private repos

I think Hall & Oates had a song called Private Dancer.  Nope, just googled it and it's Tina Turner.  Anyway...

Ok, I know github.com is all the rage, but dammit, I'm not ready to share all my hard work with the world.  So I've decided to go private.  This post sums up my sentiments:

http://somatose.com/2011/10/from-github-to-bitbucket-in-60-seconds.html

So we live in a world where people won't pay $7/month if there is a free alternative.  What can I say.  It's a slippery slope, because as soon as I go with a private github repo, then travis ci wants to charge to integrate with a private github repo.  Now it's almost $20 a month!  That's like 4 beers at Great Basin Brewery!

I'm embarking on these projects mostly because I get off on developing, and especially on learning new stuff.  But I also like to control my assets.  I know that listing a public github repo on a resume makes it really easy for a potential employer to look over your "portfolio", but oh well, I'm gonna go with the proverbial "available upon request".

I'd like to get an app on the app store anyway, and let the finished product speak for itself.

As for dev details, I dusted off the Tapster project after having lunch with my friend/former colleague Nick W. last week. It was his idea to mount a phone to a keg and make it do cool stuff to begin with.  That codebase is surprisingly in good shape.  It was my first Android project and I learned quite a bit.  Some things I did different on AR/Trakker versus Tapster:

Tapster:  All external dependencies I went and found the jar file, put it in a libs folder, and checked it into source control
Trakker:  I discovered Maven.  Nuff said.

Tapster: I actually used Dagger for Di
Trakker:  I fiddled with Dagger again and chose RoboGuice because it seemed easier.  Weird when your former self could figure out something your present self couldn't

Tapster:  Wrote my own data access layer in the "standard" Android way.  No ORM tools.  Old fashioned SQL statements.
Trakker:  Went with OrmLite.  Did I mention I hate SQL?

Tapster:  Had my college roommate Big Bill design me a sweet pint glass for an icon.
Trakker:  Still using stock icon.  Need to make pretty.

Tapster:  No CI
Trakker:  Travis CI.  Although, as mentioned above, I am about to turn my workstation into my own CI server and ditch paid services. At least until if/when this turns into more than a hobby.

Learning and experience are awesome.  Want more.