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Hi, this is my first potentially revenue-generating project, that I built in 2 weeks. There are still a few features missing (e.g. CV upload) but the general fu

Hi, this is my first potentially revenue-generating project, that I built in 2 weeks. There are still a few features missing (e.g. CV upload) but the general functionality is there - including the Github authentication. Would love to hear what people think :)

reubano 12y ago
I like the concept! I'm a freelance developer and working on my own web app for freelancers as well. One problem I have with services like these tho is the chicken/egg problem. I just did a search for contract positions and only saw two. As a dev, I wouldn't want to visit the site again unless I know there will be a lot more jobs posted.
- fiatjaf 12y ago
  Yeah, this is really a difficult thing to make work. If it succeeds, it will be huge, but the odds are always against any chicken-and-egg service like that.
- hiddentao 12y ago
  Yep, I always knew this would be a problem. Nevertheless I felt it would be worth putting it out there to gauge the interest in something like this. I'm happy to say a lot of people are interested (and new jobs are showing up on the board too) so I think there's scope to solve this problem. I have a few other ideas with respect to increasing traffic which I hope to apply to it in the near future.
  - icebraining 12y ago
    What about a button to "email me when new jobs that fit this filter are posted"? Like Adioso for jobs :)
zerr 12y ago
Advice: Please remove "Enforce Github authentication" functionality. Don't help popularizing "Github is your CV" bullshit. Also, since you're just starting, limiting your userbase is the last thing you want to achieve...
- alexchamberlain 12y ago
  Why do you think it's bullshit?
  - ownagefool 12y ago
    It's not that it's bullshit, it's just that it doesn't encompass everyone which was the parents point. People who a) work on open source, or b) have enough free time that they're able to publish in their free time are the only people you want to hire? Great, have at it. But you'll quickly be wiping out a lot of people with experience behind them because they have a family. Some of them would have been the type to actually write code in their spare time when they were younger, you know, before github was around and before they had kids, they're probably still smart, but github isn't their CV and may never be. That said, code examples are a very nice thing to have, so it goes both ways.
  - wastedhours 12y ago
    Lots of developers do really great work in their day jobs committing code to closed source projects, or have private projects in a different VCS/Git location (such as a personal GitLab install). Whilst worthy, a developer's contributions to OSS or public code commits aren't the only determining factor of their quality/hireability.
    - Touche 12y ago
      It's not the only determining factor, but seeing someone's code is the best way to know that they are good at it. And GitHub is the best place to publish code for this purpose. From a purely practical perspective, being a developer who exclusively works on closed-source code in 2014 is a bad career decision.
      - JoeAltmaier 12y ago
        Pretty broad conclusion. I get jobs by reference, have for 20 years. No open-source code. Not ever been an issue.
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lordbusiness 12y ago
Constructive feedback since you've asked... :-) Please don't withhold hiring company names. Recruiters do this and usually it means they don't actually have a job and are just canvassing resumes. I don't wish to accuse you of what has become a standard way to bootstrap (fake it 'til you make it) but it leads me to believe the content is imaginary and the last thing people need when they're job hunting (and possibly severely strapped for income) is time wasting leading them down the garden path. It's not only unprofessional, but I'd suggest borderline immoral. :-) And if they are real jobs, the first question will be who is the company anyway.
MCRed 12y ago
Biggest missing feature: Free text search box. Let me search for that elusive remote FORTRAN position! :-) I would prioritize this over all others as it lets you search for "european" or technology, or "hip chat" if, for instance, you're sensitive to the chat system the employer uses. Covers a lot of bases.
- hiddentao 12y ago
  Thanks, that is on the todo list. I was trying to get this done in a short space of time - and because the initial list of jobs was going to be short I felt that I didn't need it for now.
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gee_totes 12y ago
I'm not sure if the github authentication is working. I go to Apply for this job, it takes me to github, I click authenticate, then I get this error on on the github_oauth_callback page on remotecoder.io: {"type":"MongoError","msg":"E11000 duplicate key error index: remotecoder.users.$email_1 dup key: { : null }"} (My github username is the same as my HN handle)
- hiddentao 12y ago
  Sorry about that, should be ok now.
sfteus 12y ago
I see on the about page that you built the site with Waigo and Mongo. If you don't mind, could you go into a little bit of detail about the hardware you're running the site on? I had a similar scope site in mind (a few static pages and a form or two) and would like to get an idea of what it would take to run it with minimal issues or bottlenecks.
- hiddentao 12y ago
  For now it's simply running within a Docker container on a Digital Ocean droplet (the 512 MB RAM one).
mattt416 12y ago
Congrats on the launch! It's getting to be a pretty crowded space, but hopefully you can bring something new to the table! -Matt @ https://www.wfh.io https://www.wfh.io

reubano 12y ago

I like the concept! I'm a freelance developer and working on my own web app for freelancers as well. One problem I have with services like these tho is the chicken/egg problem. I just did a search for contract positions and only saw two. As a dev, I wouldn't want to visit the site again unless I know there will be a lot more jobs posted.

fiatjaf 12y ago
Yeah, this is really a difficult thing to make work. If it succeeds, it will be huge, but the odds are always against any chicken-and-egg service like that.
hiddentao 12y ago
Yep, I always knew this would be a problem. Nevertheless I felt it would be worth putting it out there to gauge the interest in something like this. I'm happy to say a lot of people are interested (and new jobs are showing up on the board too) so I think there's scope to solve this problem. I have a few other ideas with respect to increasing traffic which I hope to apply to it in the near future.
- icebraining 12y ago
  What about a button to "email me when new jobs that fit this filter are posted"? Like Adioso for jobs :)

zerr 12y ago

Advice: Please remove "Enforce Github authentication" functionality. Don't help popularizing "Github is your CV" bullshit. Also, since you're just starting, limiting your userbase is the last thing you want to achieve...

alexchamberlain 12y ago
Why do you think it's bullshit?
- ownagefool 12y ago
  It's not that it's bullshit, it's just that it doesn't encompass everyone which was the parents point. People who a) work on open source, or b) have enough free time that they're able to publish in their free time are the only people you want to hire? Great, have at it. But you'll quickly be wiping out a lot of people with experience behind them because they have a family. Some of them would have been the type to actually write code in their spare time when they were younger, you know, before github was around and before they had kids, they're probably still smart, but github isn't their CV and may never be. That said, code examples are a very nice thing to have, so it goes both ways.
- wastedhours 12y ago
  Lots of developers do really great work in their day jobs committing code to closed source projects, or have private projects in a different VCS/Git location (such as a personal GitLab install). Whilst worthy, a developer's contributions to OSS or public code commits aren't the only determining factor of their quality/hireability.
  - Touche 12y ago
    It's not the only determining factor, but seeing someone's code is the best way to know that they are good at it. And GitHub is the best place to publish code for this purpose. From a purely practical perspective, being a developer who exclusively works on closed-source code in 2014 is a bad career decision.
    - JoeAltmaier 12y ago
      Pretty broad conclusion. I get jobs by reference, have for 20 years. No open-source code. Not ever been an issue.

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lordbusiness 12y ago

Constructive feedback since you've asked... :-) Please don't withhold hiring company names. Recruiters do this and usually it means they don't actually have a job and are just canvassing resumes. I don't wish to accuse you of what has become a standard way to bootstrap (fake it 'til you make it) but it leads me to believe the content is imaginary and the last thing people need when they're job hunting (and possibly severely strapped for income) is time wasting leading them down the garden path. It's not only unprofessional, but I'd suggest borderline immoral. :-) And if they are real jobs, the first question will be who is the company anyway.

MCRed 12y ago

Biggest missing feature: Free text search box. Let me search for that elusive remote FORTRAN position! :-) I would prioritize this over all others as it lets you search for "european" or technology, or "hip chat" if, for instance, you're sensitive to the chat system the employer uses. Covers a lot of bases.

hiddentao 12y ago
Thanks, that is on the todo list. I was trying to get this done in a short space of time - and because the initial list of jobs was going to be short I felt that I didn't need it for now.

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gee_totes 12y ago

I'm not sure if the github authentication is working. I go to Apply for this job, it takes me to github, I click authenticate, then I get this error on on the github_oauth_callback page on remotecoder.io: {"type":"MongoError","msg":"E11000 duplicate key error index: remotecoder.users.$email_1 dup key: { : null }"} (My github username is the same as my HN handle)

hiddentao 12y ago
Sorry about that, should be ok now.

sfteus 12y ago

I see on the about page that you built the site with Waigo and Mongo. If you don't mind, could you go into a little bit of detail about the hardware you're running the site on? I had a similar scope site in mind (a few static pages and a form or two) and would like to get an idea of what it would take to run it with minimal issues or bottlenecks.

hiddentao 12y ago
For now it's simply running within a Docker container on a Digital Ocean droplet (the 512 MB RAM one).

mattt416 12y ago

Congrats on the launch! It's getting to be a pretty crowded space, but hopefully you can bring something new to the table! -Matt @ https://www.wfh.io https://www.wfh.io