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  • Joe Pracher
    Love that this prompted you to go lock down your GitHub settings! That is exactly the kind of proactive action we need more of right...
  • Alex Snyder
    Joe - this is a super valuable concern to have! I wasn't aware of how GitHub is being used to break in. That got me into my own GitHub...
  • joe.pistell
    Input: https://forum.dealerrefresh.com/members/dan-sayer.648/#recent-content @Dan Sayer Summary Dan Sayer is a long-time Staff member...
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  • Alex Snyder
    I like this. What could be more powerful is taking all of their thread history and creating a "community engagement" profile. I'll...
  • joe.pistell
    @craigh Summary CraigH is a long-time Super Moderator and Staff member (joined May 2011) from Ontario, Canada. He has nearly 2,000...
  • joe.pistell
    Member's bios: https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5LWNvcHk_0f77fd77-f084-4272-9ae7-1ca09e754105
  • Joe Pracher
    Everyone in automotive is racing toward AI.But almost nobody is talking about the massive security risk being created right now. A...
  • Dan Sayer
    I’m blown away at the number of times that customers, in their 20’s and 30’s, roll in with full color screen prints. To them it’s more...
  • CarlAutofusion
    Ryan is right that the most time-consuming/expensive part will be getting the data pipelines set up. Some vendors won't do it unless...
  • CarlAutofusion
    Check out snowflake.com. It can get expensive if you're running a ton of stuff through it but its' pretty good and they have an API if...
  • CarlAutofusion
    Rates differ greatly depending on where you are. $12/car is cheap if you're talking about a company taking photos for you. Photography...
  • Brad Burlingham
    I'm hoping to setup api from all of our dealerships into a datalake so that we can create our own reporting. Does anyone have any...
  • Dan Sayer
    It is, Mr. Nash. Don’t take this the wrong way, but you arrived as though you’d uncovered a new idea when, in reality, most of what you...
  • Alex Snyder
    :hello: We have been making tons of changes to DealerRefresh. Some you see, many you don't. With the nitty-gritty stuff done, it is...
  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    We good. I'll start a new thread for the roadmap.
  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    I love the roadmap idea. That sounds like a new thread. Since we have this thread rolling on the initial changes and migrations, I...
  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    Something very cool with lots of legs Claude and I wired up an API to Haiku and Sonnet. The initial purpose is to provide an AI...
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  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    Boring IT stuff Made a fresh backup to store online and offline. Then made a new replication of the production site (this site) on...
  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    This thread is turning into a little diary along with the changes. We just experienced a 30-minute outage due to a series of stupid...
  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    Kinks have been smoothed. That was a PITA :banghead: Now it is time to improve the activity widget on the home page. Going to add...
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  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    On the same goal of making things easier for new visitors to sign up, we have moved to a single navigation bar. Search and user account...
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    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    Making some tweaks to the new Visitors Online widget. Combined it with the forum stats. In building this, I realized our old forum...
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  • Alex Snyder
    Alex Snyder replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    Yup @joe.pistell - this is just the beginning. My initial goals are to boost SEO (which is already amazing) and push new visitors to...
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  • joe.pistell
    joe.pistell replied to the thread Changes to DealerRefresh.
    ohoh... Alex and Claude Code are flexin' :cool:
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    Changes to DealerRefresh
    Alex Snyder documents a series of live technical upgrades to DealerRefresh, including replacing a...
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    Automotive Photographer Rates 2026?
    An in-house automotive photographer earning $12 per vehicle asks whether that rate is fair for ma...
    Dealers: Get out of your own way. The future is Transparency.
    A poster identifying himself as a 20-year automotive veteran named Andrew argues that the traditi...
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