Find Developers and Designers for Side Projects • Hacker News Board

Re: Find Developers and Designers for Side Projects

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Post by Paul_Dessert » Tue, Jul 08, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

manuelflara wrote: post #34

What would be great (and I've been meaning to do for a while) is exactly this, but to put in touch tech founders with business founders. Basically, technical founders would showcase products they've built and people with the skills to market and grow them would get in touch with them. I can't be the only tech guy with lots of MVPs finished but who doesn't have the time or skill to market them.

I second that. I visited the site and that's what I was looking for. I have a couple of projects at the moment that would benefit greatly from a service such as this. They are projects that I've deemed too small for me to focus on. Someone else might just have the right audience, skill set etc. to benefit from it.

However, nice work! The site looks great and the service looks helpful from a tech perspective.

Re: Find Developers and Designers for Side Projects

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Post by NoahBuscher » Tue, Jul 08, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

Sorry about the post drop... We were flagged as a voting ring as I made a post on Twitter linking to the discussion. We're back up and running, now!

Re: Find Developers and Designers for Side Projects

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Post by jdmichal » Tue, Jul 08, 2014, 10:22 PM UTC

NoahBuscher wrote: post #17

jdmichal wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Much better, thank you. Also, please note EDIT2 in my original post.

Thanks for pointing that out! We're having a little trouble replicating the issue, though I'm sure it'll come up. You've been awesome. Do you have a Twitter account? We'll follow you, you can DM us your address, and we'll send you a few stickers. We won't stalk you... We promise!

I do. I have followed you but am waiting for the reciprocal so that I can DM you. My handle is, unsurprisingly, @jdmichal.

Re: Find Developers and Designers for Side Projects

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Post by mafuyu » Tue, Jul 08, 2014, 10:54 PM UTC

NoahBuscher wrote: post #29

mafuyu wrote: post #26

I'm browsing using Firefox 30.0 and the front page is lagging when scrolling. Using my scroll wheel lags and my fan even spins up when I grab the scroll bar. No issues in Chrome, however.

I've also noticed the issue and can't figure it out for the life of me. Thanks for pointing that out, though! If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to comment. We have stickers! #bribery

It happens whenever you scroll into a new section of the page and the JS animations trigger while you're scrolling.

Re: Find Developers and Designers for Side Projects

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Post by FajitaNachos » Wed, Jul 09, 2014, 2:07 AM UTC

NoahBuscher wrote: post #29

mafuyu wrote: post #26

I'm browsing using Firefox 30.0 and the front page is lagging when scrolling. Using my scroll wheel lags and my fan even spins up when I grab the scroll bar. No issues in Chrome, however.

I've also noticed the issue and can't figure it out for the life of me. Thanks for pointing that out, though! If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to comment. We have stickers! #bribery

It looks like the transforms might be part of the problem. You have an image transform on hover that moves the image up. If your mouse is in the middle of the page and you scroll down, it triggers and seems laggy.

Re: Find Developers and Designers for Side Projects

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Post by followben » Wed, Jul 09, 2014, 2:28 AM UTC

NoahBuscher wrote: post #24

auston wrote: post #23

This reminds me of Drew Wilsons project http://builditwith.me/

Hi, Auston! We are fully aware of Drew's project and think it's awesome. We are a different service in that we match based on skills, have a invite-based system, provide built-in chat, and help promote the project on our website once you're finished. We're also solely meant for side-projects that may or may not go on to become fully-functional startups. Because he's busy working on other projects, the site's content…

My experience with http://builditwith.me has been very poor: a handful of contacts in 3+ years, almost all "ideas" people seeking designers/ developers to build their app for free or paltry sweat equity.

There's also no way to remove your account or update it to reflect you're no longer available or interested in collaborating. I've emailed Drew numerous times asking to de-activate or de-register my profile but I've yet to receive a response.