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Experiment HN: I'll build whatever you want

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Experiment HN: I'll build whatever you want

#1
I'd like to try an experiment live here on HN. I'll build whatever HN wants and document the process.

It'd be a useful thought exercise on how hard it is to evaluate and execute ideas, and I hope it will help me snap out of denial building things people don't want.

All ideas submitted will be public. Please keep v1 of the idea to something that can be built within a couple of days. I'll keep the source code and may push it further but feel free to copy the idea I end up working on.

If you wanted a way to test an idea fast, now you have this option.

To make sure I build something people want, I'll use a metric that shows how much you want what you're asking. For me to choose your idea, I ask that you pay.

It can be whatever you want, but if someone offers more their idea goes to the top and displaces yours. Feel free to discuss the ideas as much as you want here on HN.

If the top idea is something I don't have the skills to build I'll refund your money.

If this seems like it might be a useful experiment, I'm game. Else ignore me, but I'm not sorry to experiment.

Here's the link to place your bids.

http://138.68.19.20/

Re: Experiment HN: I'll build whatever you want

#2
UNLESS THERE IS A COMMENT BELOW SAYING OTHERWISE, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK - it's vulnerable to JS injection and a shock site redirect was posted.

(Sorry for the all caps.)

This is the second broken app I've found this week without any contact information! (The other was an insecure EC2 box that practically handed me root.)

OP, hopefully you see this comment...