Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

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Post by chrisbaglieri » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 7:56 PM UTC

We love Github! We love to hack! We love hanging out with other hackers and finding cool things to work on. Githacking is a way to find said cool projects. We just launched out of Philadelphia Startup Weekend.

Check us out, let us know what you think. Lots more to come.

Got Hacking? Git Hacking.
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Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

#2

Post by OwlHuntr » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:04 PM UTC

This is awesome! I hope this rolls out soon. Brings in more incentive to support open-source

Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

#3

Post by btipling » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:06 PM UTC

I like the business model, but what prevents someone from looking at a developer's solution and incorporating it without paying the developer? Say the company is charged when they use the patching mechanism to bring developer's work into their product. What would stop them from simply going around this mechanism and just copy and paste the solution into their own repository?

Also is the developer responsible for fixing bugs in their solution? Can a developer exploit the process by submitting buggy code they'll be paid extra to fix? Can a developer be required to fix bugs in their solution?

If a company can't inspect code before they pay they can't be certain it's relatively bug free, if they can inspect the code they could use it without paying for it easily.

Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

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Post by chrisbaglieri » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:10 PM UTC

btipling wrote: post #3

I like the business model, but what prevents someone from looking at a developer's solution and incorporating it without paying the developer? Say the company is charged when they use the patching mechanism to bring developer's work into their product. What would stop them from simply going around this mechanism and just copy and paste the solution into their own repository? Also is the developer responsible for fixi…

You raise a great point. Still stuff to work out. This is the result of 54 hours of work (Philadelphia Startup Weekend) so definitely expect more in the coming weeks.

Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

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Post by wlk » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:13 PM UTC

I actually spent a longer moment looking for signup form, then I started to think what to input there (email, login, or what).

Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

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Post by codingjester » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:14 PM UTC

wlk wrote: post #5

I actually spent a longer moment looking for signup form, then I started to think what to input there (email, login, or what).

Thanks. We're updating it right now. It'll be up in a few minutes.

Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

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Post by Bluepojo » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:16 PM UTC

chrisbaglieri wrote: post #4

btipling wrote: post #3

I like the business model, but what prevents someone from looking at a developer's solution and incorporating it without paying the developer? Say the company is charged when they use the patching mechanism to bring developer's work into their product. What would stop them from simply going around this mechanism and just copy and paste the solution into their own repository? Also is the developer responsible for fixi…

You raise a great point. Still stuff to work out. This is the result of 54 hours of work (Philadelphia Startup Weekend) so definitely expect more in the coming weeks.

The paid platform will be a bit more involved to get working, for sure. Right now we're focusing on getting this useful for open source projects to find collaborators then we'll worry about making it useful for companies.

Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

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Post by catch23 » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:20 PM UTC

chrisbaglieri wrote: post #4

btipling wrote: post #3

I like the business model, but what prevents someone from looking at a developer's solution and incorporating it without paying the developer? Say the company is charged when they use the patching mechanism to bring developer's work into their product. What would stop them from simply going around this mechanism and just copy and paste the solution into their own repository? Also is the developer responsible for fixi…

You raise a great point. Still stuff to work out. This is the result of 54 hours of work (Philadelphia Startup Weekend) so definitely expect more in the coming weeks.

I think it's a great idea. Our company has various projects on github that could use a second pair of eyes other than our engineers. We wouldn't mind putting a bounty on it if someone were to commit a python library or two.

Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

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Post by russell_h » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:27 PM UTC

This seems like a cool idea. You might want to check with a lawyer about the logo up top though, thats definitely GitHub's octocat hiding behind Apple's Terminal.app logo.

Re: Got Hacking? Git Hacking.

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Post by chrisbaglieri » Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 8:32 PM UTC

russell_h wrote: post #9

This seems like a cool idea. You might want to check with a lawyer about the logo up top though, thats definitely GitHub's octocat hiding behind Apple's Terminal.app logo.

Yeah, working on that too. Our creative juices started to run dry after the weekend sprint. We'll refresh that in the coming days.