[G1 Android Development] Sir Savant:
Hello, before I begin, let me introduce myself. My name is Jose Diaz-Gonzalez, and I am a web developer based in New York City. I am a project manager on a few apps and I maintain a bunch of really small projects. I've used a variation of this username across the internet for the past 8 years or so. I currently develop applications using a framework called CakePHP, and doing so allows me to make rapid progress across most of my projects.

I have an Android Developer Phone, and as such I'm constantly reflashing the firmware to check out goodies (and also piss off my office manager :p). XDA-Developers is kind of annoying to check for updates, though, and so I have subscribed to some of the developer's twitter accounts, as well as Simon Walker's for the latest ROM updates. However, the interface on that site is sort of silly (it works though :) ), and there isn't a good way to filter. I've no idea what maintenance is like for him either, and adding new features doesn't seem very easy (the site has been up for a while now and still missing some features I'd like).

Regardless, I set out to make my own "clone". Clone because I'm taking his information and reformatting it to my liking. I've also added some features, such as ROM filtering etc. I still have many things to do with the system, but I have work and a few projects to deploy this week, so I'll work on it during CakeFest in Berlin. In case you were wondering, the bulk of the work was done in a 6 hour developer jam last sunday over a bowl of cereal and a game of Mario Kart Wii.

I'm open to comments, suggestions, anything. In fact, I've tossed the app onto github, so if you can do web development but can't develop ROMs, join in and add features or report bugs at the bug tracker.

I'm well aware that I'm not tracking every rom at the moment, I just wanted to push the site live as I've been sitting on it for a week or so. I'll update more throughout the night.

If you are a developer of a ROM and happen to be in Simon's database, you have a username in my system. Feel free to PM me for login information :) .

Anyone wishing to donate, feel free. Hosting isn't free and neither is the domain name. I'll try to put the money to good use (like lunch that isn't just a snickers bar lawl). You aren't obligated though, but it is nice :)

Here are the features that are currently up:

FEATURES:

* Sorting and Pagination

* Developer Login

* Developer Profiles

* Forms to update various ROM information (if logged in)

* ROM index filtering

* ROM summary

* Index shows less information, so should load fast and be viewable without horizontal scrolling

* Summary view, just like the JAB database

* Based upon CakePHP/MySQL

DONE:

* Dates in a friendlier format

* ROM Social Bookmarking to Digg/Delicious/Tumblelog etc.

* ROM Update RSS Feed

* ROM twitter posting on update

TODO (In order of most likely to occur):

* ROM revisioning system

* Registration for new ROM developers

* Site icon and Logo (anyone want to donate something :D )

* Better, custom template

* Android/iPhone template

* Screenshot uploading facility (Possible ImageShack integration)

* ROM Commenting/Moderation system

* Setting what you want to view on the ROM index

* Simpler Navigation of ROMS

* Resource links

* ROM comparison

* ROM Notification system for developers if I happen to update their entries before they can

* Facility to allow contributions by non-developers

* Blog facility if developer has no alternative

* Filtering dates

* Possible Update.zip creation? (if I get really bored and have a lot of time...)

* Possible integrated wiki? We already have the xda-developers wiki for that, although a knowledge base might be feasible

RESOURCES

Site Link: http://androidrevisions.com/

GitHub Link: http://github.com/josegonzalez/androidrevisions/tree/master

Donate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6599076

Twitter: http://twitter.com/androidrevision

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/savant

My Blog: http://josediazgonzalez.com/

Stay tuned for updates! I'm only on revision 0.1!