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Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by devinrhode2 » Fri, Apr 18, 2014, 7:49 PM UTC

zimbatm wrote: post #84

A subscription service for open source projects. As a company I would pay you monthly and get access to bug and features development for all the open source dependencies that I am using. The more I pay the more things I can get done in a month. If a feature is too big for my budget I can accumulate month to month value on a ticket or get other companies to participate.

This is a lot like gittip and BountySource.

Furthermore, a project maintainer could put on his README, that, for a certain recurring donation, you get some level of direct personal contact.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by joeclark77 » Sun, Apr 20, 2014, 8:02 AM UTC

dsschnau wrote: post #419

DeanWormer wrote: post #412

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about Lowe's Home Improvement YouTube channel? A friend and I were considering starting a similar site and selling the parts to complete the project, but we found Lowe's did a pretty good job of covering any routine project we thought of. I'd be interested to hear what projects you couldn't find helpful information for.

Sure. Here's the first specific issue I've encountered. I want to find out how to install a deadbolt on my door which only has a keyed knob. I'd like to install one on two of the three exterior doors. The doors are steel, and I with my zero-knowledge of home improvement, don't know how, or if I even could, drill holes through them. Because I needed to change the locks right away, I just bought some new doorknobs and…

I'm just buying my first house now, too. (Closing on Monday.) Like you, I'd be the target user for this. Let me know if you'd like some help on it!

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by fiatjaf » Sun, Apr 27, 2014, 12:42 PM UTC

fiatjaf wrote: post #324

d0m wrote: post #299

I have a hard time explaining this idea, so please bear with me. As a founder and hacker, I want to know how my users use my web and mobile apps. But I haven't found an intuitive and dead-simple way to do it. Mixpanel and google analytic are way more complex than what I have in mind. What I would like to have is more similar to Facebook, but instead of looking at my friends activity, I'd like to see what's happening…

I like it. It is like Mixpanel, the implementation on the page would be similar, but without data aggregation. There are open-source Mixpanel-like backends out there, some will not come with a frontend full of charts, you should just get one of these and build a frontend full of feeds.

Mixpanel has released this exact feature you want now.