Blik360 - Year in review

Description and use

Blik360 is an anonymous 360‑degree employee review tool based on the Dreyfus model, originally built as a cheap solution, now offered as a paid hosted service with open‑source code, multilingual support, modern UI, and API integrations.

Problem

Need an anonymous 360‑degree employee performance review tool that rates on the Dreyfus model and is easy to use.

Outcome

Blik360 evolved from a prototype to a paid hosted service with paying customers, multilingual community contributions, modern UI, and API‑driven integrations.

Workflow

• Identify need for anonymous 360 reviews
• Research existing solutions
• Build prototype using Dreyfus model
• Add anonymity features to prevent tying answers to reviewers
• Open source the application
• Add multilingual support via community PRs
• Gather feedback from trial users
• Enhance UI (drag‑drop ordering, filters, menu bar)
• Add API for integrations
• Plan future features (PDF reports, AI integration, additional questionnaires)

Evidence

I had specific things in mind for this 360. I wanted to rate the entire team on the Dreyfus model.

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Next to the Dreyfus model, one more requirement was that anonymity should be one of, if not the most, important pillars of the product.

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I open sourced the app and expected most people to just use the open source version if they pleased. I mean, I just offer hosted Blik as paid service.

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I received a few more interested companies doing trials, and gathered more feedback. That led me to a commit/vibe-spree to enhance and modernize the user interface, as well as add more usability updates.

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Blik has most of its functionality available through API. That makes the system super pluggable and allows me to build integrations into platforms such as Microsoft Teams.

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