Codementor
Consumer and social
developer marketplace
SHOW HN2015
19points
7comments
#1,291of 2,565 in 2015
Top 51%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.27.
Performance: 0 for, 2 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
Mentors find real-time developer help useful
From 2 comments
It's funny, just earlier today I was thinking how useful something like this would be. Even as an experienced developer, there are times when I'd like to bounce ideas off someone…
lojack on HNHaving been on CodeMentor for a few weeks now (as a mentor), I have some mixed feelings on the experience. I was hoping that I'd be talking with folks doing interesting things or…
hashtree on HN
Objections
Mentors feel paid rates are too low for their time
From 2 comments
It's funny, just earlier today I was thinking how useful something like this would be. Even as an experienced developer, there are times when I'd like to bounce ideas off someone…
lojack on HNHaving been on CodeMentor for a few weeks now (as a mentor), I have some mixed feelings on the experience. I was hoping that I'd be talking with folks doing interesting things or…
hashtree on HN
Requests are mostly homework and basic questions, not interesting work
From 1 comment
Having been on CodeMentor for a few weeks now (as a mentor), I have some mixed feelings on the experience. I was hoping that I'd be talking with folks doing interesting things or…
hashtree on HN
Page loads slowly due to large images
From 2 comments
I'm getting 69 uncached images downloading at 33MB total size. Takes 70s for page load on https://www.codementor.io/learn-python-online. Your scaling 2550px to 788px for me -…
pbhjpbhj on HNSeems to be having load issues. Possibly related to being on the front page of HN?
bovermyer on HN
Requests
Filter requests so mentors see only interesting ones
From 1 comment
Thanks for being a mentor on our site and thanks for the feedback! We're coming up with ways to make sure you'd only get requests that you find interesting. Stay tuned!
weitingliu on HN
Add links to specific AMA questions
From 1 comment
Suggestion: In AMA, add a way to link to a specific question. You could add an ID and point to the current URL with the ID appended.
TheAceOfHearts on HN