Show HN: Kerstman, a secret santa app built using rails

1 pointsryanmacg11y ago2 comments

This is now the second secret santa matching app I've built to fill a problem I've had with many groups over the years. Loads of secret santas I've organised or been involved with have had couples who you don't really want to end up matched. As a result I've built a web app that allows you to specify a partner who you don't want that person to be giving to.

There's a few bugs wherein it won't successfully match everyone but I've made sure it won't bomb out or send an email to some people before everyone has a giftee and gifter. I'm mainly looking for feedback before I take it outside of testing at work and with friends so hopefully someone finds it of use.

https://github.com/RyanMacG/kerstman/tree/master

2 comments

ismail11y ago

is it available online?

ryanmacgOP11y ago

There's a test version online at the moment here - https://kerstman.herokuapp.com/

While it asks for a signup it's just looking for a valid unique email so you can use pretty much anything. The matching stage is the only point where emails are actually dispatched

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