Uber for Software Engineers

1 points by JoHawth31 ↗ HN
Hello everyone, I built something! :)

A common scenario is the following: team leader requests feature A, but feature A requires expertise in X, and no one on the team has expertise in X. Vertlas steps in to provide the X. You can find Vertlas here: https://vertlas.com

Please let me know what you think. Thanks very much!

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Here's my feedback after checking out this site for a few minutes:

It seems a bit strange to post credit card details at the same time that you ask a question, especially without needing any sort of an account.

The items on the Pricing page raise up when I hover over them, as if I can click them to get some more information. But they can't be clicked. I would expect to see something like an example question and response to know what I'm really getting, plus hopefully a link to find out even more details since these are some rather pricey questions. Given the shortness of the responses, couldn't I just ask the same questions on Stack Overflow or Quora for free and potentially get even more responses?

Another thing: when posting credit card details, if the card fails, then there is no response on the page. I tried this with a Visa test card and the loader just kept loading as if the request was being processed. Meanwhile, my Developer Tools showed that the request was rejected by the Stripe API.

Finally, I get a ton of CORS errors from Mixpanel when I visit any page.

Given all of this, and despite the assurance on the site that my card would not be charged, I would feel apprehensive about using this service.