Merico Build
Free analytics to level up your code & career
Start new thread
Maxim Wheatley

Merico Build - Free analytics to level up your code & career

by
DevStream
•
Like a fitness tracker for your code. Our contribution analytics empower devs with insight. Let the code speak for itself with dashboards & badges focused on self-improvement & career growth. See where you measure up & translate commits into insights.

Add a comment

Replies

Best
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
Hey everyone 👋, Maxim from Merico here. We are excited to share the free edition of our code analytics with developers around the world. As supporters of ProductHunt for years, we couldn't be more proud to be launching here first! Developers write code for more than just work, however it's a challenge to articulate and celebrate that contribution which can often go unrecognized or remain hidden. How do you translate those contributions into growth, career outcomes, or skill development? We've created a product to solve exactly these challenges! We started Merico to empower developers, and we can think of no better way to do so than to release a version of our product specifically geared towards the individual developer, at no cost, so that's what we've done. This is just the first version of our product—there's lots more to come, and we need your engagement and feedback to keep making this better and more useful. We would love to hear from you. I'd love to hear your questions and suggestions, and will be looking forward to the conversation! Thanks for the support, and thanks for taking a look!
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@maxim_wheatley @saalex Thanks, Samuel! The whole team worked really hard to get this out before the end of the year. Glad you like it and thanks for the support!
Sharlene from Bannernote
@maxim_wheatley I love the UI of it! Congrats to everyone and let me know you want to add localization to your landing page!
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@maxim_wheatley @sharlsz Hey Sharlene, thanks for the support and for reaching out, feel free to email me at maxim {at} merico {dot} dev
Sharlene from Bannernote
@maxim_wheatley @sharlsz Great, just reached out!
Giacinto Carlucci
Like the idea, are there any api keys (maybe to integrate with editors as WakaTime does) or is only focused on github/gitlab commit history?
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@giacintocarlucci Great question! Right now, our analysis focuses primarily on outcomes (the commits) rather than the process to produce them (tracking coding time like WakaTime). As we integrate more data sources, we might make a live coding assistant with our technology. As for APIs, we're looking to get feedback from the community in terms of what data is most interesting and helpful, and we'll explore how to make them available through APIs. What would you like to see? Thanks again for the support!
Giacinto Carlucci
@giacintocarlucci @maxim_wheatley Cool! Of course your solution is a GOOD starting point, it would be helpful to see what are the commits or the branches that requested more coding time
Lucas Gonze
Maker
@giacintocarlucci Product head at Merico here. We're looking for actionability, so in this case we'd be interested in a time/impact or time/productivity ratio. What you can do with that is decide to improve your focus, for example by using the pomodoro method, signing out of Instagram, etc.
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@giacintocarlucci @maxim_wheatley Love this suggestion, Giacinto! Let's get in touch, mind emailing me at maxim {at} merico {dot} dev? I'd love to connect properly!
Giacinto Carlucci
Robert Dougherty
I like your thorough product walkthrough and the deep dive into the capabilities. Well done! What is your vision behind this product considering it’s a free version and how are you planning to expand on it?
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@robertdougherty5 Hey Robert, thanks for the support and for your question! Our vision for the product is that for open-source software to continue to thrive, that community adopted contribution analytics will become an essential part of the equation to coherently reward and recognize development value. That's our grand goal, to facilitate that. More near-term, we recognize that to succeed in enterprise, we have to earn the trust and respect of developers - we believe that with this product we can build an honest relationship with developers with our free product built for them, so they are supportive and comfortable with our enterprise version when they encounter it in the workplace!
Lucas Gonze
Maker
@robertdougherty5 Thanks! As Maxim says, the free developer product can be a funnel for enterprise sales. Also, there may be natural premium features. For example we limit what repos we will process if the cost of computation would be too high. I think willingness to pay in that case would be good. In any event the first hurdle is just making ourselves useful to the community.
Craig Haseler
Doesn't seem to work. Gets stuck on the adding repos stage.
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@craig_haseler Hey Craig! Thanks for jumping in, sorry to hear you're encountering an issue! Mind emailing me? I'd love to personally solve this issue with you! THANK YOU! I'm maxim@merico.dev
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@craig_haseler To clarify, is there an issue when you are prompting the product to begin analyzing a repo?
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@craig_haseler Our engineering team are ready to support however possible here in our OSS community (as another option!) https://merico.zulipchat.com/joi...
Ishwar Jha
i am sure your efforts will improve the craft.
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@ishwarjha Thanks Ishwar! That's our hope, to help developers improve their own practices, and on a more macro-level, to support OSS evolution with more rich and practical insights! Hope you'll use and share the product! Let us know what you think!
Carrie Lu
Great launch! Can't wait to show the inside value of the code!
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@carrie_lu Thank you, Carrie! I expect you'll do great things with this product! :-)
Kofi Waheed
Impressive product.
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@kofiwaheed Thanks for the support, Kofi! Hope you find it useful! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions, suggestions, or just want to chat! I'm: maxim {at} merico {dot} dev
Brittany Griffin
What are some interesting usecases you have seen from early customers?
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
@brittanygriffin2 Hey Brittany! Interesting question. I think one use case that I'm particularly excited about is the simple outcome of articulating value and impact for work that was previously hidden or undervalued. For many developers our system does the equivalent of unearthing long-lost family antiques that are worth a fortune! By translating the code contributions into provable and shareable data and badges, we are already finding developers that are translating their Merico results into promotions, raises, and better job offers! For me that's what gets me excited about our product, that it really is helping people level up their careers in a way that they deserve but couldn't capture previously! Thanks for the support!
Maxim Wheatley
Maker
We are so honored by the incredible reception today! Thanks everybody for your support. We hope you'll introduce any of your developer friends to Merico Build, and if you have any questions, ideas, or suggestions, don't hesitate to reach out to me! Excited to keep the conversations going! I'm: maxim {at} merico {dot} dev
Maria
Sounds great! All likes for the simple, nice and intuitive interface! As far as I understood it is related just to code analysis, right? I must admit - coding is not my primary focus, but I know many people who will be more than happy when I share with them this awesome product! ^_^