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Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by moduspwnens14 »

BoorishBears wrote: post #2

This looks like such a cool idea, but already you see that the problems presented seem to be seriously underestimating how complicated what they're trying to do is. For example, detecting specific text in an image? 10 minutes in OpenCV. Detecting any text at all in any format in an image? I don't even know where to start. Maybe 10 minutes in OpenCV if they constrain the kind of text, otherwise ML? It feels like an un…

Amazon Rekognition can almost do it. It doesn't seem to detect text, specifically, but it'd be able to detect whether or not a bird is in the image, or similar.

That's not what the project is asking for, but it's very close to being a very doable hobby project.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by BoorishBears »

moduspwnens14 wrote: post #41
BoorishBears wrote: post #2

This looks like such a cool idea, but already you see that the problems presented seem to be seriously underestimating how complicated what they're trying to do is. For example, detecting specific text in an image? 10 minutes in OpenCV. Detecting any text at all in any format in an image? I don't even know where to start. Maybe 10 minutes in OpenCV if they constrain the kind of text, otherwise ML? It feels like an un…

Amazon Rekognition can almost do it. It doesn't seem to detect text, specifically, but it'd be able to detect whether or not a bird is in the image, or similar. That's not what the project is asking for, but it's very close to being a very doable hobby project.

The problem is what birds look like is very well defined compared to text. As in, there are many types of birds, but each type has a "consistent image" but there are infinite variations of text

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by ezekg »

ahussain wrote: post #32
maaaats wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, a "Spotify for news" could be made. I know of several attempts.

https://blendle.com/ seems to be the most promising one from what I've seen

This looks very, very cool. Thanks for posting.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by epicide »

maroonblazer wrote: post #18
avaer wrote: post #6

> GET PAID TO BUILD YOUR NEXT PROJECT > Choose a problem below to get started. Get paid to build _my_ next project or _your_ next project? This is clearly a two-sided platform, but the messaging seems conflated: the headline speaks to builders and the instructions speak to end customers.

It's a market, so it clears when my next project and your next project are the same project.

This is a shallow equals, though. I can guarantee that we will differ in implementation specifics.

This sounds like a good idea on paper, but the reality is that most of the value of a project is in the implementation details. There are countless meetings for each individual feature.

I'm pretty sure the above description is how a lot of the end users (clients) are seeing this. Their contribution amounts are also insanely low (orders of magnitude lower than I would dare to value some of their projects).

I don't know how contracts or SLAs (if any) apply here, but this just seems like a good way to get yourself on the hook for getting paid (I'm guessing) a tenth of minimum wage.

Source: I do this sort of contract work for a living.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by khalilravanna »

avaer wrote: post #6

> GET PAID TO BUILD YOUR NEXT PROJECT > Choose a problem below to get started. Get paid to build _my_ next project or _your_ next project? This is clearly a two-sided platform, but the messaging seems conflated: the headline speaks to builders and the instructions speak to end customers.

Yeah it's a little confusing, I agree. "Your next side project" out of context sounds like you get to pick the project. Might be better to explain it as: "looking for a side project to work on that's worth money?"

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by epicide »

rdudek wrote: post #16

"Subscribe to news without paying $30/month per website" I don't think there is a legal way of actually doing this.

Yeah, I've personally been wanting something like that as well, but I wouldn't want to implement it. It would be something like 10% actually writing the system and 90% dealing with news outlets to actually get them on board.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by hackerews »

Sakes wrote: post #35
avaer wrote: post #6

> GET PAID TO BUILD YOUR NEXT PROJECT > Choose a problem below to get started. Get paid to build _my_ next project or _your_ next project? This is clearly a two-sided platform, but the messaging seems conflated: the headline speaks to builders and the instructions speak to end customers.

It appears to me that this is a tool to identify a market / need that is not being met. There are people who simply want a product/service, no desire for ownership. They post what they'd be will to pay for it, as a customer, and you decide if it is worth your time to build it. Anyone? Am I understanding this correctly?

That's right!

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by tenzo »

tarr11 wrote: post #38

I actually need the first item listed there (InDinero replacement), but I signed up and am sort of confused? I would very likely pay for this feature, but I'm not willing to commit to much unless it works. I would pay a nominal amount to "kickstart" it I guess, and have the option to sign up later. But it's a fairly nasty problem - porting your books a proprietary platform to QuickBooks seems full of traps.

I just signed up to 'solve this problem' as it's something I'm currently working on.

Is there a particular reason why you're looking for an InDinero replacement?

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