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Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by gk1 » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:44 PM UTC

techaddict009 wrote: post #5

Good Idea. But your own website looks little lame. Hope you update it soon.

"Cobbler's children have no shoes."[0]

Busy consultants and developers rarely have the time to work on their own site.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoemaking#In_popular_culture

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by yawz » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:47 PM UTC

techaddict009 wrote: post #5

Good Idea. But your own website looks little lame. Hope you update it soon.

I get a "404" at the moment.

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by nchuhoai » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:47 PM UTC

I'm very intruiged by this idea, because I'm in a somewhat similar situation. I'm a fullstack developer all the way and love building products, but I haven't quite figured out a way yet how to make an income from that. Good luck and I would love to hear hot it's going.

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by lifeisstillgood » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:47 PM UTC

I love the idea - but I wonder why the price? it does seem really low. At 19 bucks and hour pro rata, you are not storing up cash to get through the hours when you are not earning, like marketing, talking to clients, understanding what they want.

It did get me thinking though - really good luck.

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by pconner » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:47 PM UTC

The link 404'd for me

EDIT: Working now

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by _g2lm » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

ritchiea wrote: post #10

Question for you or Python users in general: Why web.py over flask or django?

I considered both when I first got started. Django was just too hard for me. When I read code using a framework I've never seen before, usually I can still kind of tell what it does. It might be my own stupidity, but when I read Django code I have no clue what it does.

I did consider Flask, which is much more similar to web.py, but eventually chose web.py because I was a fan of Aaron Swartz' work at the time.

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by elwell » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

The original idea: http://iwbyp.chris-granger.com/

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by jack_jennings » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:51 PM UTC

Maybe you can roll the numbers up a digit for each successive job…

Having done "MVP" work before, I wouldn't undervalue your work like this for to long or you'll be facing burnout quickly.

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by elwell » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:52 PM UTC

> I'll get half the site working, demo it to you, give you all the code thus far, and you'll pay me $1,172.50.

You should ask for 1/4 up-front, before you write any code.

Re: Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345

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Post by _g2lm » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 9:53 PM UTC

jack_jennings wrote: post #18

Maybe you can roll the numbers up a digit for each successive job… Having done "MVP" work before, I wouldn't undervalue your work like this for to long or you'll be facing burnout quickly.

Hm, I'm hearing that a lot. Is $2,345 really that little? I've been living near the poverty line by choice, and $2,345 lasts me about two months.

In either case, I guess it would turn off half the visitors if I just changed the price right now.