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@rpish
Marc Köhlbrugge
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@marckohlbrugge

🚀 December 11, 2010

Discover tomorrow's startups, today

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set gravatar for email (some email clients use these for icons) #betalist
upgrade insecure rubygems and node modules #betalist
fix bug where user collections didn’t work anymore #betalist
add “ban & delete all comments” button for admins #betalist
clarify pitch requirements #betalist
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pre-fill description with “name is… ” for better descriptions #betalist
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switch to sassc gem #betalist
add spammers to blacklisted IPs #betalist
extract blacklisted IPs into ENV variable #betalist
replace sorting javascript with custom stimulus controller #betalist
upgrade from rails 5.1 to 5.2 #betalist
switch to new SG Stripe account #betalist
preload next startup’s images in frontlog #betalist
consolidate old migrations into one #betalist
cancel mandrill subscription #betalist
list all accounts with more than 10 submissions #betalist
make daily newsletter inclusion a perk of the expedited reviews #betalist
update advertise page to reflect new newsletter ad format #betalist
add hard limit (model validation) for pitch and description character counts #betalist
switch from mandrill to sendgrid #betalist
enforce pitch character limit #betalist
fix backlog (latest first) review process #betalist
redesign frontlog (submission review) for more efficient reviews #betalist
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remove changelog widget #betalist
share “sneak preview” mockup in newsletter for feedback #betalist
remove old “betalist jobs” code from codebase #betalist
store email with payment #betalist
fix “find by username” for admins #betalist
remove slack integration (by @getaclue) #betalist
change “jobs” label to “startup jobs” for SEO juice #betalist
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fix bunch of broken tests #betalist
remove formtastic gem #betalist
upgrade to heroku-16 stack #betalist
fix google analytics / turbolinks 😂 #betalist
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add startup pitch to rss item title #betalist
respond to every newsletter redesign feedback message (~40 replies and counting) #betalist
allow “newsletter messages” (show on top of the newsletter) to be created in our CMS rather than having to edit HTML code #betalist
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show tweet link in admin for each startup #betalist
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switch BetaList Daily (newsletter) from old, ugly, and buggy RSS-based design to new custom-generated, streamlined design (few years overdue 😂) #betalist
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add “report this comment” functionality #betalist
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schedule next week’s sponsor #betalist
add fonts to receipts so it fully supports utft-8 #betalist
cancel quaderno subscription #betalist
remove old, unused git branches #betalist
allow users to add custom receipt text #betalist
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send customers email with PDF receipt #betalist
add custom receipts #betalist
remove bitly and short urls (not needed in tweets nowadays) #betalist
use ?ref=betalist instead of sometimes problematic ?utm_source=BetaList #betalist
fix bug where animated GIFs won’t show in gallery #betalist
fix bug where firefox doesnt show gallery images #betalist
make connection pool match number of threads #betalist
respond to API inquiries #betalist
replace ad with WIP promo #betalist
prep new ad camapaign #betalist
replace foreman with heroku local (for development) #betalist
add “post a job” link to header nav #betalist (h/t @levelsio)
feature 10,000th 🎉 startup on #betalist w/ @rpish
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receive $0.02 in AWS credit 👍 #betalist
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fix broken ad links in newsletter #betalist
set up week ad for #betalist newsletter
update codebase and README so new developers can set up app #betalist
update outdated/insecure ruby gems (h/t @getaclue) #betalist
give @getaclue access to #betalist git repository
set up CDN at cdn.betalist.com #betalist
fix assets.betalist.com SSL #betalist h/t @ndethore
configure ACM / SSL for *.betalist.com domains on AWS #betalist
write developer contract + NDA #betalist
delete spam comments and ban accounts #betalist
turn 7 years old 🤯 #betalist
meeting with @rpish to discuss #betalist
write draft timing interview for #betalist
remove sensitive data (API keys, etc) from historical git repository #betalist
add 6am publication slot #betalist
fix bug where non-existing twitter users prevented startup from being saved. #betalist
added search to BetaList API #betalist
use ?ref=betalist instead of sometimes problematic ?utm_source=BetaList #betalist