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Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

#1

Post by dannyr » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 10:49 PM UTC

Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers
profile.io

Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

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Post by dannyr » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 10:51 PM UTC

Hello fellow HNers:

We built Profile.io as part of StartupBus.

It is currently private beta but I have invites.

You can create an account using this link:

http://profile.io/invite/HACKERNEWS

Site is pretty barebones but we will be adding more features and fixing bugs in the next few days.

Hopefully, we'll be selected as finalists for StartupBus and get to demo it on Monday at SxSW.

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

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Post by dustball » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 10:54 PM UTC

My take (dannyr and I built this) -- this is like an "about.me" but for developers. You add your GitHub account, add your programming languages, etc. And (my favorite) you add all the projects you are building -- for example when you add an Android app, it automatically links to the Android Market, pulls in the app icon, etc.

This is meant for developers to have a decent place to showcase their geek. (And the domain is cool, no?)

Thanks, love you all!

Brian and Danny @ SXSW

PS: This app was built on StartBus -- the entire site was made on a moving bus from SF->Austin :)

Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

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Post by dorkitude » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 11:20 PM UTC

i like it. you guys are definitely one to watch out for on #StartupBus.

Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

#5

Post by hroman » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 11:24 PM UTC

Tried to register but got this http://pastie.org/1661494.

Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 11:24 PM UTC

dannyr wrote: post #2

Hello fellow HNers: We built Profile.io as part of StartupBus. It is currently private beta but I have invites. You can create an account using this link: http://profile.io/invite/HACKERNEWS Site is pretty barebones but we will be adding more features and fixing bugs in the next few days. Hopefully, we'll be selected as finalists for StartupBus and get to demo it on Monday at SxSW. Thanks!

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Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 11:27 PM UTC

dannyr wrote: post #2

Hello fellow HNers: We built Profile.io as part of StartupBus. It is currently private beta but I have invites. You can create an account using this link: http://profile.io/invite/HACKERNEWS Site is pretty barebones but we will be adding more features and fixing bugs in the next few days. Hopefully, we'll be selected as finalists for StartupBus and get to demo it on Monday at SxSW. Thanks!

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Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

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Post by gm » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 11:30 PM UTC

this is great... But the link to the SO user profile is broken, at least for me... Methinks a SO username is not enough to construct a link to the profile

Great work!

Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

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Post by dustball » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 11:31 PM UTC

hroman wrote: post #5

Tried to register but got this http://pastie.org/1661494 .

Thanks for the report! We're actively coding now at SXSW :)

Bug should be fixed now :)

Re: Show HN: Profile.io - Profiles for Developers

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Post by agentultra » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 11:32 PM UTC

I got a weird validation error from your form. Apparently the text field isn't supposed to accept multi-line fields?

I'm curious about the site and if it will offer any benefits over my own personal site.

Cheers