CareerPlug is a candidate sourcing company.  They use a custom Rails application to parse resumes from CareerBuilder, Monster and HotJobs into a candidate pool from which they can search for and invite to their client’s job opportunities.

I started working on this application after its inception, but prior to release.  I made it production ready and have been tuning it and adding features and functionality ever since.

Some interesting technology hightlights in use here are: DomainKeys for ensured email delivery, exporting data as Excel Spreadsheets, keyword searching over hundreds of thousands of resumes using Sphinx, and custom web page templating using LiquidTemplate.

This application is not public facing, so you cannot see it in action, but you can view CareerPlug’s corporate web site, which I also created using WordPress.

My friend owns a business delivering real-estate flyers around the bay area. He needed a web application to take orders (both from his customers as well as his employees on behalf of customers) and manage those orders. The site was written in Rails and is completely custom based on his business goals.

It provides a modest public facing side for customers to place orders, get product information and contact the business. The ordering process is more complicated than the traditional shopping cart because of the various options a customer has in selecting a product. Credit card transactions are handled through Authorize.net.

There is also an administrative side, in which authorized users can view and edit customers, orders, products and services. All information you see on the public facing side is editable through the administrative interface, such as the FAQ, prices and product descriptions.

The site can be viewed here.