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Re:How Should I Price a Python Module License for Major Banks? on Thursday September 12, 2024 @03:54PM (#41524808)
1) There is certainly value, but I would consider this a vitamin, not a painkiller. 2) Options if they were to pick something off the shelf would be $500/mo minimum. Quality is slightly less than what they're getting with us. 3) Annual contract, we would provide updates at a tbd interval. 4) We definitely have an opportunity to price in additional support. Whether they choose to use it or not, it would make the license price seem more reasonable.
Re:How Should I Price a Python Module License for Major Banks? on Thursday September 12, 2024 @03:49PM (#41524754)
1. Not many competitors, but each competitor offers about a $500/mo plan that allows ~10 users. 2. We have greater accuracy and detail in our analysis. This has been proven with sample data and they agree that this is true. 3. $500/mo seems too much on the low-end for this. I'm not sure what "high" would be for a bank.. $5k, $10k? 4. I would like to bill this as an annual contract with monthly, quarterly, or annual payments. Current SaaS users are billed monthly or annually. Since they'll be self-hosting this, they will be responsible for user management and access. I will not have access to their internal systems.

The root of the pricing problem is we charge based on usage. If they self-host, we won't be measuring that usage as the tool will run without network connectivity.

How Should I Price a Python Module License for Major Banks?

I have an opportunity to license a Python module to several major banking institutions—some of the largest in the world. Typically, we offer this software as a web app, but these banks need a local module to run within their own environments.Here's the situation:- Product: A Python module that performs complex analysis on source code and generates a risk assessment. - Usage: It will be...

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Show HN: AuditBase – Solidity Security Scans

https://www.auditbase.com/

I built AuditBase because I was very frustrated with the quality of tools and reports from "reputable" audit firms.You can scan a solidity file from your computer, verified contract from a block explorer, or integrate with github repos.Under the hood, it's a python bot that downloads the source and uses Solidity ASTs to generate an analysis of the code & some machine learning for issues...

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019) on Thursday August 01, 2019 @12:39PM (#20585559)
Broadway Lab | Bozeman, MT | Remote OK | https://broadwaylab.com

We're a consulting company looking to hire on a full time developer for one of our clients, a B2C online tournament provider.

We're looking for someone VERY strong with AWS who could champion a project of leveraging other AWS services and improving the overall system architecture.

Knowledge of .NET MVC is also crucial.

Bonus points if you have some front-end skills, but this is definitely more of a back-end centric role.

Contact: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2019) on Friday February 01, 2019 @06:17PM (#19059723)
Broadway Lab, Inc. | Austin, TX OR REMOTE (United States or Mexico) | Full-time & Contract | Software Engineers, All Levels | https://broadwaylab.com

Broadway Lab is a consulting firm that specializes in building software for early stage companies & enterprises.

We're looking for engineers familiar with the following technologies: - SPAs (React, Angular, View.js) - React Native - Native iOS + Android - Ruby on Rails - .NET/C#

We're also hiring an Engineering Director if you're at a point in your career where you want to manage a team of developers.

Why work with us?

We are a distributed team that values a good work/life balance. If you get tired of working in the same codebase all of the time, then you'll be a good fit working with here.

Full-time engineers preferred, but we're open to contractors for the right situations.

We’re currently about 15 employees and looking to double this year!

If you're interested, send us an email at [email protected].

In fairness, Tom Brady had zero touchdowns last night.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @10:36AM (#11621051)
Broadway Lab | Austin, TX or Remote (U.S.)

Junior iOS Developer

Broadway Lab is a consulting company focused on iOS, Android, and Rails development.

We're looking for a full-time Junior iOS developer. The team is remote, but we're based in Austin, TX. You'll be working with our clients and internal projects (roughly a 70-30 split).

If interested, send a quick email with your github, links to recent apps you've worked on, and where you're located to [email protected]. Must be based in the United States.

Re:A mobile, desktop and website app with the same code on Thursday November 05, 2015 @10:34AM (#10513858)
As a native mobile developer... How is react-native (or something similar) not the future?
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2015) on Monday November 02, 2015 @12:42PM (#10493503)
SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote (United States Only)

Required skills: Native Android development and experience with Bluetooth LE.

The project is building a native Bluetooth LE plugin for a Unity app. API for the device the app communicates with is fully documented, and there's an existing iOS plugin to help guide you if necessary.

Please reach out to [email protected]. Thank you!

Re:4 Reasons to Invest in REITs on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:01PM (#9612286)
I agree REITs are great - especially if you're busy and don't have time to manage a property. However, it's important to invest in a REIT with a track record ('O' is a good example). These things go under all of the time. Managers get paid based on the asset base and have no skin in the game. Common for smaller funds to be shut down.
Re:Ask HN: Becoming a freelance web developer on Monday May 25, 2015 @07:02PM (#9602097)
It's never been easier to freelance develop remotely. Definitely not too late, and I'm not sure it ever will be too late.
Re:Ask HN: How do you find freelance/contract gigs? on Sunday January 18, 2015 @10:59PM (#8910236)
Avoid eLance and oDesk. You're positioning yourself on the low-end of the market just by being on the site. Network locally and get to know entrepreneurs in your area. Reaching out to other dev shops can also be a great way to get consistent contract work. Don't underestimate the value of remote clients either. Services like letsworkshop.com send out quality remote web development opportunities. They're not perfect, but they can be well worth the cost. iOSLeads.com and AndroidLeads.net are a couple of services I started for mobile devs. Happy to answer any questions.
Per episode with the size audience mentioned, you're looking in the hundreds. Start out with one advertisement to test the waters. I ran one advertisement that had good results (5-10x return). Like an idiot, I assumed I milked the cow dry and should look for other podcasts or advertising mediums in general. That was dumb. I booked a couple of episodes again with Release Notes that produced the same ROI.

If you're having success with an advertisement, don't be afraid to double down and spend thousands. Ideally, you should get a bulk discount from the show.

I don't have conversion rates based on % listener or cost per listener. Would love to see podcast advertising evolve to this point in the future, but it certainly hasn't yet.

The folks at Baremetrics (https://baremetrics.io/) run an awesome service for monthly recurring Saas companies that use Stripe. If you know what your lifetime customer value is, you really have more faith in your advertising dollars.

This is bad ass. Good work!
Lead generation service for mobile developers: iOS Leads - http://iosleads.com & Android Leads - http://androidleads.net

Have an assistant that helps curate freelance/contract positions from around the internet and through opportunities I hear about offline. I'm a mobile developer, so it's an effective side business to be working on.

Many people have scored new clients and worked on interesting projects through the service. Some people find it's not for them. Definitely offer a money-back guarantee if you're working on something digital/saas. No reason to be taking people's money if they're not getting value out of your product.

Another valuable lesson: we did really well with podcast advertising thanks to Release Notes (http://releasenotes.tv/). If you can find a podcast with 10,000 - 20,000 listeners that serves a niche, you should be able to produce a nice return. IMO our landing page is terrible, but it converts quite well.

Launched iOS Leads [0] in May. Spent a few months testing the product before launch. Only a handful of monthly software expenses (Mailchimp and Memberful).

Currently at 4 digit MRR, and almost full. The program is capped at 40 customers.

Also went indie dev in 2013, but selling product is way harder than selling service.

[0] http://iosleads.com

Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on? on Saturday June 28, 2014 @08:22PM (#7959885)
iosleads.com and androidleads.net are the main projects right now.

Also have a few client projects I'm excited to announce this fall.

I'm also trying to buy a side project. If anyone has a project proposal SaaS tool they're looking to unload (think proposals for freelance developers), shoot me a message!

Re:Railscasts is down on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @12:00AM (#7506108)
Looks like it's a DNS issue. http://192.81.217.227 still works. H/t @lgarvey on Twitter.

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