Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by ccamrobertson » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 10:51 PM UTC

Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app
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Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by viraj_shah » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:03 PM UTC

Thank you for this. This will be so helpful for my and many other startups. Interesting to note that Kickstarter has an Amazon FlexPay gem on their github.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by ccamrobertson » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:09 PM UTC

viraj_shah wrote: post #2

Thank you for this. This will be so helpful for my and many other startups. Interesting to note that Kickstarter has an Amazon FlexPay gem on their github.

It's very lean at this point, but hopefully it's a good starting point. Kickstarter was amazing for doing the heavy lifting and open sourcing it with their amazon_flex_pay gem.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by mttsn » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:10 PM UTC

Spent the better part of an afternoon cloning the lockitron site a few days ago... you guys are fucking awesome. And I'm impatient. I'll share a python version when I have a chance to clean it up.

Thanks for being awesome.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by mttsn » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:11 PM UTC

Spent the better part of an afternoon cloning the lockitron site a few days ago... you guys are fucking awesome. And I'm impatient. I'll share a python version when I have a chance to clean it up.

Thanks for being awesome.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by freeslave » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:12 PM UTC

i'm guessing this is in response to this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4625371 in other words, OP delivered!

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by erohead » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:23 PM UTC

Awesome work, guys! Thanks for sharing. I wish you went with my suggestion for bootstarter.js...

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by andrewljohnson » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:24 PM UTC

A couple months ago, I had added "kickstarter widget for start-up websites" to my list of ideas that I never do, but think are cool. This is a really wonderful open-source contribution, so hat tip!

We also ordered a Lockitron for our office already. We have keypads on our house, and we love them, and imagine Lokcitron will be even more love.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by ccamrobertson » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:27 PM UTC

andrewljohnson wrote: post #8

A couple months ago, I had added "kickstarter widget for start-up websites" to my list of ideas that I never do, but think are cool. This is a really wonderful open-source contribution, so hat tip! We also ordered a Lockitron for our office already. We have keypads on our house, and we love them, and imagine Lokcitron will be even more love.

I still believe there is room for a proper platform to manage crowdfunding for hardware - maybe with a distributed option as well.

Re: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app

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Post by auston » Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 11:33 PM UTC

Damn it! You just ruined my startup weekend idea!