Show HN: Skillswap, a tiny site to help people help each other

#1

Post by jackfranklin » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 9:50 AM UTC

Show HN: Skillswap, a tiny site to help people help each other
skillswap.in

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#2

Post by Argorak » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 10:33 AM UTC

Nice idea, simple and helpful, especially as there are quite a number of interesting offers with different skill groups like "need help with coding, can offer help in writing" already.

Re: Show HN: Skillswap, a tiny site to help people help each other

#3

Post by jackfranklin » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 10:41 AM UTC

Argorak wrote: post #2

Nice idea, simple and helpful, especially as there are quite a number of interesting offers with different skill groups like "need help with coding, can offer help in writing" already.

Thanks! The idea was to keep it stupidly simple, and not limit what people could ask for / search for. Had a couple of people ask if non web dev topics were allowed - to which my reply was "of course!"

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#4

Post by realrocker » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 10:43 AM UTC

Good Idea. Well executed. Edit: Hide "Offer My Help" on my own swap(when logged in)

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#5

Post by enrmarc » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 10:59 AM UTC

Fantastic idea! Just out of curiosity, what hosting service are you using?

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#6

Post by jackfranklin » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 11:09 AM UTC

enrmarc wrote: post #5

Fantastic idea! Just out of curiosity, what hosting service are you using?

Currently it's on Heroku, using the free instance and the MongoHQ addon. Find it perfect for little side projects like this, especially when launching at first to see if the idea is any good or not.

Re: Show HN: Skillswap, a tiny site to help people help each other

#7

Post by mkl » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 11:11 AM UTC

jackfranklin wrote: post #3

Argorak wrote: post #2

Nice idea, simple and helpful, especially as there are quite a number of interesting offers with different skill groups like "need help with coding, can offer help in writing" already.

Thanks! The idea was to keep it stupidly simple, and not limit what people could ask for / search for. Had a couple of people ask if non web dev topics were allowed - to which my reply was "of course!"

Do you have plans to make it work without a Twitter account?

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#8

Post by joshcrowder » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 11:16 AM UTC

Great idea! I'm going to sign up

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#9

Post by jackfranklin » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 11:18 AM UTC

realrocker wrote: post #4

Good Idea. Well executed. Edit: Hide "Offer My Help" on my own swap(when logged in)

Good spot, thank you. Will add it to the list.

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#10

Post by jackfranklin » Tue, Sep 03, 2013, 11:19 AM UTC

mkl wrote: post #7

jackfranklin wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! The idea was to keep it stupidly simple, and not limit what people could ask for / search for. Had a couple of people ask if non web dev topics were allowed - to which my reply was "of course!"

Do you have plans to make it work without a Twitter account?

Not currently, no. Twitter seems like the perfect way to allow people using the site to connect and get learning.