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Why not we form groups around ideas that people like to start hacking? We should form a collective to bang out prototypes before not too long.

• aneesh 18y ago
  I think that's great in principle, but I'd be wary of the communication overhead if you can't meet in person. Especially if this is something that you'd be spending only 5-10 hours per week on, it might be easier to just build a barebones protoype yourself & then see if people are interested in taking that further.
  • yan 18y ago
    I think it's still worth a try or two. If anything, we can potentially organize a few real-life coding-oriented meetups to see if anything formalizes.
  • tstegart 18y ago
    Some of us can't build a prototype ourselves. But I give great ideas :)
• danw 18y ago
  It's easier to bash out a prototype solo. No mixed messages or communication overhead. Reuse existing tools like yahoo pipes if you can, frameworks like rails or symfony if you cant. Once you've got some kind of skeleton show others. They can see ways of improving and fixing it or try out new approaches themselves. Let those enthusiastic [and sufficiently skilled] about your prototype jump in and help you build a next version. Choose dictators over committees.