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Re: Show HN: NoobNinja - get and give help for specific coding or design tasks

#21
Looks great! I actually had a very similar idea myself:

http://talkbee.heroku.com/

Never really got it off the ground because I realized it was too complex of an idea for a single person. Two-sided marketplaces in general are hard, but especially one that involves coordinating people's time like this.

Re: Show HN: NoobNinja - get and give help for specific coding or design tasks

#24
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think so I'm getting a very similar issue.

Strange. Many submissions have gone through ok - looking into it now.

I'm still getting the 500 error as of now

Re: Show HN: NoobNinja - get and give help for specific coding or design tasks

#25

I can't sign up as a sensei, Getting the very similar 500 POST error when trying to submit. "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error) http://noobninja.com/invites

For anyone having issues - just email your information to sensei@noobninja.com

Re: Show HN: NoobNinja - get and give help for specific coding or design tasks

#26
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post #4

Error 500 on the submission for being a sensei, with no feedback to the user that it didn't go through: http://i.imgur.com/DHA4w.png

Think this was due to the uptick in traffic - scaled up the heroku processes to accomodate. Should be ok now!

I'm seeing the 500 Internal Server Error message "We're sorry, but something went wrong." too.

Re: Show HN: NoobNinja - get and give help for specific coding or design tasks

#27

I can't sign up as a sensei, Getting the very similar 500 POST error when trying to submit. "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error) http://noobninja.com/invites

The issue was with rails' default 255 character limit on strings. Quick change to a text field with no limit fixed things. Small oversights like this truly make me feel like a #NoobNinja :)

Re: Show HN: NoobNinja - get and give help for specific coding or design tasks

#29
Sorry to be negative, but I've personally found that people who offer me prizes, money, etc to help others result in my choosing not to. I have people who are willing to pay me real money to help.

But places where I get involved in discussions, I'm willing to offer valuable advice on.

Since this draws a distinction between people who get and receive help, and discourages public discussion, I can't see myself getting involved. Sorry.

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