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Show HN: HackerBuddy.com
I built HackerBuddy.com with the idea of helping the Hacker News community get one-on-one help with fellow hackers that know their stuff. It matches up people that are good at a particular skill (Ruby on Rails, Python, beta-testing, general startup advice etc) with people that need that specialist help. All it does is swap your email address so that hackers can give fellow hackers one-on-one advice.
I built the site as a way to learn Ruby on Rails, I'm still a bit green when it comes to coding so there's a very good chance that the server will fall over. Any feedback you guys have would be really appreciated - and you can get in touch at dave [at] hackerbuddy.com. I hope you find it useful.
- illdave 16y agoClickable: http://hackerbuddy.com http://hackerbuddy.com
- topcat31 16y agoI love the concept for this, finding friendly hackers to help you on your hack project is massively useful
- mufti 16y agoInteresting and it will very helpful, now I am ready to contact person who will help me, I already get him email.
- mcrittenden 16y agoGreat idea. A couple feedback items: - The icons on user pages which stand for areas of expertise aren't really helpful since you have to hover over them to see what most of them mean (example: a coffee cup means General Advice and a person icon means Usability). At the least, these should have titles above/below them. - I'd like the hardcoded areas of expertise removed in favor of an autocomplete freeform box, much like Stack Overflow's tags box. For example, I'd like to put that I'm a Drupal expert and I'd like to look for node.js help, but neither of those are options.
- illdave 16y agoThanks very much - those are really good suggestions, I really appreciate it - I'll work on them both for v2.
- AudaxH 16y agoThis is a great idea! You should check out: http://hackathon-audax.eventbrite.com/ http://hackathon-audax.eventbrite.com/ to put it to the test
- cooler 16y agoLove the idea ... very cool! I need to sharpen my skills before I sign up though ...
- illdave 16y agoYou can sign up and ask for help to sharpen your skills :) - you wont be listed to help anyone until you click 'help a fellow hacker'
- znt 16y agoYou should also add Flash/Actionscript to the skill list.
- illdave 16y agoThanks, I'll add that in the next update.