Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project • Hacker News Board

ddemchuk wrote: post #99

rubyrescue wrote: post #21

http://inboxSEO.com - daily or weekly SEO emails - see where does your site rank, lots of little UI bugs but it works and we have some paying customers despite the poor UX...

good implementation, but why 3 websites for the pro with 1000 keywords? Don't even limit to websites at all, just use keywords. It's regex parsing anyways, it's not hard to check any number of domains. The failing point of almost all rank tracking systems is limiting keywords and domains the way they do

This.

Also: grouping keywords in different, Venn-like ways should be easy and intuitive.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project

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Post by fudge » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:19 AM UTC

http://illustrend.com - Self hosted, real-time Erlang/GWT metrics system. Uses Munin plugins, log files, HTTP GET, or a TCP socket to get the metrics into the system. Drag and drop chart and trend-list building to get the data back out.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project

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Post by mise » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:24 AM UTC

http://www.irishionary.com - a collaborative Irish dictionary. It's been up a couple of years now, but developing new bits is a pain in the ass specifically due to my complex implementation of a multi-lingual interface.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project

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Post by bjhess » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:25 AM UTC

http://scrawlers.com

100-word stories and workshopping. My first Rails project from 2007.

http://pasteforward.com

A Sinatra project from over last weekend. Forward an email, get a reply with a private Pastie link. Working but not polished.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project

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Post by rfugger » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:29 AM UTC

http://ripplepay.com/ - mutual credit payments through a social network. First site I ever made 5 years ago, proud of it, but never really made it very usable or useful. Just started working on a rewrite so I can start adding new features, like a marketplace...

Re: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project

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Post by dkokelley » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:30 AM UTC

chime wrote: post #86

http://bulletxt.com - take notes/outlines easily (collapse indented text).

Bookmarked. This reminds me of OneNote but brought online. Feature suggestion: annotations for your notes. I think students and 'paper-replacement' users might find something like that convenient combined with the regular note-taking tools.

I wouldn't recommend putting too much time into this. After thinking about it, I'm not sure how many of your users would find the feature useful. I have a tablet which includes a pen, but that makes me an outlier.

Re: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project

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Post by code_duck » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:30 AM UTC

code_duck wrote: post #58

pg wrote: post #5

http://news.ycombinator.com

Ha ha. Comment of the year.

Okay, I know this is a reply to a pg post. And that complaining about downvoting is poor HN etiquette. I realize that therefore, this post is double sacrilege.

I am choosing to note right here that I'm quite tired of the uptight comment nazis on this site.

I THINK IT'S THE COMMENT OF THE YEAR

SO GO FUCK YOURSELVES

Re: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project

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Post by dkokelley » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 7:37 AM UTC

zaidf wrote: post #108

robryan wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm torn on the price display there, given the format unless you attract a very high quality buyer invariably the price is going to be a factor. But then if you don't have it makes it harder for the buyer.

Can you clarify what you mean? I'm not sure I follow. Thanks a lot for the feedback!

I think he's suggesting that the most obvious way for potential buyers to quantify freelancers is through price, meaning that no matter what (in most cases), the job will go to the lowest bidder, leaving quality freelancers with no other way to 'prove' they are worth more.

I'm not sure I agree with robryan 100%, as there are other ways for buyers to compare the freelancers (years experience, etc.). For a middle-ground, you could have the freelancers give a per hour range to be negotiated dependent on the scope/intensity of the project. Also, you could expand on the freelancers' credentials by including websites, previous projects, or client testimonials.

Good luck with your launch!