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Show HN: GetHacker - Paid, short term projects for developers
- Pezmc 14y ago"We're sorry, but something went wrong."
- jmonegro 14y agoWhen trying to sign up?
- Doublon 14y agoYes. Unable to connect with Github
- biggus_dictus 14y agoMaybe they can get a hacker to fix that... somehow. I got the same thing when trying to sign in via github.
- simonbarker87 14y agoSame here
- VMG 14y agosame here
- scorcher 14y agoMe too (signing in with github)
- bzupnick 14y agoSometimes this happens with Heroku when uploading things to the database. Make sure all your database credentials are up and correct.
- ajq5623 14y agoSame. Message appears for me after attempting to authorize the app on GitHub.
- 31reasons 14y agoI guess this site is just a landing page to estimate the demand.Not actually implemented?
- mattbradley 14y agohttp://www.gethacker.com/developers/auth/github/callback?code=xxxx http://www.gethacker.com/developers/auth/github/callback?cod... "We're sorry, but something went wrong."
- wbachnik 14y agoThe first project on the site is to fix that problem ;-) A perfect chicken-and-egg implementation!
- chadmckenna 14y agoSame problem. It happened to me right after it sent me to GitHub and I clicked the 'Authorize App' button.
- jmonegro 14y agoAlright, I'm working on the signup errors. It appears to be hit and miss. I personally can't replicated but I'm upping the dynos on heroku and checking my code. Thanks!
- paulgb 14y agoAlso, "The process is over and you're project will be coming together soon" -> "your project"
- jmonegro 14y agoFixed!
- InAnEmergency 14y agoI often see this with sites that assume a GitHub account has an associated public email, when that is not always true. The Devise gem for Rails has this issue, if you are using that.
- jmonegro 14y agoI just figured that out and pushed a fix, here's hoping that was it.
- dsowers 14y agoOut of curiosity, what did you use to make those animations? Cool site, by the way.
- paulgb 14y agoCSS3 transitions, by the look of it (http://www.gethacker.com/assets/application-69339e2f3b3262c7278ab0654b96d3da.css http://www.gethacker.com/assets/application-69339e2f3b3262c7...)
- jmonegro 14y agoAnimate.css (http://daneden.me/animate/ http://daneden.me/animate/), super easy css3 animations.
- davidjnelson 14y agoThe animations jump around in a visually unsettling way on an ipad 4 as the page loads.
- bchhun 14y agoThe contact link doesn't work on Chrome/Fedora 17. Other than that, seems pretty nice. good luck.
- jmonegro 14y agoWorking on it.
- bubba1356 14y agoLooking at this from a non-developers perspective there's one thing that would put me off- waiting until Saturday before developers see the job. If it's a small job it's likely the job poster will want to get someone working ASAP.
- jmonegro 14y agoGot it. It's probably not for those immediate issues, but how would you feel about a "rush" option for a higher fee?
- scorcher 14y agoThis seems to be pitched somewhere horrible between the fun side projects ideas site and contract work. Take out the $50 charge and it suddenly looks great $50 isn't very much for a days work. Also if I'm doing contract work it would be nice to pitch the price to the project and my skills rather than having some arbitrary fixed price. If I have taken someone's money they will feel entitled and I have to deal with difficult clients vague requirements and suchlike. They will also (presumably) retain the rites for the code produced. Remove the $50 and it can be just for fun. I can bail on people I don't want to work with and I can retain the code if I want to extend it or show it off on my GitHub.
- mooreds 14y agoHmmm... I don't think that the $50 is going to the hacker. I think that is just the fee for GetHacker to connect the project owner with a developer. See the 'get to work' bubble on the homepage: "Once a project owner decides to pick you for their project, we'll connect you both via e-mail. The GetHacker process is over, and you both can take it from there." which implies that once a match has been made, there may be further negotiation, but it won't be facilitated by GetHacker.
- amikazmi 14y agoI was under the impressions that it cost 50$ to submit a project (the site fee), in addition to the payment for the developer.
- ZiadHilal 14y agoI was under the impression that GetHacker receives $50, it's the price a client has to pay in order to connect with a developer. Then you the developer would be able to negotiate costs with the client in private.
- jmonegro 14y agoWow, apparently you guys crashed Heroku! I'm working on it!
- wildmXranat 14y agoIt's under heavy load and possible during development. I will wait when it start loading later tonight. edit: site actually loaded, but sing-up for developers failed . Also, please be more up-front about how and how much a developer gets paid. Is the $50 a project submission fee ? Is the $50 the actual income submitted to the developer minus your commision ?
- jmonegro 14y agoHi, Can you try signing up again? The $50 is the submission fee, separate from what the developer gets.
- neuroguy 14y agoApplication Error
- colinsidoti 14y agoI will never understand reliance on Github for screening applicants. Here, the people that need a hacker probably have no idea what to look for in a Github account.
- jmonegro 14y agoWe only use github for auth. Then, developers fill out their profiles with links to their work, bios, and skill list.
- mahmoudhossam 14y agoYou should add bitbucket too, they have an auth api as well.
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- USNetizen 14y agoIt seemed like a good idea until I hit "contact" and it's just an email address. Not as credible as I'd prefer were I looking for more information about the company behind this since it could have legal implications regarding taking on work outside of the country, taxes, etc. If I can't learn more about the site/company, it looks like just someone's side project and, hence, I question the support/security/stability/etc. of it.
- cpfohl 14y agoPersonal Opinion Alert, take with grain of salt: I'm not likely to give out my personal information (email address, github account, etc) just to see a list of projects. I'd certainly give you my information to apply for one. Was the list of projects public, I'd be more likely to sign up for "interesting" ones be sent to me. Our definitions of interesting might be different, and seeing a public list would make me more comfortable.
- jmonegro 14y agoCould I ask you why? Aside from the e-mail address (which is private), I would assume you'd want the github/work information to be public anyways.
- cpfohl 14y agoMainly becuase it's basically an email subscription which I avoid unless I know what value I'm getting ahead of time. Site looks good, btw, I hope it goes well for you. I was just offering one insight into a potential reason people might not sign up.
- jameswburke 14y agoI found myself okay with it because they'll send the developers a list of projects. From there I apply on ones I'm interested in, rather than the other way around. We'll see how it goes this Saturday. As a freelancer I'm always open to new client discovery.
- Brajeshwar 14y agoClients are fed up with broken promises and shoddy work from the hordes of "freelance" sites and low-cost development shops around the world. Similarly, the best Indie designers and developers struggle to be matched with great clients and differentiate themselves online. Many have tried to fix this and some succeeded to an extend. The deeper issue with such an initiative is how can you maintain the quality, that you promised, over a period of time. You have to be on it all the time and you cannot let anything on its own. A good developer may be over-worked and may not deliver on another project, whilst she did an awesome work on the earlier one. Disclaimer for this plug: I'm one of the co-founder of http://lxidd.com/ http://lxidd.com/ and we have been trying to solve this problem at a larger scale and magnitude. We're opening up only to select Clients and only via referral and introductions.
- jihip 14y agoJust curious, do you have a list of other websites that does similar things? This article has made me quite interested in it (i'm a developer) so I'd like to know more of that market. Thanks!
- DoubleMalt 14y agoTried to fill out my profile after initially only saving my email address, but the textfields don't take my input anymore ...
- humanfromearth 14y ago250USD minimum for a project? How exactly did you come up with this price?
- varunkho 14y agoThe way you have piched it, doesn't show a difference from other freelancing networks: "Then, you can review their profiles and get in touch with the ones you like" – that's how it works with odesk/freelancer. "When you see a project you like, just click on Apply. Project owners will be notified of your applications and will review your profile to determine if you're the right ..." exactly ... "Short term projects" – these websites already showcase plunty of such. Now you have added restrictions like $50 and only saturday to see projects. I think there's an opportunity for a dev marketplace where client post a project, and it automatically finds a right candidate.
- cimbal 14y agoIt seems the site is using WEBrick as the webserver. Replacing it with Thin should help a lot performance wise. Heroku has as section in their docs on how to change that: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/rails3#webserver https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/rails3#webserver Also, letting the application serve all the static assets has an even bigger impact on the number of dynos you need. I'm not a heroku user, but it seems there are some good solutions to this problem, like https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/cdn-asset-host-rails31 https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/cdn-asset-host-rails31
- jmonegro 14y agoThanks for the feedback. I've begun addressing the performance issues.
- jihip 14y agoI think this is a great idea. I'm a software developer at a big tech company; I just signed up to see if there are interesting projects.. good luck!
- rabbbit 14y agokeeps asking me to fill out my profile, but looks cool - I like it so far, gj!