Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaign (neo4django)

Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by mhluongo on Friday August 23, 2013 @02:13PM (#6265281)

Sorry! I hadn't expected much non-niche interest in the campaign when I wrote the copy. Neo4django is a Django ORM replacement for the Neo4j graph database. I'm the primary dev, but since our startup supporting the project is on hold, I'm trying to find time to keep up development- this campaign will help me complete the next milestone.

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by shmageggy on Friday August 23, 2013 @02:56PM (#6265588)

Yet you promote it on a non-niche forum. What else could you have possibly expected?

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by Miyamoto on Friday August 23, 2013 @05:31PM (#6266360)

He was expecting someone browsing Hacker News, familiar with the content of his software, to gain interest and donate. He was not expecting John Smith the Front End Guru to donate.

What else could you have possibly expected?

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by mhluongo on Friday August 23, 2013 @06:35PM (#6266605)

Thanks for that.

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by mhluongo on Friday August 23, 2013 @03:04PM (#6265639)

Do note that I wrote the copy 30 days ago- this is the last day of a month-long campaign. I'd love any actionable advice on the copy.

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by lobotryas on Friday August 23, 2013 @03:56PM (#6265926)

Maybe I'm a little jaded, but isn't feedback "your copy is confusing, doesn't explain the project or why I should support it" sufficiently actionable advice?

If you really care about this project, I recommend taking the initiative on everything instead of waiting for someone to give you the answers.

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by leetrout on Friday August 23, 2013 @03:26PM (#6265772)

IANACW, but for me, something energetic and concise like "Help support bringing the world's leading graph DB to Django" helps me get my head in the game a lot faster. I'm closer to "he's making a DB interface for Django" instead of "what is neo4j".

Or even just your opener in your README "neo4django is an Object Graph Mapper that let's you use familiar Django model definitions and queries against the Neo4j graph database" is useful for identifying the players.

Considering the HN audience Django would be known but I'm not sure how many people would know about neo4j. (I hadn't heard of it)

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by OGC on Friday August 23, 2013 @03:19PM (#6265727)

I still have no idea what it does.

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by mhluongo on Friday August 23, 2013 @03:28PM (#6265792)

Django has an ORM that works with Postgre, MySQL, and other relational databases. Neo4django mimics the Django ORM, but connects to a graph database- Neo4j. It's a way to use Django with Neo4j, while supporting Django nice-to-haves like the auth library and admin site, in a way that's already familiar to Django developers.

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Re:Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaig... by steve-howard on Friday August 23, 2013 @05:18PM (#6266307)

Great. Slap that at the top of the page.

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