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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by mxstbr on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:19AM (#13577540)
I've started offering a service like this[0] for React apps. The response so far has been really good, people love it!

It's exactly how you say it is, by spending some time identifying the biggest issues and then spending an hour with the team I can get them to rally around some easy fixes that'll be valuable for the business long-term.

Developers love it as their bosses finally understand the value of refactoring, and managers love it because they get actionable tips that'll help the business.

Making this a general platform would require a lot of good curation, but nothing impossible. Now you got me thinking…

[0]: https://mxstbr.com/audits/

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by smudgymcscmudge on Monday February 06, 2017 @08:38AM (#13579256)
That looks like a valuable service, but it is slightly different from the micro-consulting the parent mentioned. From your perspective, do you think there would be value in a service that offers this consulting thirty minutes at a time?
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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by mxstbr on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:04PM (#13581464)
30 minutes is quite a short amount of time, especially given that most companies who will pay for consulting are quite far ahead in their projects already and will have a large codebase.

I could see 30 minutes to an hour working out for e.g. a bespoke greenfield codebase setup, but I don't think restricting it to 30 minutes makes a lot of sense.

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