HackerBuddy.com
Consumer and social
peer help matching
SHOW HN2011
HackerBuddy.com
I built HackerBuddy.com with the idea of helping the Hacker News community get one-on-one help with fellow…
news.ycombinator.com14points
9comments
#642of 1,097 in 2011
Top 59%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.38.
Idea: 3 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for finding friendly hackers to help with projects
From 2 comments
I love the concept for this, finding friendly hackers to help you on your hack project is massively useful
topcat31 on HNLove the idea ... very cool! I need to sharpen my skills before I sign up though ...
cooler on HN
Objections
Skill icons are unclear without hovering
From 1 comment
Great idea. A couple feedback items: - The icons on user pages which stand for areas of expertise aren't really helpful since you have to hover over them to see what most of them…
mcrittenden on HN
Requests
Replace hardcoded skill list with freeform tag autocomplete
From 1 comment
Great idea. A couple feedback items: - The icons on user pages which stand for areas of expertise aren't really helpful since you have to hover over them to see what most of them…
mcrittenden on HN
Add Flash/ActionScript to skill list
From 1 comment
You should also add Flash/Actionscript to the skill list.
znt on HN