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Re:Ask HN: Anyone Interested in Authoring/Collaborating on a... by w458cmau on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @10:48AM (#15081905)
Now that I am thinking about it I am amazed that this is not how existing platforms work.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone Interested in Authoring/Collaborating on a... by zschuessler on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @11:04AM (#15082027)
Right! I've been developing this for almost a year now, and any time I spoke about it at a networking event, each dev says "Wait, you're right. Why doesn't this exist?"

It has been nice to hear that, it helps with the crushing doubt in my mind that I've wasted the past 7 months of my life.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone Interested in Authoring/Collaborating on a... by sharemywin on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @12:31PM (#15082875)
so, your core use case is a marketplace for code packages. The thing you offer no one else does. So, if I do a git pull or link to a package on something I haven't paid for it will block me?