Assembly
Web and SaaS
collaborative product building platform
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
3 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Idea: 1 for, 4 againstPricing: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting, challenging concept; contributors can earn royalties from ongoing revenue
From 3 comments
Ah. I understand what you guys are doing now. This is an interesting and challenging concept to execute. I wish you guys success! My only question remaining is how you guys…
cmapes on HNI'd consider 11 tasks for at least $50/mo. for the foreseeable future an interesting investment, at the least.
goldfeld on HNI think the dynamics you touched upon are specific to coderwall, their revenue model, their leadership, and their choice of stack(not that any of it is bad, it has just created…
alhenaworks on HN
Objections
Partnership structure exposes contributors to unlimited liability
From 2 comments
Partnership?! Are you out of your mind?! Now 100 internet strangers come together to build something, one of them makes a bad decision and 99 people have unlimited liability for…
maxk42 on HNAh. I understand what you guys are doing now. This is an interesting and challenging concept to execute. I wish you guys success! My only question remaining is how you guys…
cmapes on HN
Equity-like payouts raise securities, tax and visa concerns
From 2 comments
I'm curious how this works with the legal landscape of US regulation. I'm 99.9% sure the law would consider this equity compensation in exchange for labor performed, since this…
cmapes on HNAny idea what's the legal status of getting paid royalties as someone on an H1-B or F1 visa? Dividends and investments are usually acceptable secondary sources of income. I'm not…
Eyas on HN
Payouts are too small for contributors on low-revenue products like Coderwall
From 1 comment
Cool idea, but at this point it doesn't seem like a reasonable option for new developers coming into projects. For example, I picked Coderwall, which is the 2nd project listed on…
marbemac on HN
Work is concentrated in one or a few people
From 2 comments
So CoderWall is their first product and I did a little fishing and 1 guy is doing all the coding as I suspected ... https://github.com/assemblymade/coderwall/pulse/monthly And in…
keeptrying on HNI'm sure if you shake the data a little more you'll see that a very small minority do most of the work. This has always been true - in corporations, in teams within corporations…
keeptrying on HN
Requests
Clarify legal structure and liability
From 3 comments
I'm curious how this works with the legal landscape of US regulation. I'm 99.9% sure the law would consider this equity compensation in exchange for labor performed, since this…
cmapes on HNAh. I understand what you guys are doing now. This is an interesting and challenging concept to execute. I wish you guys success! My only question remaining is how you guys…
cmapes on HNWhat about foreign contributors? What laws and rules apply to us?
zealon on HN
State explicitly whether it is a cooperative
From 1 comment
Interesting idea. This is kind of like Quirky (https://www.quirky.com), but instead of collaborative production of consumer products, it's creating software. I read through the…
jawns on HN
Questions
How are contributors taxed on App Coin value?
From 1 comment
I'm curious how this works with the legal landscape of US regulation. I'm 99.9% sure the law would consider this equity compensation in exchange for labor performed, since this…
cmapes on HN
How does dilution of coins work?
From 2 comments
I'm curious how this works with the legal landscape of US regulation. I'm 99.9% sure the law would consider this equity compensation in exchange for labor performed, since this…
cmapes on HNYou’ve pointed out several of the biggest challenges Assembly has had to overcome to get where we are today. But yes, they are big challenges. Here’s how it works: (I think I’ve…
awwstn on HN
What are the rules for foreign contributors?
From 1 comment
What about foreign contributors? What laws and rules apply to us?
zealon on HN
Alternatives named
Quirky
From 1 comment
Interesting idea. This is kind of like Quirky (https://www.quirky.com), but instead of collaborative production of consumer products, it's creating software. I read through the…
jawns on HN
Steam Greenlight
From 1 comment
I've got a few products on Assembly and have some thoughts to share. I think Assembly has a shot at a product that makes revenue by helping startups/products/teams navigate the…
alhenaworks on HN