com/

by sferik • 15 years ago

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phillmv• 15 years ago

This is extremely cute, but a little ridiculous as a pay service :P.

danielmorrison• 15 years ago

You can sign up with a couple clicks and it won't ask for your CC.

zach• 15 years ago

This is an essential upgrade for modern Ruby development. Everyone knows staying on top of gem versions becomes like herding cats, so any help would be appreciated. The service is a nice combination of technologies into a useful, specialized service with clear value. I actually appreciate how focused it is - it addresses a real issue and I have no problem believing the site can deliver a good solution.

Is this the first commercial service specifically building on the Github platform?

Also, great front page, covering all the basics. This is a great example of a web service front page. It has it all and the design is superb.

Good pricing on the plans, but I think Large is maybe $5-$15 too cheap. Yes, I know it's $25 for a Bronze Github business plan but if they have the cheapest business plan I doubt they'll be customers anyway. It also gives a good bracketing effect, making the next step down seem like a better deal.

Consider taking a page from 37signals here - look at making the top end a gold-plated product with high perceived relative value and price it higher than its "natural" pricing. The company can spend some of the difference in providing personal support which in turn encourages its customers to become endorsers. Customers can still congratulate themselves for saving money in developer time while providing a comfort that their developers will appreciate (it's like Hopt... er, Airbrake: web services as a developer amenity). I would also suggest the top-end plan be the only one available on a yearly basis so that it can be more easily expensed.

deathwarmedover• 15 years ago

I don't see what this offers over Bundler. There's even a `bundle outdated` command coming in v1.1 which is at a release candidate already.

Gemnasium: Keep your Ruby gem dependencies in shape

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