There is a platform, that offers exactly that: https://wolv.io
Thanks for the link. I was thinking more of a direct exchange of hours rather than a "lending." Seems to align more incentives that way.
Hey! Wolv founder here. Indeed, I thought similarly when we were conceptualising but found it harder in practice because:
- people carry different level of expertise
- it’s hard to find compatibility in things that need equal number of hours (e.g. setting up infrastructure may take shorter/longer than the frontend, the other party is forced to match)
That said, we’ve kept the barter feature but it works like it would in the real economy.
Approaching it from just the developers angle still seems cool and I would be interested to see how it pans out. Would be happy to exchange thoughts and learnings we’ve had (RJ at wolv.io)