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Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by blake8086 » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:27 PM UTC

blhack wrote: post #5

blake8086 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure what you mean by "wait for questions"... Yes, I would love to add that ability in the future. If I get a lot of re-usable submissions, that may happen sooner rather than later.

I assume that Sakes means that right now, it appears as though a coder uses this site by fulfilling requests (questions). Currently, there are 3 requests that a coder could potentially fulfill. Sakes is asking if it is possible to offer services directly, without waiting for somebody to ask for them.

Oh! I hadn't even thought of that.

So a coder says: "hey, I'm good at Python and..."

I'm having trouble filling in the blank there. Would they solicit questions and then get exclusivity? Would they just generally advertise? I'm not really sure how that would work.

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by misterbwong » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

blake8086 wrote: post #8

wcarey wrote: post #6

From the FAQ: Can I post homework problems? Absolutely! That seems to encourage academic dishonesty? The stackoverflow community tends to self police homework, so it'll be interesting to see how explicit permission to pay for homework affects the site's community.

Academic dishonesty comes from academically dishonest students. Instead of policing each question and guessing if it's homework or not, I'm simply allowing any question.

Then you should say you are allowing any question (or don't say anything at all).

By addressing it in the FAQ and explicitly saying you allow it, you are implying that you condone academic dishonesty.

edited for clarity

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by TuaAmin13 » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

blake8086 wrote: post #3

Sakes wrote: post #2

I like the idea. Do I have to wait for questions? Have you considered adding the ability for me to start adding scripts to be purchased?

I'm not sure what you mean by "wait for questions"... Yes, I would love to add that ability in the future. If I get a lot of re-usable submissions, that may happen sooner rather than later.

I got the impression Skakes was asking for posting scripts. "I have a Ruby script that converts X in to Y" "I have a Python script that lets people reset Active Directory and LDAP passwords" Skakes can then ask for however much money for those scripts.

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by biot » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:34 PM UTC

The problem with these types of sites is that it favors the buyer. A quick browse of the questions posted shows one awarding a whopping $10 for some status screen thing. Sorry, but $10 barely compensates me for the time involved to even consider the question. I'm guessing that this is like any other Q&A site where the answers are effectively on spec. So you can't claim the question as being one you and you alone will solve... you have to compete with many others for a chance at being the one who gets the $10.

No thank you. Might as well have branded this ProgrammersAreCheap.com.

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by TuaAmin13 » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC

I like the idea, I'm unsure of the pricing strategy. "How much do I get paid? code4cheap.com keeps 30% of the question's price. For example, with a $10 question, the best answer will receive $7." What if you changed that around, with something like a question posting fee. When I go to the site as a coder, I want to get the $50 I see, not $35 after you take your cut. It's inflating the payment that I would actually get, assuming I read that right. Presumably you could adjust the posted price to be $35 to do X, not sure how receptive your audience would be to that.

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by Killah911 » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:37 PM UTC

What specifically ties your system to "code"? It seems anyone can ask any question. Aside from the monetary award, how are you differrent from Yahoo answers?

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by irahul » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:38 PM UTC

blhack wrote: post #5

blake8086 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure what you mean by "wait for questions"... Yes, I would love to add that ability in the future. If I get a lot of re-usable submissions, that may happen sooner rather than later.

I assume that Sakes means that right now, it appears as though a coder uses this site by fulfilling requests (questions). Currently, there are 3 requests that a coder could potentially fulfill. Sakes is asking if it is possible to offer services directly, without waiting for somebody to ask for them.

blhack: I can't reply to your comment so am posting here. It would work like this:

1. You need to have a solution repository.

2. Developers post solutions there. For instance, find numbers less than n where the sum of divisors is greater than number but none of the divisor subset equals the number. And the solution is tagged with the implementation language.

3. Before posting a question, someone can look into the repository and get the solution from there if already there.

What problem it solves:

1. Developers can post their solutions without someone asking for it.

2. Solution seekers will have a smaller turnaround time if the solution is already there in the repository.

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by njl » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:40 PM UTC

blake8086 wrote: post #10

marcusestes wrote: post #7

Cheap is a poor word choice for your brand; it invokes bad associations for both of your audiences. Consider something implying speed instead, which signals "inexpensive," without suggesting a shoddy product.

I suppose I may have to change the name at some point down the line. It is quite difficult to find good names. In my search, I sat down with instantdomainsearch and said "ok, I'm going to come up with at least 100 acceptable domain names", this was the favorite out of everyone I polled. I like the idea of implying "speed" instead.

Somebody on here built http://impossibility.org/, which I've found to be fantastic. You give it a word, it sticks other words around it. I found about half a dozen better names in just a few seconds worth of work.

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by blake8086 » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:43 PM UTC

Killah911 wrote: post #16

What specifically ties your system to "code"? It seems anyone can ask any question. Aside from the monetary award, how are you differrent from Yahoo answers?

It is true, anyone could potentially ask anything. I'm simply trying to target the code market.

It is not different aside from the monetary award yet.

Re: Show HN: My startup: code4cheap.com, a code marketplace

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Post by blake8086 » Mon, May 02, 2011, 5:44 PM UTC

njl wrote: post #18

blake8086 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suppose I may have to change the name at some point down the line. It is quite difficult to find good names. In my search, I sat down with instantdomainsearch and said "ok, I'm going to come up with at least 100 acceptable domain names", this was the favorite out of everyone I polled. I like the idea of implying "speed" instead.

Somebody on here built http://impossibility.org/ , which I've found to be fantastic. You give it a word, it sticks other words around it. I found about half a dozen better names in just a few seconds worth of work.

Well that's definitely worth a look.