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by ecubed
5102 days ago
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Build something that not just an individual needs, but that the entire community needs. And bonus points for open sourcing it. Rather than asking what HN needs, instead think of what YOU need. I'm currently working on a project that I think other people would benefit from, but worst case scenario if I'm the only user, it's going to make my life a hell of a lot easier. Try and do the same. Obviously theres something you encounter in everyday life that you think sucks and could be fixed through a java app. Do that, open source it, and everyone wins. |
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Firstly, I for one have seen very little interest in the open source-ing of web application code. I might be wrong, but as far as I know there are only a few bigger websites that put out their code (such as reddit if I'm not mistaking).
Secondly, to fix a problem with the skills we are trying to use(web development mostly) you need to host it, launch it and then maintain and manage the site. While getting what we build up and running would not be too big a problem, neither of us would have the time to invest in maintaining and managing the site. Therefore, we thought that it would be more beneficial to help someone with their backlog.
So, to sum it up, we thought of this more along the lines of: "hey, you know that thing that you have been thinking of building, but have been putting it off for months? pitch it to us and we'll make it for you".