RubyAppCare
Prakash Murthy
Slides at https://slides.com/prakash/rubyappcare
RubyAppCare
Productizing the work I have been doing for the last 6 years
- as a Ruby on Rails Consultant.
About me
- Colorado resident since 2010
- Ruby on Rails Dev since 2010
- 14 years as Customer Support Engineer previously
Productize!
- http://www.productizedconsulting.com/
- https://casjam.com/productize/
A fixed monthly cost maintenance service for Ruby on Rails applications
RailsAppCare -> RubyAppCare
Value for clients
- Knowledgeable person available to handle issues
- Have the system up-to-date with security patches & releases
- Fixed monthly cost
- Flexibility to vary engagement level based on need
Maintenance Plan
Covers security patches, bug fixes, and small enhancements
Evolution Plan
In addition to all the things covered in the maintenance plan, this plan covers larger enhancements at a non-urgent basis.
Maintenance Plan
$5,000 one time setup fee
$2,500 per month ongoing fee
Evolution Plan
$5,000 one time setup fee
$5,000 per month ongoing fee
Setup Fee
- Get familiar with the software system
- Setup staging environment, alerts, monitoring, code quality check, etc.
- Work on fixing bugs, improving code quality / test coverage, etc.
Fee for a discovery phase whose aim is to make RubyAppCare team take full ownershop of the system.
First Client signed up last week!
The future
- Specialize in maintenance & upgrade of rails applications
- Build it into a small team
- Make it a real business!