Ask HN: Can a senior dev help me structure my POC code base properly?

Posted by JamesWiles on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:05AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I started developing a full-stack web app 6 months ago after quitting my finance career, and trying to bring an idea to life.

Last week I demo'ed it, and 3 companies tried to acquire me in 2 days! I was shocked and my head is still quite spinning. Yesterday I agreed to a deal, so now I am no longer an indie hacker ;) this means I need to grow my POC into a real scalable app quite fast and I need help!

A friend suggested I find a really good developer to help setup the code properly now, before I start hiring people. Get the foundations right first before pouring more people into the mix, especially since I hacked most of the code myself with zero experience.

Is there someone here willing to have a chat with me about this and the idea around setting up my web app architecture and initial code foundations?

I love programming, creating applications, and helping people by creating technology; feels like I just got thrown in the deep end now and am reaching out for some help to make sure my idea has a chance to survive.

My tech-stack:

- Python Flask - PostgreSQL - vanilla frontend - Google App Engine

Thanks in advance!

Re:Ask HN: Can a senior dev help me structure my POC code ba... by Nextgrid on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:08AM (#27152626)

Feel free to reach out - email in my profile. First hour is free and should get you started, and we can negotiate fees if you actually want me to do more in-depth work down the line.

My speciality is more around Django but I think the general concepts about architecture, scalability and security should still apply regardless of the framework.

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Re:Ask HN: Can a senior dev help me structure my POC code ba... by JamesWiles on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:17AM (#27152678)

Thanks, will reach out! Is it @nextgrid.io or @nextgrid.ai? Your profile says .io but that page does not respond...

Re:Ask HN: Can a senior dev help me structure my POC code ba... by Nextgrid on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:23AM (#27152715)

Thanks - nextgrid.io is correct, there's no web server on it at the moment (haven't launched yet) but emails would still work.

Re:Ask HN: Can a senior dev help me structure my POC code ba... by throw298340 on Friday May 14, 2021 @08:05AM (#27153312)

If you want to hire someone anyways, hire a senior engineer and let him start from scratch. Two problems solved at once.

Re:Ask HN: Can a senior dev help me structure my POC code ba... by JamesWiles on Friday May 14, 2021 @09:03AM (#27153785)

I budgeted to hire 3 devs. One lead dev, and two junior devs.

So my thinking was to pay the cost of all three salaries in first month to get a super good engineer setup everything up, then hire the more people after that...