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Re:How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75) by ashleyw on Friday July 04, 2008 @06:58AM (#236129)
Very nice, but bare in mind they didn't really make it for $10,000, thats what the salaries for 9 people for 4 days of work would be. (and even then, they only had 3 real people doing the work on the site, the other 6 people were doing PR, which obviously worked!!)

I don't know where you live and how much a salary and living costs are, but I'm sure if you had to charge for this it would cost more than $8.75...in fact I would estimate it would be equivalent to $1000 doing it alone, maybe?

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Re:How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75) by Tichy on Friday July 04, 2008 @07:31AM (#236145)
I think the interesting unit is the man days used. So it is 36 vs 6.
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Re:How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75) by paraschopra on Friday July 04, 2008 @07:20AM (#236138)
Yes, aptly put. But I recently graduated from college and having holidays before I join a firm. So just did that for fun. Salary-wise, maybe I would put in additional Rs. 10,000 ($250) for six days. But that is still extremely bootstrappable.
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Re:How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75) by Jax on Friday July 04, 2008 @07:47AM (#236152)
Nice!

But the point you mentioned: market research

I would go around trying to find out what people in my surrounding are really craving for in the internet and then try to create that.

But paraschopra, the name matters too. The name should be 'remember-able' or 'recall-able'.

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Re:How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75) by raghus on Friday July 04, 2008 @10:29AM (#236228)
jugaad is slang for 'work' or 'effort'. So while myjugaad.in might not be the best name for a slide show website it's a pretty nice name - esp for a site that showcases a person's projects/websites.
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Re:How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75) by paraschopra on Friday July 04, 2008 @07:54AM (#236156)
Yes, I agree with you. I just chose a domain name I already was owning for a different project. I agree that for serious things name should be recallable.
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