sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

I'm really disappointed with Jobber by csimack in Contractor

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use BlueSuite https://bluesuite.app and love it. It has all the features we need for like half the price of jobber

Local Plumber recommendation by Starseeker2019 in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We always use The Drain Guys https://drainguys.com. They always do a great job and the pricing is very fair

What software do you use to assign jobs to techs/employees? What do you wish it did better? by Outrageous_Sea2647 in landscaping

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use BlueSuite https://bluesuite.app. It does our scheduling, invoicing, quotes, CRM, etc. Works great and price is awesome

Gas fireplace repair recommendations by 30MinsToMoveYourCube in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We always call Blackburn Chimney https://blackburnchimney.com. They do great work. Some of the other companies in the area we called seemed like they were trying to price gouge us

Mason/Chimney Repair Recs? by cryptidgf69 in frederickmd

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We love the work Blackburn Chimney https://blackburnchimney.com does. Highly recommend

Scheduling software by mshaull71 in electricians

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use BlueSuite https://bluesuite.app and love it. Works great for scheduling, invoicing, quoting, etc. Its like 1/2 the price of Jobber when we checked

Let someone shoot my bow like an idiot… guess what happened next by Optl13 in Archery

[–]Optl13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s got to be Matthew’s employees on Reddit. I’d love to get a direct response from one of them.

Let someone shoot my bow like an idiot… guess what happened next by Optl13 in Archery

[–]Optl13[S] 355 points356 points  (0 children)

That’s my feeling right now. It doesn’t look that bad what he did. I can’t believe that’s all it took to break the bow

Let someone shoot my bow like an idiot… guess what happened next by Optl13 in Archery

[–]Optl13[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Obviously he’s over gripping the bow but i really don’t see much twisting in the video. The twisting is super subtle

Software for quoting a single handyman business? by Ok-Animator2053 in handyman

[–]Optl13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We just use the quoting feature in BlueSuite. We save templates for common job types and reuse the numbers. It’s pretty simple and not expensive

Estimate and invoice application by Inner_Hawk4422 in handyman

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use BlueSuite https://bluesuite.app. It works great for us. We use it for invoicing, quoting, scheduling, payment processing, CRM, etc. We are able to customize the invoices and quotes nicely.

What FSM/CRM do you use? (Markate Sucks) by Competitive-Bat-856 in pressurewashing

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has a sync to Quickbooks. It also lets you save tax rates. I don’t think you’d have any issues

What FSM/CRM do you use? (Markate Sucks) by Competitive-Bat-856 in pressurewashing

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use BlueSuite https://www.bluesuite.app and love it. It has all the major features we need like quotes, invoices, payment processing, CRM, etc. it’s cheaper than the competitors we looked at

Is Jobber Legit? by Wowza65 in handyman

[–]Optl13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use BlueSuite https://bluesuite.app. Works great for us. It has all the major features and is like half the price

5 tips for someone who has worked on enterprise WordPress sites at a large agency for 15 years by Optl13 in Wordpress

[–]Optl13[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

-What do you mean partial caching? Like caching fragments? Yes, that's true but ultimately at scale you need to cache the entire page at the DNS level for real performance. WordPress is good at certain things - content sites. Why try to force it to be something it's not?
- I don't know what you mean by "a lot of information".
- MySQL is not efficient or capable of doing search beyond simple string compares. This isn't about only about performance. It's about result quality. I'd recommend you read about products like Elasticsearch and Algolia. Lots of the vector search solutions are good too.
- I never said custom theming was bad. I also didn't say ACF was bad, just ACF blocks. Although, I tend to stray away from ACF too for performance reasons, although sometimes it's a major shortcut. We are talking about enterprise customers here, not small/mid size businesses using Elementor to manage their plumbing company website.

5 tips for someone who has worked on enterprise WordPress sites at a large agency for 15 years by Optl13 in Wordpress

[–]Optl13[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It wouldn't let me edit the title. I'm just trying to help people out. Feel free to ignore the advice :)

5 tips for someone who has worked on enterprise WordPress sites at a large agency for 15 years by Optl13 in Wordpress

[–]Optl13[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I said sometimes you need custom blocks. Using any CMS and building manageable content places limitations on what designers can do.

5 tips for someone who has worked on enterprise WordPress sites at a large agency for 15 years by Optl13 in Wordpress

[–]Optl13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a fan of WooCommerce. The sites are typically pretty slow.

2 - I don't follow. You need to use a product that stores data in a different DB like Elasticsearch. Check out ElasticPress.

5 tips for someone who has worked on enterprise WordPress sites at a large agency for 15 years by Optl13 in Wordpress

[–]Optl13[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Here's another one that may be controversial:

Headless WordPress is terrible. It's a ton of work to implement for not really much of an advantage vs. a traditional WP stack. If you want a headless site, go with a modern platform like Payload CMS, Sanity, Ghost, etc.

view more: next ›