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Ask HN: Can a senior dev help me structure my POC code base properly?
I started developing a full-stack web app 6 months ago after quitting my finance career, and trying to bring an idea to life.
Last week I demo'ed it, and 3 companies tried to acquire me in 2 days! I was shocked and my head is still quite spinning. Yesterday I agreed to a deal, so now I am no longer an indie hacker ;) this means I need to grow my POC into a real scalable app quite fast and I need help!
A friend suggested I find a really good developer to help setup the code properly now, before I start hiring people. Get the foundations right first before pouring more people into the mix, especially since I hacked most of the code myself with zero experience.
Is there someone here willing to have a chat with me about this and the idea around setting up my web app architecture and initial code foundations?
I love programming, creating applications, and helping people by creating technology; feels like I just got thrown in the deep end now and am reaching out for some help to make sure my idea has a chance to survive.
My tech-stack:
- Python Flask
- PostgreSQL
- vanilla frontend
- Google App Engine
Thanks in advance!
- Nextgrid 5y agoFeel free to reach out - email in my profile. First hour is free and should get you started, and we can negotiate fees if you actually want me to do more in-depth work down the line. My speciality is more around Django but I think the general concepts about architecture, scalability and security should still apply regardless of the framework.
- JamesWiles 5y agoThanks, will reach out! Is it @nextgrid.io or @nextgrid.ai? Your profile says .io but that page does not respond...
- Nextgrid 5y agoThanks - nextgrid.io is correct, there's no web server on it at the moment (haven't launched yet) but emails would still work.
- throw298340 5y agoIf you want to hire someone anyways, hire a senior engineer and let him start from scratch. Two problems solved at once.
- JamesWiles 5y agoI budgeted to hire 3 devs. One lead dev, and two junior devs. So my thinking was to pay the cost of all three salaries in first month to get a super good engineer setup everything up, then hire the more people after that...