I finally finished working out all the obvious kinks in PowrHouse, polishing the design to the point where I don’t hate it, and fighting with the Media Temple Django GridContainer setup (it actually wasn’t too bad, but it could’ve been much better documented). Thus, I am able to present the public alpha of PowrHouse.
What’s alpha? I guess it means different things when different people say it. When I say it, it means I’m almost positive there are many bugs, and a lot of the design still makes me want to puke, but it’s finished enough that other people can start using it and providing me with meaningful feedback. If you’d like to do that, please go to powrhouse.net and register.
If you do decide to register, please email me as much as possible. I don’t care what it is; bugs, error messages, comments, compliments, criticisms, invitations to classy dinner parties, they’re all good. I just want to hear from my users (it feels weird typing the phrase “my users”, since I’ve never had any before). Having people use my software gives me a great thrill, and if they send me bugs/errors, it’s the most invaluable testing tool I could ever have. So please, if you use PowrHouse, send me as many emails as you can, because each one will help me make a better product in one way or another.
That’s all I’ve got for now. Like I alluded to before, this is the first web app I’ve ever launched, and it’s a wicked exciting moment for me. I hope to hear from a few users soon!