EVE Technology Lab

I am working on a ‘intelligent’ ship fitting tool, under the working title ‘GenEFT’.
The alpha preview version is now available: GenEFT.
It comes with many limitations now, e.g. only a subset of ships is available at the moment.
This is how it works:
You choose a ship and some constraints like max price, tank type etc.
Then, a genetic algorithm is applied and after some time it comes up with 5 different fittings, that fulfill given constraints, and have maximum firepower (just raw 'paper' dps now) and tank.
It's just an early alpha version, with limited practical utility, but I need some feedback, so I decided to publish this app.
You need to enter you email in order to use it (because I don't want to be DOSed right from the start) and then click an confirmation link. An alternative is to enter your API key, which is a cool option because then the application will take your character's skills into consideration.
The genetic algorithm needs some serious computing power, and the application runs on a cheap hardware now, so please be patient when waiting for results. The algorithm will be optimized, and the hardware upgraded at some point.

I wanted a Shield Buffer Tanked Rifter for 500m ISK and i got

http://geneft.com/#/fitting/56300b1cc5e4200009000009

- Polarized Weapons should not be used with Hardeners
- Rigs? :)

Any chance you can implement something like reCAPTCHA (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html) instead of email verification? It's free and works incredibly well.

I will consider it. But I personally hate any sort of captcha.

For now, if you don't want to use your private email, you can use something like https://www.guerrillamail.com/

Or you can enter your API key, it has mask=8 so it only has access to your character sheet, you can revoke it at any time, AND you have a fitting that is based on your real skills, not a 'all V' character.

Thanks for your feedback!

2 different guns
Different damage mudules
Drone rigs
http://geneft.com/#/fitting/56323d070d1b540009000013

UPDATE

I've released a beta version of GenEFT.
In the process, I decided to publish two parts of the application as Open Source:

Fitting engine: Rifter gem
Genetic algorithms framework: Pareto gem

The GenEFT is still work in progress, but I believe it can now be useful for some players.

At this point, after three months of hard work, I need to ask all people that find this project promising for support.

Here is how you can help:

1) Become a patron: Patreon. It would be great to at least cover the expenses of hosting.
2) Contribute to development of Rifter gem
3) spread a word
4) visit GenEFT once in a while and check what's new, report a bug or propose a feature

PS. what free-of-charge, SaaS tool would you recommend as a bug tracker?

I mean a bug tracker that allows 'ordinary users' to submit bug reports.

Great work so far.

Suggestions:
Though you probably are already doing this,Store inputs and outputs so that you don't waste processing power.
Make bonused weapons bold and green. Actually, same for other stuff.
Display ship price near max price, and have some easy selections like Hull +25%/50/100.