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Send Gigster your app idea and it sends you back that app. So you don't have to talk to developers and they know exactly what you want from your written descri

by kyllo 11y ago

Send Gigster your app idea and it sends you back that app. So you don't have to talk to developers and they know exactly what you want from your written description of your idea? What could possibly go wrong?

marcosdumay 11y ago
It also farms the code around a bunch of non-communicating developers. No, problems on the horizon, keep running towards that iceberg.
- seivan 11y ago
  Or it could use a really good developer who also can design - on a contract basis. Several iOS developers can do that well enough to ship an MvP. Even more can also spin up a backend with an admin interface on Heroku in no time. Even without any background jobs. I think you guys my underestimate the concept here. I am just mad I didn't come up with it first :-/ The developer doesn't need to manage invoice, other peoples schedules and any questions. That's taken care of by the service in question. Specific ideas in. App Out. This would be great for a developer who wants to get an outlet for creative (design) ideas as well.
  - dagw 11y ago
    The problem is that there is often/always a disconnect between what a client says they want, what they think they want and what they actually want/need. What separates a great developer from a merely competent developer is being able to talk to clients and negotiate that disconnect. A company that simply takes a spec sheet and implements it as written will end up with many very unhappy clients.
    - kyllo 11y ago
      This is why outsourcing fails. Generally, outsourced developers will just implement exactly what the spec says to implement, no more and (hopefully) no less. You can't communicate with them synchronously and answer their questions in real time because they're located on the opposite side of the earth. Time is money and waiting for your answers would be too expensive, so they just don't ask questions, instead they make guesses and assumptions about anything you haven't clearly specified. Then you slowly realize that it takes about as much time and effort to write a comprehensive, detailed specification of the software, as it does to actually write the software itself.
- myspace 11y ago
  sounds like a bunch of other companies like Versata, DevFactory, gTeam, etc.
bmj 11y ago
Sounds like a non-technical product manager's dream....
drtse4 11y ago
My guess is that they don't actually care. Just looking at the project examples it's clear that they target the "i want a facebook-like app for xk$" elance crowd, good luck with that, bright future ahead (until the not-so-bright people's money runs out).
- kyllo 11y ago
  Well if all those bottom-of-the-barrel jobs get diverted to Gigster and it improves the quality of jobs available on other freelance sites, I'm all for it. Gigster might have a good business model, if they've automated the process of parting those suckers with their money.

by kyllo 11y ago

marcosdumay 11y ago

It also farms the code around a bunch of non-communicating developers. No, problems on the horizon, keep running towards that iceberg.

seivan 11y ago
Or it could use a really good developer who also can design - on a contract basis. Several iOS developers can do that well enough to ship an MvP. Even more can also spin up a backend with an admin interface on Heroku in no time. Even without any background jobs. I think you guys my underestimate the concept here. I am just mad I didn't come up with it first :-/ The developer doesn't need to manage invoice, other peoples schedules and any questions. That's taken care of by the service in question. Specific ideas in. App Out. This would be great for a developer who wants to get an outlet for creative (design) ideas as well.
- dagw 11y ago
  The problem is that there is often/always a disconnect between what a client says they want, what they think they want and what they actually want/need. What separates a great developer from a merely competent developer is being able to talk to clients and negotiate that disconnect. A company that simply takes a spec sheet and implements it as written will end up with many very unhappy clients.
  - kyllo 11y ago
    This is why outsourcing fails. Generally, outsourced developers will just implement exactly what the spec says to implement, no more and (hopefully) no less. You can't communicate with them synchronously and answer their questions in real time because they're located on the opposite side of the earth. Time is money and waiting for your answers would be too expensive, so they just don't ask questions, instead they make guesses and assumptions about anything you haven't clearly specified. Then you slowly realize that it takes about as much time and effort to write a comprehensive, detailed specification of the software, as it does to actually write the software itself.
myspace 11y ago
sounds like a bunch of other companies like Versata, DevFactory, gTeam, etc.

bmj 11y ago

Sounds like a non-technical product manager's dream....

drtse4 11y ago

My guess is that they don't actually care. Just looking at the project examples it's clear that they target the "i want a facebook-like app for xk$" elance crowd, good luck with that, bright future ahead (until the not-so-bright people's money runs out).

kyllo 11y ago
Well if all those bottom-of-the-barrel jobs get diverted to Gigster and it improves the quality of jobs available on other freelance sites, I'm all for it. Gigster might have a good business model, if they've automated the process of parting those suckers with their money.