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www.howacarworks.com
To be fair, one could make the same argument about Pets.com. People will always need dog food, it will always be inconvenient to get it from the shop. But here we are 20 years on and I'd say online delivery of pet supplies across the world is virtually non-existent.
Full stack developer.
Stack: Rails/React/Postgres/SASS
We need an eCommerce platform for small chains of brick-and-mortar shops (1-20) to list and sell their stock online. Mainly we are talking furniture, books, CDs and DVDs (... yes, CDs and DVDs).
Basically you'll build a more narrow version of Shopify.
We're not trying to win any Red Dot awards here but ideally you've got the ability to theme Bootstrap.
To give an idea, I'm expecting v1.0 of this project to come in at between $10k-20k.
I'm afraid there is no flexibility on the stack.
me@alexmuir.com
We run a few different businesses, and we need a remote full-stack developer to work in-house on various upcoming projects. It's varied work - there's a lot of different things to work on. Think of it as a Developer in Residence role.
Industries: Logistics, eCommerce, Publishing, Advertising.
Stack: Mostly Rails/React/Postgres. We've got some legacy Wordpress stuff that needs an occasional poke. Open to moving to Elixir for greenfield stuff.
Role: Getting stuff built. Full-stack developer with the ability to set up servers and explore new tech as needed.
To give an example of a first project (which I'll also post on Seeking Freelancer because it needs doing ASAP).
We need an eCommerce platform for small chains of brick-and-mortar shops (1-20) to list and sell their stock online. Mainly we are talking furniture, books, CDs and DVDs (... yes, CDs and DVDs). Challenges you'll tackle:
- Set up a white-label storefront for our individual clients.
- Set up an own-brand platform that searches across all our clients.
- Taking barcodes / ISBNs and fetching article information from online sources.
- Click-and-collect reservation system with notifications to the shops
- iPad-based interface for shops to list and manage stock.
Other businesses we run: https://boxmove.com, https://www.howacarworks.com, https://www.thebigspace.co.uk, a lot of mobile games sites.
We're flexible and you'll have a lot of freedom to get stuff built and shipped. It's an ideal role for someone who would like to do their own startup but wants get a breadth of skills before striking out in a couple of years.
Compensation: £40k - £55k+
Send me an example of something you've built.
me@alexmuir.com
I've used Kurtz extensively and it's been brilliant. The only downside of all these block-based editors is that you can't easily create layouts where images float to the left or right of text. Well, you can create them but you don't get a WYSIWYG idea of what it looks like right in the editor. I can live with that!
I've explored all sorts of editors and Colonel Kurtz is the one that's worked best: Trix, Draft, TinyMCE, CKEditor, ContentEditable, ProseMirror - just off the top of my head.
That said, I think the automotive parts industry is an incredible achievement and I’m constantly blown away by the availability of stuff.
Btw I run howacarworks.com and I’m working on a parts-based startup. I’d love to pick your brains. Drop me an email: alex@howacarworks.com.
Now I'm producing an affordable, detailed video course that teaches ordinary people auto engineering. It's the most satisfying project I ever worked on but I'm very dependent on companies and products that I don't love: Google, YouTube, Facebook. I don't enjoy dealing with things like Instagram and that directly costs me a lot of money.
I think my Youtube stuff is amongst the best out there but I refuse to put yellow text, red circles, and my own grinning face on the thumbnails. I don't waste 30 seconds at the end of every video begging people to subscribe, ring the bell, support me on Patreon, comment, hit the thumbs up. I'd prefer to tell people what they need to know and send them on their way - that's directly at odds with YouTube who want to keep them from actually going out to the garage at all costs.
Unfortunately, even producing quality stuff you still end up taking a daily swim in a dirty sea filled with everyone else's floating bullshit.
Can anyone shed any light on Neema? It seems to be the forerunner to this. Very unusual for a YC company - it has almost no coverage on HN whatsoever - just two mentions that I can find in the search.
Twice, I've followed the trail of stories which were either false or misleading, and both times they led to Irish journalists who definitely seem to be real people.
Both of them almost exclusively tweet about Russian issues and are 100% pro-Russian on absolutely any issue. You can go down their Twitters and you won't find a mention of corruption, political failings, doping or anything else negative.
and
https://twitter.com/DanielleRyanJ
I really don't know what to think here. Obviously there are contrarians on any issue, and journalism is tough to get ahead in - if RT are going to pay your salary then people could be tempted into a pro-Russian leaning - but to be completely polemic in your views. I just find it suspicious.
[Edit: https://www.rt.com/op-ed/398857-hungary-orban-media-dictator... here was the article that Danielle Ryan wrote about Hungary in Russia Today. I don't know a single person in Hungary who would agree with what she writes there. Not even among Hungarians who actually voted for Orban, nevermind among expats. The Hungarian government has posters up right now warning voters that the EU wants to "install millions from Africa and the Middle East." It's racist fear-mongering in the extreme and universally condemned. But somehow we've got an Irish girl throwing her weight behind the government while paid for by Russia?]
My gut feeling is that some people in power do not want this plane found.
It’s a great example of a business in a strong and profitable niche in an industry that is absolutely dominated by YouTube. I’m happy to give them my money.