Hey guys! I built this little tool after seeing all of your wonderful side projects in a recent Ask HN post. I decided it was time I stopped working on multiple large projects that I never wind up finishing and just build something small. So here is the result of your inspiration and a few nights of work :)
Well I think Whisper is more of a social sharing site while this tool is about sending anonymous messages to a specific target number. As for the stack it is Rails(which was probably overkill but I have yet to do much with Sinatra), Twilio, with Stripe integration. I send the messages via Twilio and then use their API to redact the logs so I can't see what people are messaging using the service.
Thanks! The hardest part right now is finding the right audience to put it in front of.
I definitely will! Another benefit of actually finishing a project is being able to share with others the challenges/successes/unexpected that happen during.
Haha I actually stole the idea from dollarfuckyou.com but have yet to reach his level of success. I hadn't heard of spoiled.io but from their FAQ I can tell we have the same sense of humor. I'm actually planning to rebuild the site with dropdown options rather than "send anything" since I think its too much work for most people.
How are you using Stripe without an SSL certificate on your website? I just looked at the Stripe documentation, and it says you need to have an SSL certificate on your site in order to use Stripe. Is that more of just a suggestion than a requirement?
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I hope you circle back later to talk about your marketing and revenue figures.
I definitely will! Another benefit of actually finishing a project is being able to share with others the challenges/successes/unexpected that happen during.
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Did you by chance look at spoiled.io before you created your service? That's the service that inspired me :)
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