Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

#11

Post by damncabbage » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:34 PM UTC

auston wrote: post #10

Damn it! You just ruined my startup weekend idea!

There's plenty left to do:

"We've kept Selfstarter really simple, but that also means that you should beef it up with your own authentication, administration and product management code."

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

#12

Post by daenz » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:34 PM UTC

Is the "Fork Now" button supposed to go to a Lockitron preorder page?

EDIT>> Apparently only the second fork button does this...the one I clicked after reading the page content :)

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

#13

Post by obilgic » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:36 PM UTC

I am a hardcore rails guy, but for some reason using sinatra for this app, would be a better option.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

#14

Post by Jarred » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:41 PM UTC

daenz wrote: post #12

Is the "Fork Now" button supposed to go to a Lockitron preorder page? EDIT>> Apparently only the second fork button does this...the one I clicked after reading the page content :)

Good catch!

I just pushed a fix.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

#15

Post by loceng » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:46 PM UTC

Thanks for releasing this. The design works well for single-product offerings, though would need to be modified for pledge-reward setups.. not too hard to do though.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by mck- » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:53 PM UTC

This is so awesome -- have the Kickstarter guys contacted you? I wonder how they take this, and what this means for the entire crowd-funding space for that matter, especially the smaller ones that don't have the network effects of Kickstarter.

I just did a project on Fundrazr last month. If only this was available then.. kudos!

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by fuzzythinker » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:56 PM UTC

mttsn wrote: post #4

Spent the better part of an afternoon cloning the lockitron site a few days ago... you guys are fucking awesome. And I'm impatient. I'll share a python version when I have a chance to clean it up. Thanks for being awesome.

Many thanks for that!

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

#18

Post by staunch » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:58 PM UTC

Looks like Kickstarter is going to end up being known as the company that (kick)started a phenomenon but didn't own it. They should have become a marketplace for projects, not an arbiter of what gets a shot and what doesn't.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

#19

Post by joelrunyon » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 12:01 AM UTC

auston wrote: post #10

Damn it! You just ruined my startup weekend idea!

I've had this idea for a while but lacked the skills to actually create it.

Glad someone went ahead and made it happen.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

#20

Post by brackin » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 12:04 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #18

Looks like Kickstarter is going to end up being known as the company that (kick)started a phenomenon but didn't own it. They should have become a marketplace for projects, not an arbiter of what gets a shot and what doesn't.

Interestingly they don't seem to want to own the whole phenomenon. Which could be a good thing for what they want to achieve. They want to focus on creative projects over being a platform to fund anything or a store with little accountability.