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Basecamp: the app any web developer should be able to create themselves in a week or two...

fredoliveira 14y ago
I was one of the developers of a product in the same space, consider myself a pretty good programmer, and can assure you you wouldn't build basecamp (our any competing product) in a week or two. There's so much that goes into a product like this, that reading a comment such as yours can even be considered offensive. It is, at the very least, quite naive.
patio11 14y ago
I'm hoping this is a perhaps poorly-considered callback to one of HN's most famous comments, which described StackExchange as "simple software... that can be thrown together in a weekend." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=678501 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=678501 If this comment is actually serious, please try executing on it and report back on how it goes.
pestaa 14y ago
Ah, yes, this always comes up from folks who never tried to create it themselves...
javan 14y ago
Totally agree
- javan 14y ago
  LOL at being the lowest rated comment in this thread. I spent the last year (just a tad longer than two weeks) working on Basecamp along with a team of talented people.
- asianmack 14y ago
  Troll
meerita 14y ago
Let's hack it! make one open source.
- remi 14y ago
  The guy who created activeCollab first released it as open source → http://web.archive.org/web/20060810011430/http://www.activecollab.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20060810011430/http://www.activec... Then, he realized it could make money and put a $499 price tag on it → https://www.activecollab.com/pricing.html https://www.activecollab.com/pricing.html
  - meerita 14y ago
    I'm open to code the frontend. I just need one guy or two who can do the backend side.
- reidrac 14y ago
  I've never used Basecamp, but... Teambox? Last version seems SaaS only, but previous ones are OSS: http://teambox.com/ http://teambox.com/ https://github.com/teambox/teambox https://github.com/teambox/teambox
sleepyhead 14y ago
How long before this comment shows up on @shit_hn_says?
run4yourlives 14y ago
I'll check back in a couple of weeks to see where you're at...

I was one of the developers of a product in the same space, consider myself a pretty good programmer, and can assure you you wouldn't build basecamp (our any competing product) in a week or two. There's so much that goes into a product like this, that reading a comment such as yours can even be considered offensive. It is, at the very least, quite naive.

patio11 14y ago

I'm hoping this is a perhaps poorly-considered callback to one of HN's most famous comments, which described StackExchange as "simple software... that can be thrown together in a weekend." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=678501 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=678501 If this comment is actually serious, please try executing on it and report back on how it goes.

pestaa 14y ago

Ah, yes, this always comes up from folks who never tried to create it themselves...

javan 14y ago

Totally agree

javan 14y ago
LOL at being the lowest rated comment in this thread. I spent the last year (just a tad longer than two weeks) working on Basecamp along with a team of talented people.
asianmack 14y ago
Troll

meerita 14y ago

Let's hack it! make one open source.

remi 14y ago
The guy who created activeCollab first released it as open source → http://web.archive.org/web/20060810011430/http://www.activecollab.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20060810011430/http://www.activec... Then, he realized it could make money and put a $499 price tag on it → https://www.activecollab.com/pricing.html https://www.activecollab.com/pricing.html
- meerita 14y ago
  I'm open to code the frontend. I just need one guy or two who can do the backend side.
reidrac 14y ago
I've never used Basecamp, but... Teambox? Last version seems SaaS only, but previous ones are OSS: http://teambox.com/ http://teambox.com/ https://github.com/teambox/teambox https://github.com/teambox/teambox

sleepyhead 14y ago

How long before this comment shows up on @shit_hn_says?

run4yourlives 14y ago

I'll check back in a couple of weeks to see where you're at...