this is flashbang!

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flashbang is an Instagram-style person-to-person marketplace

key features of flashbang are

• a private network (UT Austin)
• tagging & following tags
• simply coordinating the transfer of goods
• extremely fast item posting
• knowledge of top tags being followed so users can post those items

Development Configuration

MailCatcher

1. gem install mailcatcher once to install on your system
2. before running project in development, run mailcatcher in your terminal window to launch the development mail server
3. Check http://localhost:1080/ for mail sent by the app

Sidekiq & Redis

1. Before installing Sidekiq, be sure to install Redis. brew install redis
2. Sidekiq needs to be on for Sidekiq to work. In it's own window, launch redis-server
3. Launch Sidekiq in its own terminal window with bundle exec sidekiq