MyProxy
Deploy applications to your server under your domain names
We finished building what we wanted to build.
This project is complete! Final Thoughts
Our main app, c0d3.com, teaches students how to code. Part of the curriculum teaches students how to write server side code so we need a way for students to deploy their code to show the world.
We couldn't find a deployment tool that fit our needs so we decided to build our own - MyProxy.
Our MyProxy launch a few days ago failed. Nobody was interested, so we decided to build an app on top of our MyProxy project and launched FreeDomains.dev
As we built it, we engaged users to try it and added a lot of instructions to make it super clear for everyone who comes in.
We plan to launch this site, hopefully this website will give MyProxy more attention.
https://garagescript.github.io/myProxy/
MyProxy is a tool to help web devs deploy their apps to their own servers quickly under their own domain names.
Making screencasts took a lot of time. Learned to write out the transcript, record audio first, then record screencast.
The day of launch was hectic but we were able to polish a lot of details.
Other than our direct team, the launch felt lonely. In hindsight, we should have been more active in getting users and beta testers. This way, launches could feel more celebratory and has a higher chance of succeeding.
Launch Report (12 hours later):
Around 200 views today, 2 extra stars on the github repo.
- Product Hunt: 12 points
- IndieHackers: 5 likes
- Reddit: 18 upvotes
- Hacker News: 18 points. Got to page 2!
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