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Re:Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by t... by diggan on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:40PM (#16621640)
Would love to hear your comments on my second point as well. How does this not ruin long-term prospects of projects?
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Re:Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by t... by nigelg on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:03PM (#16623140)
The payouts are issued on PR approval, which has mitigated the spamming of low quality work.

> I'm not concerned about the long-term of the project

You're right. With TrapFi, we try to fix this with a high degree of transparency regarding the quality of work that the developer is charging the client for.

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Re:Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by t... by tedmiston on Monday March 19, 2018 @07:28PM (#16624393)
> With TrapFi, we try to fix this with a high degree of transparency regarding the quality of work that the developer is charging the client for.

This sounds a bit ominous — you do what exactly to create a high degree of transparency?

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Re:Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by t... by nigelg on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:05PM (#16624679)
We simply link to the pull requests in the client's bill. Also, a repo admin can review the work before a payment is issued.
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