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Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by ksat on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:28PM (#4088828)
Launched http://cull.io 20 days ago. Revenue made till now $150. Spent: appengine $10, musicbakery: $47. (I don't really know how to cost my time, it's around three weeks to build).
Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by WA on Saturday June 09, 2012 @03:05PM (#4088961)
Just a quick feedback from my side: It "feels" to me that this website is empty - that no people use it and that I'd have a hard time finding a developer. Maybe it's just me, but if other people feel the same, you might want to do something about it and give it more "life".
Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by ksat on Saturday June 09, 2012 @03:29PM (#4089038)
You mean as in a better design? This was designed by me and I am not that good designer. Will try to make it better
Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by WA on Saturday June 09, 2012 @07:10PM (#4089630)
Yes, I mean both. You have a traditional chicken and egg problem. And the idea of giving a testing-weekend is very good.

But also the design is in my opinion slick and minimalistic, but a bit TOO minimalistic. The design itself does not suggest that people use this website. It looks like an API description or something like that. You put a lot of emphasis on the "how it works" but I, as a user, lack basically opportunities of using the website.

I guess if you put "top 5 recent projects" or something on the landing page, people would see instantly that there are other people using this website. Currently, when I visit the page, I feel very alone.

Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by coopdog on Saturday June 09, 2012 @06:21PM (#4089498)
I think he means more people using it (classic network effect)

Maybe put out ads and have as free weekend or something? The idea is that everyone arrives there at the same time for a short period until there's enough people that it's always busy

Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by ksat on Saturday June 09, 2012 @06:57PM (#4089595)
Got it! Thanks. Will try. May be eat my own dogfood and try and give it free for anyone who would solve a challenge :)
Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by withinthreshold on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:36PM (#4088856)
Very cool idea and implementation! Is it limited to request/response type of challenges and do candidates have to deploy to localhost?
Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by ksat on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:44PM (#4088889)
Thanks! Yes and yes. It is limited to request and response type of challenges and candidates have to deploy on localhost. Because of this limitations though, candidats can choose any language, library or framework and you need not limit yourself to algorithmic questions. A question for example can be "Find the top article on hacker news"
Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by simplyhire on Saturday June 09, 2012 @05:22PM (#4089329)
I can improve my site based upon yours.
Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already pr... by ksat on Saturday June 09, 2012 @06:05PM (#4089461)
Please mail me if you want to integrate kaushik[at]cull.io