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Re: Ask HN: Holy Crap I need an Idea

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Post by icey »

fakefakefake wrote: post #70
icey wrote: post #66

Hmmm. Here's a problem that I'm going to end up building a solution to if someone else doesn't do it first (and by all means, please do it because I am lazy and have enough projects to last me for the foreseeable future): A CRUD application generator. You go to a page and define all of your models and basic rules. The models get defined in very simple terms - you give each model a name, and then define each field wit…

If you're willing to go without Python/Ruby, then a hosted Drupal (and it's trove of modules) is perfect for this. Acquia (which includes Drupal's founder) was founded to fill this space.

Thanks, I hadn't heard of Acquia before. Unfortunately I personally need the ability to build out apps in different frameworks because I'll almost certainly be extending their functionality beyond CRUD operations and I'm not personally fond of Drupal.

However, I'll definitely be checking it out for simple throwaway stuff.

Re: Ask HN: Holy Crap I need an Idea

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Post by jayliew »

faramarz wrote: post #49
jayliew wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Competitive landscape: 1. rentalic.com - US startup, based in Silicon Valley, founder appears to have technical and business chops and some social networking cred. Some traction, and imho, the most promising. 2. neighborgoods.net - LA-based, founder does not appear to be very technical. Limited traction around the LA area. 3. zilok.com - EU-based, looks like they are trying to reproduce their EU model of the same thi…

Thanks for the break down. I've been intrigued by this opportunity for the past two years. Even purchased Localfindr.com in hopes of doing something about it but never developed the concept further in my head. Definitely a sector to watch!

I would challenge you to ask yourself this: Look at one of the competitors, say Rentalic.com. What would you do different than them, product-wise, and marketing-wise ?

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Post by barmstrong »

icey wrote: post #66

Hmmm. Here's a problem that I'm going to end up building a solution to if someone else doesn't do it first (and by all means, please do it because I am lazy and have enough projects to last me for the foreseeable future): A CRUD application generator. You go to a page and define all of your models and basic rules. The models get defined in very simple terms - you give each model a name, and then define each field wit…

That'd be pretty cool.

Actually, when it's done a "publish to Heroku" button would be great instead of just downloading a zip file. Having Themes for rails would be nice. This would allow you to literally design and put up a scaffolded app in minutes rather than hours.

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Post by cing »

Is there a site where I can crowdsource my documentation within some privacy agreement? Let's say I have tons of undocumented code written by a previous employee and I'd like to pay someone X dollars to document each method/class/etc.

I tried searching for "crowdsourced documentation" and "paid code documentation service" but I couldn't really find anything. This might be a lucrative idea?

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Post by alexophile »

duke_sam wrote: post #58
paulgb wrote: post #13

Two things I would love to see: 1. Kayak.com for ground transportation. Trains, buses, ferries, etc. are a pain to compare prices and book right now. Admittedly there probably isn't as much of a business case for this. 2. A music site where I could collaborate on a playlist with my friends and listen to the music at the same time. Currently there are sites that let you share playlists, but not listen at the same time…

#2 is partially handled by rdio ( http://www.rdio.com/ ) you can create and share playlists and any number of people can listen to them. Not sure about collaborating on playlists but considering the heavy social aspect of the site I would be surprised if that feature never arrived.

Yeah, when you create a playlist on Rdio, you can choose collaboration options: anyone can edit; only followers can edit; nobody can edit. And, as far as I know, there's no limit to the number of concurrent listeners.

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Post by grandalf »

I love the idea of tying in comedy somehow. So much of the "funny" content on the internet is pretty lame, and I think there are a lot of amateur comedians who would love to test out new jokes somehow.

So I suggest you do two brainstorming sessions, one sober and one intoxicated, with the aid of a huge whiteboard, and explore the comedy concept (and other comedy concepts) further.

Imagine if you could do a live video stream of a person's comedy act, but make all watchers plug in a mic so that the crowd laughter / applause could be captured and mixed into the experience, both as feedback for the performer and as crowd noise for those watching it.

Comedyroulette? :) It could pair one commedian with a 20 person audience with one way video and n-way audio.

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