Read my latest article: Planet Argon Blog (posted Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:11:00 GMT)

AlphaClone on PostgreSQL and Ruby on Rails

Posted by Robby Russell Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:23:00 GMT

10 comments Latest by dfdfd@gmail.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:19:53 GMT

tour-ss-full-berkshire.jpg (JPEG Image, 370x713 pixels)
Earlier this week, our team launched a client’s project into the public. We began working on it early this year and it was quite an endeavor for our team. The company that we helped launch is AlphaClone, a premier stock research and portfolio simulation service for individuals and professional investors alike. Clone, backtest and track over 230 top fund manager portfolios. More than 15,000 pre-generated clones and nearly limitless possibilities based on your own custom groups of funds. Take a tour of AlphaClone…

It’s hard to deny that I’m insanely proud of the team at Planet Argon for bringing our client’s business idea to reality. We’ve been enjoying keeping up on how the press is responding so far since they’ve launched. I expect that they’ll do well with their business endeavor and look forward to helping them evolve and expand.

I’ve been asked to share some stories and lessons learned throughout the project. Given that we tackled a lot on the Interaction Design side of things in addition to relying a lot more on some of the advanced features of PostgreSQL (we’re dealing with a TON of data here), we have things to share. So, stay tuned as I’ll be highlighting some of those lessons over the coming week(s).

Additionally, if you’re looking for a team to help you execute your next big idea, give us a call!

Subscribe to my RSS feed Enjoying the content? Be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed.
Comments

Leave a response

  1. Avatar
    Michael Siebert Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:36:08 GMT

    http://screencast.com/t/MLlVIannu

    “posted 1 hour from now”... really hot stuff :)

  2. Avatar
    Dan Woolley Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:11:56 GMT

    Beautiful site. Can I ask what you used for your graphs and charts? I’m researching that right now for a site and yours look great. What were the key points that made you pick that graph and chart tool?

  3. Avatar
    Rechnungsprogramm Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:28:29 GMT

    Have you worked on MySql before? Why did you change platform?

  4. Avatar
    Robby Russell Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:12:12 GMT Recommend me on Working with Rails

    @Rechnungsprogramm,

    Yeah, we’ve used MySQL before… but have been advocates and adopters of PostgreSQL for about six years. I have several posts on our reasons for using PosgreSQL over MySQL, feel free to search the archives on my blog.

  5. Avatar
    Nate Miller Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:13:14 GMT

    First off, I’m a huge believer in PostgreSQL. Having launched several successful projects with it, I find it hard to go back to MySQL. However, I find it challenging to take advantage of some of the more advanced features of the PostgreSQL platform without leaving the Rails approach to data-layer agnosticism in the dust. My question is this – does your team try to remain database agnostic with your PGSQL projects, or do leave the :id column behind do it the ol’ fashioned (some might say ‘correct’) way? I’m curious to know your thoughts on the matter.

  6. Avatar
    Freya - Dedicated Hosting Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:26:34 GMT

    Great work and great site, you really develop your themes and this time I’d like to say thank you for the proposition. Thanks for the detailed links too.

  7. Avatar
    dfdf@gmail.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:14:12 GMT
  8. Avatar
    dfd@gmail.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:14:43 GMT
  9. Avatar
    dfdfd@gmail.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:15:43 GMT
  10. Avatar
    dfdfd@gmail.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:19:53 GMT

    high quality replica Watches on sale

    high quality Watches replica on sale

Share your thoughts... (really...I want to hear them)

Comments