Show HN: Save your side project
I don't know how I feel about this project. It feels like their product is a middleman, and sort of (maybe unintentionally) reinforces the idea that people "own" ideas...
When I think about it, it's probably not actually different from just having an open collective that takes on ideas and builds them for clients for free, but this is a distinctively less personal feel... but 10% is (in my opinion) a pretty hefty amount of revenue to share for just hosting.
If I'm understanding correctly, 10% revenue sharing for the simple value proposition of connecting you to people who want to build you app and hosting your app seems like too much.
Maybe I'm just not open minded enough for this to seem like a great idea to me yet
Is this service basically for SAAS type projects that could potentially have a future revenue stream? Or is it also intended for regular open source standalone projects? I've got some stuff in the pipeline where I've been trying to find a way to get more exposure, so I can get people testing it giving me an idea of future development priorities. But I don't see any type of revenue stream, unless I sell support for the projects.
Somehow get the assembly newsletter once in a while and I have to say it's a great newsletter. Not because I am so interested in what assembly does but rather because the subject line is so compelling to click on. Almost like it's not a newsletter but a real email. I don't know whether it is the lowcaps which does the trick or the wording but it's nailing it.
Can't say enough about how I feel about Assembly. It's such a great way to launch that idea you had but never got started.
This is perfect timing for me. I have a project which is online and has users, yet is languishing because I just don't have time. (http://think200.com - Test-driven app monitoring.)
I've been considering open-sourcing it and just hoping for the best. So this is a good alternative to investigate first.
How will you prevent ownership from being diluted by intentional (or even unintentional) inflation of future bounties?
Apologies for a shameless plug.
Should you ever find your side project un-savable - for a variety of reasons (commitment issue, personal, emotional, what-not), then you can always take your project to SideProjectors and let others take over. :)
Is there a way to filter by language?
This project is very close to an idea I had in 2009 I really hope it takes off:
Is your focus web apps or would native mobile platforms be a candidate?
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