[chrispesto]

Hey guys, we just hacked together this little site for casual contracting. The premise is there's no long-term commitment / equity payment nonsense. This is for small, quick cash jobs that take less than 40 hours (maybe a website proof of concept, for example). We think RentACoder, Elance and the like are too centered on heavyweight, long-term projects with extended commitments. We'd hope this would be something a Hacker News user might use to earn some extra money on the side. There are invite codes on Twitter http://twitter.com/casualcontract.

[kaffeinecoma]

Are you planning on handling the money aspect (i.e. escrow) of consulting, like elance/odesk do? Or is this more of an introduction service?

[omarish]

We'd like to focus on introductions. Handling payments can be somewhat arduous. Would you be more/less comfortable with the service if it handled the financial aspects as well?

[rhizome]

Mailing list only? As in email?

[orenmazor]

it kind of makes sense, I think.

I'm constantly spammed by various notifications of all kinds, but email always is the highest priority way to reach me.

[rhizome]

That's what makes it ripe for abuse, and not something I'd elect to without some kind of up-front guarantee.

[chrispesto]

@rhizome Yes, that's a good point. We really want to focus on quality - both for developers and projects. That's why we're using invite codes. We're starting with them on Hacker News because we want to get things rolling, but we will focus on curating more.

[orenmazor]

thats true, but you just have to police it very, very tightly. if this service doesn't work out for me, I'll unsubscribe and filter (if I have to).