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Too bad the sign up fails on an iPad.
Sorry about that, we're using another startup's product for the sign-ups. Will take a look.
A mashup that is a cross of Geeklist (for credibility), StackOverflow (for topic listing and determining expertise) and this (to negotiate the details of getting people together) would be useful in those cases where one developer would like to spend 30 minutes picking the brains of a better developer. For example, many a time I've spent 30+ minutes helping "orient" another developer with respect to backbone.js develo…
Love this! The app should be used by Coders who just want to help other Coders too. Thanks for this Andrew, we've got a lot of work ahead of us.
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It's a perfectly respectable word. Yeats - It knows not what it is; and gather me Into the artifice of eternity Joyce - Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
While it may be technically valid, artifice in modern usage is probably most commonly associated with deception & fakery. So, as a job title, I'd say it sounds pretentious and a bit out of touch, like someone who right clicked on the word "engineer" and espoused an adventitious synonym in order to have the earmarks of sagacity.
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Tom, Thanks for the awesome feedback, we agree it seems like a dating app, and we'll have to work hard to overcome any awkwardness and craft the best experience possible. Our focus is on finding Coders in Silicon Valley, but our big idea is much much bigger. Hope we can solve all the problems you've brought up.
You would thinking that cute intelligent alpha male buying you coffee while the two of you pleasantly chat would be enough for people. Also, as a potential employee, you can skip the standard application process and HR interviews (maybe they will have a formal interview process later) of most companies talk with a guy who is very likely going to be your boss should you get hired. This with almost no time investment o…
Nice. I'm not interested in joining a startup, but meeting local fellow geeks for coffee or lunch to shoot the breeze would be awesome... kind of like a GeekGrindr :) A ChessGrindr would also be another cool idea!
We look forward to you sharing the results of HN discussion. What's the back story?
I know many developers are building proximity/stalking apps but to me this is creepy. However this may well have appeal to help others find hotspots of activities or events.
Good luck.
Sorry, but what the hell is a 'software artificer'? If you look at how the word 'artifice' is used, it is generally negative, associated with being overly clever for the purposes of pretense, or generally false/insincere. So if I'm not sure the job title 'software artificer' even parses. 'A person who writes unnecessarily ornate/impractical software.' I hope I can write in whatever job title I want. It will be 'guy w…
It's a perfectly respectable word. Yeats - It knows not what it is; and gather me Into the artifice of eternity Joyce - Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
> Help us reclaim the number one spot on Hacker News! We look forward to you sharing the results of HN discussion. What's the back story? I know many developers are building proximity/stalking apps but to me this is creepy. However this may well have appeal to help others find hotspots of activities or events. Good luck.
There are quite a few proximity apps, but we definitely don't want to be creepy. It should be used by Coders to meet up with Founders or other Coders to talk about their projects and startups. It might be useful to find activities and events, but that's up to you and how you'll use it.
I think your homepage could stand to explain the fundamentals of your app a little better. It took some browsing around to figure out what the app could actually do. Might be nice to have a brief sales pitch and some bullet points. Something like: Coders: Recruiting for your startup? Looking for a gig? Download Coder's Coffee and we will hook you up! [bullet points/features explained here]
I think your homepage could stand to explain the fundamentals of your app a little better. It took some browsing around to figure out what the app could actually do. Might be nice to have a brief sales pitch and some bullet points. Something like: Coders: Recruiting for your startup? Looking for a gig? Download Coder's Coffee and we will hook you up! [bullet points/features explained here]