# WANTED: Ruby Developer

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wanted-ruby-developer/95207>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 5, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wanted-ruby-developer/95207 "2005-12-05T10:59:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wanted-ruby-developer/95207/1 "2005-12-05T10:59:16Z")

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Hi All,

Are you interested in using your Ruby/Rails knowledge to create a  
_killer_ application and just maybe make some money out of it, too?

Noumenaut Studios is looking for a volunteer Ruby developer to help us  
develop a content management system for Skribe, our forthcoming high-end  
blogging application (being developed primarily in Flash, with a Ruby on  
Rails back end).

There are three of us and we’re looking to add a fourth. If you’re  
interested, you can read about our goals in our project charter below.  
Please feel free to contact me if you’re interested in helping.

Thanks!

Steve Jovanovic  
Director of Engineering  
Noumenaut Studios  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
(608) 225-2073

OBJECTIVE  
The purpose of this project is to create the first release of what is  
intended to become a revolutionary, market-defining blogging  
application. The aim of the first release consists of both business and  
technical objectives.

Business

1. Launch Skribe 1.0 no later than 1 Jul 2006.
2. Pilot Release 1 to a community of up to 100 users for six months  
after launch, providing 95% uptime;
3. Provide free accounts;
4. Minimize dependence on commercial software to reduce expenditures;
5. Grow a loyal user community from which to solicit ideas for  
subsequent releases.
6. Evaluate the market potential at the end of the pilot period to  
assess the economic viability of launching a business to generate profit  
and sustain future development work.

Technical

1. Create a front end with the best usability and aesthetics of any  
blogging application on the market;
2. Create a supporting back end content management system (CMS) to store  
and deliver content, including audio, video, text, and possibly other  
formats.

ANALYSIS

The blogging market is enjoying exponential growth. As the population  
grows, the market is expected to expand even further.

Existing blogging applications are primitive, relying on HTML and the  
mainstream form-based request-response model for submitting and  
delivering content. The usability of these products is generally poor.  
Some work well, but at the expense of a rich feature set and pleasing  
aesthetics. Others deliver a plethora of unnecessary features, creating  
confusion and user failure by making setup, administration, and usage  
difficult. Some try to be all things to all people, combining elements  
of online dating, music, and social networking sites so that the purpose  
is lost, which can lead to rapid user attrition. All existing  
applications suffer from a weakness in allowing users to find the  
information that theyâ??re looking for, be it a person or particular blog.  
Many applications are highly insecure, which threatens the integrity of  
user data and user privacy.

There appears to be a market for a high-end blogging application that  
transcends the traditional form-based model, provides unparalleled  
usability, unprecedented aesthetics, and offers extensive searching  
capabilities, security, and anonymity, if desired. No high-end  
applications exist that donâ??t belabor users with unnecessary complexity,  
thus lowering the probability that the users will succeed in creating a  
blog that they will use.

INTENT  
Our intent is to fill that gap and create a profitable business thereby.