OSS meme generator
@kensheedlo
github.com/ksheedlo
My name is ken and I make cool things for the web.
(that's me at the bottom)
PREMISE
Memes are awesome
problem
Quickmeme wants to own your memes
Imgur wants to own your memes
Cheezburger wants to own your memes
None of them have good UI either :(
solution
build a new meme generator
open-source
free to use
scalable and cheap to produce
Who should own the memes?
The users!
users own the memes
no watermarks
no B.S.
the design so far
Scalable real-time backend (e.g., Firebase)
Single-page AngularJS app, no API backend
Use pre-existing data stores (FB, Google Drive)
Minimize cost to scale big with little funding
"Great! Sign me up!"
Slight problem
this isn't for everyone
You need to know HTML
CSS
Javascript
the DOM
Unix of course :)
and be willing to learn on the way
frontend is hard
but I still want to work with you
so if you're not ready... build a blog
pick an open-source project
get an internship
if what I'm doing is really worthwhile
the code will still be waiting for you