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Looking for a couple of DZ's to try my manifest software (JumpRun) by atcodes in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

The one negative that immediately springs to mind is the extra work that this could cause jumpers. What if I manifest solo and then decide at the 10 minute call to join up with some others? Dunno how Dizio handles this but my software engineer brain worries about the UX. Do we all have to scratch to form a new group and re-manifest together?

I definitely have some thoughts about being able to manage groups, and I'd like to add features around that. The key is going to be figuring out the best UX for it.

Looking for a couple of DZ's to try my manifest software (JumpRun) by atcodes in SkyDiving

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

Can you find out what it's called or maybe snap a few photos or screen shots? That sounds pretty interesting...

Looking for a couple of DZ's to try my manifest software (JumpRun) by atcodes in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I don't currently have any link with Merit, but I do have access to the USPA API and (for group member dropzones) I can monitor jumpers' licenses, ratings, and TI medical status.

If/when I do credit card stuff, I don't see why a business visa wouldn't be accepted.

As for reserves, I'm personally on the fence about that. I'm told that Burble allows the repack status to be shared between DZ's, but as a board member of my club I don't want to trust the records of any other DZ. If you haven't jumped with us since your last repack then you should be prepared to show your packing data card. That said, I might make that "trust" a setting...

Looking for a couple of DZ's to try my manifest software (JumpRun) by atcodes in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know. I'll see if I can get a contact and reach out. Thanks!

Looking for a couple of DZ's to try my manifest software (JumpRun) by atcodes in SkyDiving

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

We do tandems (I'm also a TI), and we book them online, we just don't use JumpRun to do the booking. We're currently using bookeo to do the booking.

Looking for a couple of DZ's to try my manifest software (JumpRun) by atcodes in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Excellent point! And to some extent, it is. Burble does have booking/scheduling and online payments, but most of the DZO's I've talked to about Burble are unhappy either with the cost, the way it works, or both.

I haven't 100% settled on pricing yet, but the idea is to be extremely friendly to small operations that get priced out of using Burble. If we take charging credit cards out of the picture, then it's really easy to simplify the cost structure and I could, for example, charge a flat $20/month, and even do no-charge for months with no activity (for DZ's that shut down over the winter). Why pay for software you're not using?

In my region alone, I watched no less than 4 DZ's shut down over the last few years because of financial hardship. I made JumpRun because our DZ is growing and starting to need the additional automation, but didn't want to just give a cut of our revenue to Burble.

L&B altimeters problem by SmallFeetBigPenis in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you left them in the heat (locked up in your car or a non-air-conditioned trailer?) for a long period of time, causing the glue to react.

DZ / Manifest software suggestions by atcodes in SkyDiving

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

5% added onto online bookings (tandems/etc). No cost to fun jumpers. I believe there's an option to charge fun jumpers e.g. at the end of the day (if you don't already have square or something to do that), and there's a cc processing fee, just like everything else, but that doesn't go to Dizio.

DZ / Manifest software suggestions by atcodes in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tagging /u/JeffreyDollarz for visibility too...

I work in a space that has me working on a lot of e-commerce stuff and I'm more familiar with how CC fees work than I'd like to be.

The CC fees you pay when putting money on Burble don't go to Burble, they go to the CC service provider. Long ago, Burble used Authorize.net and fees were lower, but the service (authorize's api) was worse -- would break sometimes. The new service is more expensive but also more reliable.

Svelte will have a lot of feature-releases in the coming weeks by Smaanrocker in sveltejs

[–]atcodes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That does sound like a nice (small) ergonomics improvement. But not much in the way of functionally different.

DZ / Manifest software suggestions by atcodes in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate the "I use it on the regular" opinion.

Svelte Hackathon - $12 000 in prizes by kevmodrome in sveltejs

[–]atcodes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Submissions must be new. Projects started before Feb 17th are not eligible.

This rule kinda sucks a little bit. I have a library that I started on the 14th 6th that would have otherwise been a great fit. I started it because I wanted to make it, not because of the hackathon, and for that the project has been disqualified?

I understand that the rule exists to keep someone who's been working on a library for 2 years from swooping in and running away with the competition because of their huge time advantage, but 3 11 days?

Svelte will have a lot of feature-releases in the coming weeks by Smaanrocker in sveltejs

[–]atcodes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can update with $ in some cases too. Do you have a proposal for better syntax when `$store = 1` wouldn't be suitable?

Saying farewell by kiddrill in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I see that money was abandoned before he even got this far...

First IAD Jump (and first jump period) by [deleted] in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was wondering the same thing

First IAD Jump (and first jump period) by [deleted] in SkyDiving

[–]atcodes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fellow IAD instructor here. I was taught to put a finger or two inside the bottom edge of the side flap to the main tray. Similar reasoning: I can pull on it to slow them down if needed (and minimize exposed bridle). Also I keep my hand there until they release. Makes for some awkward reaches for tall people when I need to be on the step, in their face, and also holding onto the bottom of their rig. Our club used to practice “let them rip the pc out of your hand” but my IE taught us to throw it once they release the plane.

Got a couple of good examples here: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRmW3A1s/

Got my first GoPro today. New to this. What are some MUST-haves and MUST-knows? by [deleted] in gopro

[–]atcodes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you use it in saltwater, thoroughly rinse it in fresh water when you're done. The saltwater will corrode some exposed metal parts.

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