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The Best Kind of Writing(startupdispatch.com)
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The Best Programming Language for Startups(startupdispatch.com)
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The Two Best Ways to Find Startup Ideas(startupdispatch.com)
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by tmastro 7y ago
Hey Vlad, I'm a co-founder of DevFlight (YC W'19). We're working on a solution to this problem and I'd love to talk to you. Email is in my profile if you're interested.
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by tmastro 8y ago
Great question. At this point, we’re focused on partnering with core maintainers of a project. As you’ve stated, these are the individuals who have control over what gets implemented in a project and ensuring project stability. However, we
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by tmastro 8y ago
Thanks for the question! Many companies are already paying or willing to pay for open-source software, especially when a lot of their critical infrastructure in production is open-source. This is becoming a more common occurrence as open-so
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by tmastro 8y ago
This is an interesting idea. Making open-source more sustainable definitely requires an aggregation of resources. I think something like what you’re describing would help make it easier for maintainers to collect donations, and for more peo
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by tmastro 8y ago
Very fascinating, I will definitely listen to this. Thanks for sharing!
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by tmastro 8y ago
Your point about donations and grants is a good one. Working with us does not mean maintainers have to exclusively use contracts to make money. Making open-source more sustainable will definitely require an aggregation of resources. We’ve l
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by tmastro 8y ago
Thanks for that feedback. We start by collecting publicly available GitHub information related to the maintainer’s repo. This includes looking at who has engaged with projects by doing things like submitting issues, pull requests, and stars
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by tmastro 8y ago
Co-founder here. Absolutely! We’re working with the wonderful maintainers of projects like Caddy Server ( https://github.com/mholt/caddy ) and OctoberCMS ( https://github.com/octobercms/october ). We’
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by tmastro 8y ago
You are right, but "could one day be the best way" didn't have the same ring to it :)
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by tmastro 8y ago
Co-Founder here! As developers, we launch our side projects on a variety of different platforms, including here on Hacker News, Product Hunt, Reddit and Indie Hackers, to name a few. We've created LaunchNotice to help developers get mo
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Show HN: LaunchNotice is the best way to broadcast a startup/side project launch(signup.launchnotice.com)
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by tmastro 8y ago
I've interviewed with plenty of companies that don't do white board interviews. This doesn't mean they don't test for experience and aptitude. They just use different, often more appropriate tests, such as take home proj
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by tmastro 8y ago
We built this site for developers to find jobs that use interview techniques that model their work in the real world, without whiteboards or riddles.
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Show HN: Tired of Whiteboard Interviews? So Are We(whiteboardfree.com)
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by tmastro 8y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful response. Would you be willing to talk to me about your process? You can reach me at the email address on my profile or let me know how I can contact you.
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by tmastro 8y ago
What do you look for that only 3-4 people who applied are able to demonstrate? Interested to learn from your experience.
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Ask HN: What is a better predictor of success for developers?
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Ask HN: What is the biggest challenge you face as a developer?
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by tmastro 9y ago
Mainly Ruby on Rails
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by tmastro 9y ago
I'm in a very similar situation and would love to connect. We may be able to help each other. If you're interested let me know how I can get in touch.
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Ask HN: Connecting with other developers on side projects?
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