Immutable Coffee
Web and SaaS
expert q&a marketplace
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
3 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Mission to fund open source is appreciated
From 2 comments
I believe in your mission. The world needs a better way to fund open source development. At first glance, your product feels unrelated to this. It seems like a Stack Overflow…
glacials on HNSorry about that! Wasn't the first time I've heard this suggestion -- I'll definitely look into supporting this.
Aearnus on HN
Useful alternatives like CodeFund and Bountysource noted
From 2 comments
Looks awesome. If CodeFund could be of any help ping me Justin at codefund.io
jdorfman on HNBountysource is another interesting platform in this vein.
ganzuul on HN
Objections
Private answers and freelance model may not fit open source funding
From 2 comments
I believe in your mission. The world needs a better way to fund open source development. At first glance, your product feels unrelated to this. It seems like a Stack Overflow…
glacials on HN> making profit through consultancy This incentivizes making software that requires consultancy (or at best, disincentivizes fixing issues with the software that would lessen the…
Crinus on HN
Hard to vet experts
From 1 comment
How do you plan to vet experts?
pnako on HN
Site colors cause eye strain
From 1 comment
You should consider redesigning the website colors to spare visitors' eyes. I mean, the posted link opens a page with white text on black background, but clicking on the…
vinayms on HN
Requests
Add GitHub or Google login
From 1 comment
I'm excited to check it out. I wish there was an easy login with GitHub or Google instead of creating yet another password.
xrd on HN
Consider nonprofit status
From 2 comments
I believe in your mission. The world needs a better way to fund open source development. At first glance, your product feels unrelated to this. It seems like a Stack Overflow…
glacials on HNA nonprofit may be a great model for you and I love nonprofits. It’s been traditionally difficult for open source software organizations to get recognized as a 503c nonprofit…
mch82 on HN
Questions
How are experts vetted
From 1 comment
How do you plan to vet experts?
pnako on HN
Alternatives named
Codementor
From 1 comment
Sounds to me like a scrappy clone of Codementor. I think the real way to equalize OSS software is to make it partially OSS ... maybe any company w/ < 10 mill profits it's FOSS,…
gremlinsinc on HN
Bountysource
From 1 comment
Bountysource is another interesting platform in this vein.
ganzuul on HN
Lyfevest
From 1 comment
Interesting idea, and seemingly not dissimilar to https://lyfevest.io, although Lyfevest has an all-you-can-eat subscription for asking questions, and the platform seemingly vets…
faxel on HN
GitHub Sponsors and Patreon
From 1 comment
I love the mission too. I'm always on the lookout for new ways to fund open source. GitHub Sponsors is an interesting thing to watch, as well as Patreon. Btw, there are a number…
breck on HN