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The free demo strategy is working great to get new subscribers in @rocketvalidator -- every new user in the last weeks has tried this demo first:

rocketvalidator.com/demo/new

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I've changed the tagline in rocketvalidator.com, it was:

Automatic site validation
for large sites

and now it is:

Digital accessibility scanner
for busy developers

WDYT? #buildinpublic
I had a good time developing this tag filter feature in Rocket Validator, it took a while but it's worth it πŸ’ͺ

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I have a queue of beta features in Rocket Validator going public this month, the first one is URL exclusions.

Users can now define paths to be skipped by our web crawler when running their site validation reports.

#buildinpublic #crawlers #validation

🚨 New feature: URL exclusions

rocketvalidator.com/blog/exclusions

You can now define paths to be excluded from your site validation reports, so our web crawler automatically excludes them from the web page list.
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...And there was a beautiful view
But nobody could see
Cause everybody on the island
Was saying: Look at me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!

#buildinpublic
OK I'll add my story to this thread for completeness.

And you, how did you come up with the idea for your project? #buildinpublic

Hey solopreneurs and indie hackers out there!

I'm curious to know how you came up with the idea for the app you're currently working on. Was it an aha moment? Or the fruit of long market research?

What was the spark that lit the fire? ✨πŸ”₯

#buildinpublic #solopreneur
Hey solopreneurs and indie hackers out there!

I'm curious to know how you came up with the idea for the app you're currently working on. Was it an aha moment? Or the fruit of long market research?

What was the spark that lit the fire? ✨πŸ”₯

#buildinpublic #solopreneur
When I read #buildinpublic stories about how earlier attempts at building startups failed, I always think of the "castle sank into the swamp" Monty Python sketch 🏰🀣

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Me: "I should spend less time coding and more time getting to know my clients on social networks."

Also me: "Sure, it shouldn't be too hard building a custom CRM for that, maybe automate it with some scraping?"

🀦

#solopreneur #buildinpublic #fearofmarketing
I'm working on letting the users of @rocketvalidator add tags/labels to the site validation reports for better organization, but now I'm not sure which term is better in this context, "tag" or "label"? Are they synonyms? Which one do you prefer?

#buildinpublic
What are good examples of designing advanced search UIs?

I want to let users in @rocketvalidator search by tag combinations and compose queries using boolean operators, like "tag1 AND (tag2 OR tag3)".

Do you have good examples of flexible, yet simple interfaces?

#buildinpublic
It's been fun working on this feature. Some clients asked for a way to download the site validation reports in Excel format.

Elixir made it easy to generate the Excel files and compress the collection to zip in memory. πŸ’œ

#buildinpublic
New feature: you can now download all the data in your site validation reports as Excel files

rocketvalidator.com/blog/how-to-ex…

#html #a11y #automation #webdev
I've been using Sendgrid marketing campaigns for years, but it's no longer available as a Heroku add-on it seems.

What's your favourite tool to send monthly marketing newsletters, and why? I'm considering switching to Mailchimp, Moosend or Drip.

#buildinpublic
We've launched a new feature in @rocketvalidator !!!

rocketvalidator.com/devices

Now you can emulate different devices for your #a11y tests, using their screen resolution (width, height, and device scale factor) πŸš€πŸ“±πŸ’»πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»

#buildinpublic #a11y #automation
You can now test your sites at different screen resolutions with Device Viewport Emulation

rocketvalidator.com/devices

#a11y #automation
Excited to see how the new devices / viewport selection feature is almost ready on @rocketvalidator #beta #buildinpublic

LiveView is awesome! #myelixirstatus
Yay! Today I'm celebrating the first Enterprise client in @rocketvalidator - this subscription plan is designed for large organizations with many developers working as a team validating large sites

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#buildinpublic #accessibility