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Show HN: ThymeBox – Buy Time to Work on Your Open Source Project
- pierotofy 9y agoDeveloper here. Happy to answer questions.
- jacobevelyn 9y agoI'm very curious about this but don't think I really understand what it is. How can I learn more?
- pierotofy 9y agoIt's a platform to facilitate the inclusion of value added services. Say you want to offer users the privilege of receiving quick answers to their GitHub issues (or fix a bug with priority). The platform helps you set your prices, allow users to pay/subscribe for your support and give you widgets to embed in your project's README. It also makes it easier for companies to sign-up to sponsor your project and display their logo, keep track of contributions, etc.
- lozzo 9y agoCan you provide an example how you envisage this to work ? For example say I (mr lozzo) have an open source project on github. What would I do then ? Do I offer a 10$ to a developer who fixes a bug on my behalf through your service ? very curious about your project but frankly there is not enough in your site to explain what's cooking best
- pierotofy 9y agoThanks for the comment, you wouldn't be giving money to another developer, you would allow people to pay you for giving priority support (or fix bugs) via a subscription service. I think one-time items (like bounties) are not a reliable revenue stream (although we might add them later). Initially we want to focus on recurring (subscription based) value added items.
- fundamental 9y agoInteresting idea. I do think that it will end up having the same major issue that bounties suffer: Users/donators will vastly undervalue the time of the project contributors/maintainers. Good luck on getting the service up and running though.
- pierotofy 9y agoThank you. Yes I don't think it's going to be easy.