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Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

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Re: Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

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Post by fragmede »

bensyverson wrote: post #18

This idea reads like a joke, but there's something to it. One feature request: In addition to high-level milestones, it would be cool if a partially-funded project would generate a public, highly detailed implementation plan. Also, IANAL but MIT is still a license with a copyright holder. I don't think saying "it's MIT, we all own it" is defensible. The courts might view all this code as public domain.

The problem with running open source code is the security aspect, but with Mythos running point, how would you distribute revenue is the real question.

Which market is even left after since the sasspocaloypse?

Re: Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

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Post by zzleeper »

efficax wrote: post #69

it's remarkable how easy it is to identify websites built with the "frontend-design" skill in Claude

I managed to write one that at least didnt had the font and colors (using 4.5)

Yesterday, I prompted Fable to improve the frontend to make it look different from Claude style, gave detailed examples etc. 15 minutes and $32 dollars (!) later (used cursor lol) it gave me the shittiest more claudiest website ever, basically ignoring everything I asked

Re: Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

#84

Post by fragmede »

andrewstuart2 wrote: post #32
an0malous wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could call it aiproductsexchange.com

Bold move leaving out the dash between words a la experts-exchange lol.

thatsthejoke.jpg

expertsexchange.com was a site from the before times.

Re: Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

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Post by digitaltrees »

sailingparrot wrote: post #15
nine_k wrote: post #4

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Thats called Kickstarter

Sort of but in reverse.

If users posted ideas, voted on them and then other people built them then that would be the same. But kickstarter is the producer posting an idea for presale

Re: Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

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Post by jrpt »

Seems similar to open source bounties, which have been tried in the past and never succeeded.

We've seen something like 20+ years of different attempts of voluntary donations to fund open source, and it never worked. Companies barely fund anything voluntarily.

I'm taking the opposite approach with Supported Source (https://supso.org/) which is this: actually force companies to pay to use the project. Sell commercial licenses. Make it mandatory to using your software commercially. This approach works much, much better than voluntary donations.

Re: Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

#88

Post by dietr1ch »

oofdere wrote: post #77
bensyverson wrote: post #18

This idea reads like a joke, but there's something to it. One feature request: In addition to high-level milestones, it would be cool if a partially-funded project would generate a public, highly detailed implementation plan. Also, IANAL but MIT is still a license with a copyright holder. I don't think saying "it's MIT, we all own it" is defensible. The courts might view all this code as public domain.

yeah it should really be CC0

Should it? If it was real world infrastructure, like a bridge it'd be easier to say that it belongs to those who lead the project and those who put down the money

Re: Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

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Post by fragmede »

GodelNumbering wrote: post #56

"Solve Garbage Collection in C# for HFT · $10.00 raised of est. $200.00 target" This can't be serious. Broader point I am making is, what differentiates genuine ideas from the token burn? What happens when the pool exhausts but the task is not done?

It indicates the level of trust people have in the platform, and the combination of the product-platform behavior. If someone with the wherewithal to solve garbage collection for C# for HFT could actually describe why GC in C# was a problem, they wouldn't be asking for $10. But for $10, for something something you're dimly aware of is a problem? I'd throw $10 at some nonsense I read on the Internet.

> What happens when the pool exhausts but the task is not done?

Have a stupider LLM aggregate similar questions.

Re: Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public

#90

Post by tgma »

jrpt wrote: post #87

Seems similar to open source bounties, which have been tried in the past and never succeeded. We've seen something like 20+ years of different attempts of voluntary donations to fund open source, and it never worked. Companies barely fund anything voluntarily. I'm taking the opposite approach with Supported Source ( https://supso.org/ ) which is this: actually force companies to pay to use the project. Sell commercia…

I think there's a categorical difference between paying for long term maintenance voluntarily vs paying for something to exist. The latter works much better as the value prop is clear and you can scratch an itch. Kickstarter is similar.
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