Re:Ask HN: How many greenfield projects have you done?
by h2odragon on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @06:23PM
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Many, in the sense of "here is the problem, design and build a solution from scratch" IT engineering. I got to implement all sorts of things it would have been wiser to buy in. Joys of small nonprofits.
Several times literally: hacking home sites out of the woods for ourselves and others seems to be a habit with my family. I can think of a dozen such efforts Ive been involved in, including my house which was a half mile from power and covered in cedars when I started. (its still covered in cedars, there's just a house hidden under them now)
Re:Ask HN: How many greenfield projects have you done?
by muzani on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @09:23PM
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Depends what you consider greenfield. 2 major projects were rewrites from scratch, but already had a user base/design for the old system.
13 other "full" projects on my portfolio, as in functional, pretty UI, designed from requirements with no designer, but not necessarily commercialized.
A bunch more other prototypes, probably more than a dozen. Some were hackathon tier, functional but purposeless. Some took months and were paid but didn't form into a proper product. Some were freelance projects from some hack who decided to step out. If you include dumb ideas that I get excited for 2 weeks, there are plenty of those too.
One active personal project that has 2000 monthly users. It took about 3 years to write the first line of code because I was trying to figure out the correct approach and didn't like the sketches. The first prototype was terrible. V7 was active since 2020 and has its fans.
Several times literally: hacking home sites out of the woods for ourselves and others seems to be a habit with my family. I can think of a dozen such efforts Ive been involved in, including my house which was a half mile from power and covered in cedars when I started. (its still covered in cedars, there's just a house hidden under them now)
13 other "full" projects on my portfolio, as in functional, pretty UI, designed from requirements with no designer, but not necessarily commercialized.
A bunch more other prototypes, probably more than a dozen. Some were hackathon tier, functional but purposeless. Some took months and were paid but didn't form into a proper product. Some were freelance projects from some hack who decided to step out. If you include dumb ideas that I get excited for 2 weeks, there are plenty of those too.
One active personal project that has 2000 monthly users. It took about 3 years to write the first line of code because I was trying to figure out the correct approach and didn't like the sketches. The first prototype was terrible. V7 was active since 2020 and has its fans.