Meteor is awesome.

I am a non-programmer technology manager for a municipal government. Our fire department, which has an annual budget of $10 million dollars (which is normal for a department their size), needed an application to manage sensitive medical assets without breaking the bank.. We had the choice of three software products that delivered some great features. However, I made the decision to have an app created for department that would be developed around the way they do things already. Firemen aren't naturally tech savvy and we don't want to change a lot SOP's for a giant department. Our city has a reputation for being explorative and creative anyway. In college, I didn't learn to program -- but I learned how to leverage technology to improve processes and profits. So naturally, I sought to find a way to create an app quickly and cost effectively.

Meteor was the answer. I created a few apps myself (very simple apps) so I could understand it better. I also spoke with developers on the phone and even contacted Meteor to make sure this would be a good fit for our needs.

We found a freelance developer in New York who was a good fit and he created what we needed in under a week. He works with us daily and charges an hourly rate that is competitive with other developers, but because he uses meteor, our development costs and time have been greatly decreased. We can prototype ideas quickly and if we don't like them, we can discard them without feeling like we wasted a fortune on an idea.

I tell everyone our app is developed on one the latest platforms out there. They're surprised when I tell them it actually saves us money. We love Meteor and other people within our municipality are wanting apps quickly developed with it also. We're preparing our 'Meteor App Development' budget for next year.