275 karma · joined July 21, 2010
Though WakeMate is an iPhone app and a physical product.
Submits the form on the demo bypassing the "captcha".
But on that note PgAdmin3 is pretty crap. At least on my mac.
I think "voting" should be open to anonymous users. The public's consensus is the value you are offering. Without volume there is no value. Attracting that volume is key, meaning low barrier to entry is necessary.
The stack: Python, Django, Backbone.js, MySQL, Solr, Redis, Nginx, Gunicorn.
The integration between Django and Backbone.js was a b*tch. I'll hopefully be osing two small apps that make it a breeze for others.
I believe they are also selling the data to insurance companies.
http://cl.ly/2p2K0Q0m2i0I2D3I2J1U/Screen_shot_2011-06-13_at_...
As for the facemash algo I think it was the ELO rating system. (when I watched the social network I squealed inside cause I recognized it instantly) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system