Re:I lost $209,640 of my own money trying to start a business
by fragmede on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:38AM
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Sounds more like you got suckered into working for cheap by someone you know. Unless the app is drastically different than the last CRUD app the firm did, 3 months is plenty of time to run find-replace on a codebase.
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Re:I lost $209,640 of my own money trying to start a business
by actionfromafar on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:53AM
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I read it he volunteered to work for cheap for a friend, out of charity, or pity even. Your second sentence I don't quite understand, you mean the original shop did a bad job? Well, yes.
Re:I lost $209,640 of my own money trying to start a business
by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:21PM
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Nope.
It probably would have been quite different, and I guarantee that they would have come up with some bolierplate crap that they had their offshore devs whip up for next to nothing.
The demographic we're Serving has some very particular needs, they don't have much money (501c3 means nonprofit, if you are not familiar with the designation), but there's tremendous sensitivity in how the data is handled, and also in how the UI is presented. Small features will make (or break) the app.
Long story, and not one I'm particularly interested in sharing, at the moment.
It's all good.
BTW: I'm not working for "cheap." I'm working for free. I'm enjoying it.