Re: WeekendHacker.net - A place for very small projects
by djb_hackernews on Thursday May 19, 2011 @01:59PM
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Re: WeekendHacker.net - A place for very small projects
by pavel_lishin on Thursday May 19, 2011 @11:59AM
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How would they curate it?
Re: WeekendHacker.net - A place for very small projects
by JulianMorrison on Thursday May 19, 2011 @12:01PM
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"Announcement only; Anyone can read the archives. Anyone can join, but only managers can post messages." -- from the create-a-new-group page.
Re: WeekendHacker.net - A place for very small projects
by djb_hackernews on Thursday May 19, 2011 @01:51PM
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or /r/forhire
Re: WeekendHacker.net - A place for very small projects
by bxr on Thursday May 19, 2011 @11:46AM
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At the same time though, if you host it yourself you can switch out the backend or interface whenever you want with no inconvenience to users unless going in to or out of a locked-in system like google.
Hosting is cheap, and someone running a "weekend hacker" group probably already has all the hosting worries taken care of for other projects. Besides, running things is fun.
Edit: seriously, unless you plan to somehow monetize it, having Google do your sysadmin work, pay for your hosting, and present a well tuned web/email interface at no cost is a no-brainer. It's early enough in the project you could ask people to switch over.