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I’ve been following Buy Me A Coffee since it publicly launched (not today) and it’s great to see that a side project can get support from YC. It’s not an easy s
by ronilan 7y ago
I’ve been following Buy Me A Coffee since it publicly launched (not today) and it’s great to see that a side project can get support from YC. It’s not an easy space.
I work winters as a snowboard instructor. Over a typical winter I’d teach literally hundreds of people. Every once in a while I’d get a gift card, if guest is American, I might even get a cash tip, but generally, it’s Snow School pay. So, I thought something like Buy Me Coffee might come handy...
Being the summer software developer that I am, I ended up building something from scratch. It has a slightly different “flavor” than Coffee, mainly trying to make it work better in real-life interactions. But it’s in the same problem space.
It’s here:
https://www.feedback.land https://www.feedback.land
Profiles look like this: https://www.feedback.land/ronilan https://www.feedback.land/ronilan
I run the experiment last winter. I’d have printed “business cards” with QR codes in my pocket (app makes a printable version for you) and I’d hand them out at the end of lessons (mittens snowflakes and all).
Bottom line. Got some feedback. That’s it ;)
Might give it another try this winter, but I’m generally off to other interests. If anyone has interest in the product/software (node/Mongo/react) contact is in HN profile.
- herenorthere 7y agocool idea. I always thought it would be awesome to figure out IRL non-cash tipping edit: and somehow make it not awkward, cumbersome, or time-consuming
- coachtrotz 7y agoThere's a company called Mezu which does this - you'll never reveal your identity or personal info the people you tip and vice versa. https://www.mezu.com/ https://www.mezu.com/
- jijosunny 7y agolove it! and thank you for being an early user!
- ronilan 7y agoTo the stranger who left me feedback with an astute observation (but no email). The box Abe is building won't work. He's got it wired wrong. And if they fix that I’ll start actually taking pieces out of it. It's just a gimmick. It doesn't work anymore. Your double will say they have to move on to something else. And mine will agree. They're friends. It’s been a decade.