So, this start-up has been developing code for a year without releasing anything. Has no money. Is relying at least partially on a developer who has been on the

So, this start-up has been developing code for a year without releasing anything. Has no money. Is relying at least partially on a developer who has been on the edge of disaster with no payment from this project for a year. Sounds like a recipe for a disaster to me. If you can't get to your code then I assume that sets the start-up even further back. How do you know the start-up could be successful? There is no way to tell until you start trying to pick up paying users and get something out into the wild. Until then, it's just one person blindly trusting another. The bottom line here seems to be that you aren't really bothered and the Macbook would give you extra cash. You have already been making cash from other sources. So, what are you asking for? New students for your classes? Someone to lend you a Macbook Pro? This probably isn't the best place to ask.