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I don't really think either of us can reliably substantiate predictions of how it would pan out but, considering that in this very submission, help was asked fo

• brudgers 11y ago
  A few years ago, around the US Thanksgiving holiday, there was an "Offer HN:..." thread. Over the next few weeks, there were a number of genuine offers from very capable people. It was really awesome But eventually, it became what any cynic would expect: a mechanism for "We will build your iOS app for $2500" offers and today it's dead. This isn't a 1.0 release. It's a 0.1 alpha. Nobody has written the 400 lines of good expert code requested. The existing C code that has been offered may or may not blow up under the OP's load or not meet their exact needs. No one is claiming it is bet-your-business ready. The fundamental open-source project problems of maintenance and further development are not solved or even addressed. More importantly, it hasn't been demonstrated that this mechanism works for getting people to substantially support the project with more than the goodwill of contributing existing code developed for another purpose. Don't misunderstand me, that's a great thing. Which is why a once a month format is a reasonable starting point.