swGooF

I previously launched this product to see if anyone would like it. The site got more hits than I expected so I decided to make some updates and relaunch. Here is my previous Hacker News post:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3334424

Thanks, the site is live again but people cannot add new content anymore. I am glad you liked it.

Personally, I just hoped people would vote multiple times on the same idea. Anyhow, you may have seen all the ideas in just a few minutes. When you left this comment there were not many ideas.

Thanks

The idea sounded interesting to me as well, but in hindsight it was not such a good idea. It got very spammy very fast.

Yes, I know the nav is bad.

It is on github:

https://github.com/swGooF/34ideas

Sorry, I misunderstood your comment.

Thanks for the nice comment. Tracking your favorite ideas would be a good feature.

I originally started the site because I was planning to add the features it is currently missing. I got side tracked and never finished. So instead of letting the code die, I decided to launch it, as is.

It turned out to not be a very good idea. If I added the missing features, would you find it meaningful?

Thanks jholman. I was sharing a low-investment project.

eggbrain - First off, thank you for taking the time to write a well-thought response (that is not intended to be sarcastic). Nearly everything in your reply is true. I had started the project a while back and quit on it. I then decided to launch what I had and see what happened. jholman is correct when he says that I did not really expect people to like the site. I honestly had no idea what people would think. That being said, it got lots of hits today. Way way more than I expected. I had to shut it down because of the spam. I was hoping to get a few hits (maybe 50-100) and see if I should resurrect the project. Unfortunately, it got so many hits that I think you pointed out the problem, "I hated it my first time there." Now, I am not sure what to do with it?

Thanks again.

I made the site non-functional. It was getting bombarded with spam.

Thanks, I should probably add those links. That is a pretty easy one.

Thanks, I know the navigation needs some work. Also, the site is not for people that need an NDA. The privacy policy is simple: everything is public.

That is a good point. I think I have seen that before too. Depending upon your website SEO, that may or may not help.

If your app targets tech people, then the .com may not be necessary. However, if your app targets a general audience then a .com should be used.

Here is a good test. Find a non-tech person (someone that does not know about your website), and ask him/her to go to your website. Sit him/her in front of a computer, and say, "Please go to secq.me" See if he/she can get to your website without any further directions. Here are some questions you will likely get: "Is there a .com?" "How do you spell that?" If you try this on a few people and nobody has troubles, then great.

Set up a page at KickoffLabs.com and start collecting emails of interested people. Then work on preparing/marketing your app for production release. A couple of good places for hosting an app are Heroku.com and dotcloud.com. They both offer enough free hosting to get your app online. If your app gains some momentum, you can upgrade your account and start paying.

The results are so close it is almost scary. It does make sense that the most popular candidate will get the most searches.

I couldn't find your email. It needs to be in the about section for people to see it. Can I get your email?

Glad to see this. I am excited to try it out.

Try Cloudbees for that. Plus they do continuous integration with Jenkins as well.

Don't specify the class as public. Then you can name it whatever you want.

Can you please say a bit more about what this is? Is it an IDE? Is it hosting? Is it both? IS it specific to a language/framework?

Thanks, that is a detailed description. Great ideas to get me going.

thanks

Keep up the good work, but remember that your code is not really 95% complete. Your code may be 95% ready to launch. After launch, you (or the users) will discover unexpected bugs and users will want new/different features. I suggest launch as soon as possible and start getting feedback.

Totally agree here. Remember the Milk is awesome.

Good Plan. Keep up the good work!

Good Idea. I had troubles finding non-techy topics. I got nothing from: bikes, cars, trains, animals, and snakes.

Don't worry about people stealing your idea. Tell people about your idea and get some feedback before you build.

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All of the jobs are not in California, but many of them are.