Ask HN: Any devs interested in exchanging help/labor?

#1

Post by devchris10 » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 8:20 PM UTC

Examples: x hours of frontend work for backend work

Setting up AWS infrastructure for single page application

Database migration for ansible scripts, etc

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Post by yamrzou » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 9:22 PM UTC

Yes! I like the idea.

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Post by ilyas121 » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 11:02 PM UTC

Same, love this idea

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Post by JamesBarney » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 5:53 AM UTC

Yeah I've always wanted from find something like this. Help people in my areas of expertise and get help from other people in theres.

Seems like it's be especially helpful in the design/architecture phase of a project.

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Post by cpach » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 6:58 AM UTC

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Post by Roybot » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 7:12 PM UTC

That's a neat idea - maybe we can start with this small group?

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Post by d0gbread » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 7:58 PM UTC

I'd be interested. I can offer help setting up robust Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager configurations and (useful) dashboards that can help you run your businesses, start up, and side projects.

I'm currently looking for some vue.js help on a Laravel-based side project I work on very very rarely but would love to take a bit further.

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#8

Post by manx » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 9:55 PM UTC

There is a platform, that offers exactly that: https://wolv.io

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Post by devchris10 » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 10:20 PM UTC

manx wrote: post #8

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.

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#10

Post by el_dev_hell » Tue, Sep 08, 2020, 12:19 AM UTC

I've had this idea floating into my brain for a few years. I get excited about it for a weekend, realize how much work would be involved to facilitate the exchange in a "fair" way, and give up.

I really hope someone pulls the trigger and builds this out!