Re:Ask HN: Should I try to manufacture toasters?
by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @07:55AM
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Lots of [fairly inexperienced] developers feed the perception.
I don’t know how many times I’ve given someone an honest, thoughtful estimate, and had them come to me, saying “I found this whiz kid, who a gamer friend recommended, who will do it all in a week, as a PWA!”
Eight months later, I’m usually asking “So… how’d that work out for you?”
We are a few days away from submitting an app I’ve been developing for about a year and a half (but the project has been under way for over three years).
The reason that I took it on, was because a [non-technical] friend of mine had created a nonprofit, and was soliciting bids for development of the tech.
He didn’t have a particularly detailed plan, but his original idea would have required a massive development effort.
The “studios” he was talking to, told him that they would have a fully-functional MVP, in three months.
I don’t know how many times I’ve given someone an honest, thoughtful estimate, and had them come to me, saying “I found this whiz kid, who a gamer friend recommended, who will do it all in a week, as a PWA!”
Eight months later, I’m usually asking “So… how’d that work out for you?”
We are a few days away from submitting an app I’ve been developing for about a year and a half (but the project has been under way for over three years).
The reason that I took it on, was because a [non-technical] friend of mine had created a nonprofit, and was soliciting bids for development of the tech.
He didn’t have a particularly detailed plan, but his original idea would have required a massive development effort.
The “studios” he was talking to, told him that they would have a fully-functional MVP, in three months.