Sounds like a good idea but the process of onboarding for anything but the most trivial of projects will take a serious amount of time... and it's directly proportional to how much "technical debt" there is to solve. I may only have 15h of "work" but if it takes me another 30h to get these developers familiar with my product and codebase, it's a non-starter.
You are right: the more the amount of the tech debt amassed, the longer the learning curve. Still better if the devs can start from tomorrow, right ;).
Also, once the team becomes familiar with the legacy code once, all further support is much easier.
The fixed price point of $99 seems like it would have to rely on some geographical arbitrage to make any sense. Why not establish a quality baseline and let the marketplace take care of the price points / team sizes?
I think the focus on tech debt is an interesting take though.
This is a marketplace @Zack-sgu. On the supply side, you have multiple software development contractors. We vet them and leverage their availability data.
Good point about the price vs quality baseline! Have to give it a thought.
This post seems more like an ad for a business than a "Show HN". The guidelines for "Show HN" say:
"Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread."[1]
There's nothing on this site that you can try out without paying for it.
Thank you for pointing this out, @greenyoda. The reason we're asking for the deposit is to cut the usual customer validation routine and make it possible for you to jump on a call with the Team lead tomorrow.
This is more a marketplace product than saas - hence the way it works.
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[ 6.0 ms ] story [ 41.5 ms ] threadYou are right: the more the amount of the tech debt amassed, the longer the learning curve. Still better if the devs can start from tomorrow, right ;). Also, once the team becomes familiar with the legacy code once, all further support is much easier.
The fixed price point of $99 seems like it would have to rely on some geographical arbitrage to make any sense. Why not establish a quality baseline and let the marketplace take care of the price points / team sizes?
I think the focus on tech debt is an interesting take though.
I presume you meant "the work isn't done until you say it is."
"Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread."[1]
There's nothing on this site that you can try out without paying for it.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
This is more a marketplace product than saas - hence the way it works.