estimatrapp.com
Productivity
project estimation
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
4 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for estimating
From 2 comments
Thanks for making this, it's definitely useful and the UI is very clean. Bug Report: If you enter a non-int value for one of the values it returns NaN. I.e. I entered 1.5 for a…
Everhusk on HNThat seems pretty useful, thanks! Would be perfect with an export function to send it to the client.
Bhullnatik on HN
Objections
Background music in demo video is too loud and hard to hear
From 4 comments
Please, please, stop adding background music to these sorts of videos. It adds nothing but noise, and makes it hard to hear what the person is saying. If for some inexplicable…
danbmil99 on HNI have good hearing and the music bothered me too. Way too loud.
fredsted on HNPlease, please, please remove the background music -- it's annoying and overly loud. The product looks very interesting, and it's nice that you offer a free tier. I'd hate to see…
JabavuAdams on HNDefinitely do the video again without background music. It is hard to hear you.
rokhayakebe on HN
Connecting GitHub account required before seeing anything
From 1 comment
I'd like to give this a try, if only because I am not sure I believe anyone can accurately estimate non-trivial programming tasks. However, there doesn't appear to be a way to…
markbnj on HN
Estimate distribution math is loosely described
From 1 comment
Nitpicks, the term you want when you've been using "standard deviations" is either: Distribution - general term for the shape of the relationship between probability and task…
lotyrin on HN
Requests
Remove background music from demo video
From 2 comments
Definitely do the video again without background music. It is hard to hear you.
rokhayakebe on HNPlease, please, please remove the background music -- it's annoying and overly loud. The product looks very interesting, and it's nice that you offer a free tier. I'd hate to see…
JabavuAdams on HN
Multi-currency support
From 1 comment
Thanks man! I really enjoy Vue. Multi-currency is definitely on the road-map for sure. It's all baked in really except for the user settings area.
davzie on HN
Export estimate to send to client
From 1 comment
That seems pretty useful, thanks! Would be perfect with an export function to send it to the client.
Bhullnatik on HN
Fix NaN for non-integer input
From 1 comment
Thanks for making this, it's definitely useful and the UI is very clean. Bug Report: If you enter a non-int value for one of the values it returns NaN. I.e. I entered 1.5 for a…
Everhusk on HN
Questions
Is there more than a spreadsheet or data input form?
From 1 comment
Is there any more to this app than a spreadsheet/data input form?
elevenfist on HN
Can it be used without linking GitHub?
From 1 comment
I'd like to give this a try, if only because I am not sure I believe anyone can accurately estimate non-trivial programming tasks. However, there doesn't appear to be a way to…
markbnj on HN
Alternatives named
Evidence Based Scheduling by Joel Spolsky
From 1 comment
This classic is still relevant today: "Evidence Based Scheduling" by Joel Spolsky http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/26.html
DenisM on HN
Personal Software Process and COCOMO tools
From 1 comment
I appreciate more attention being given to software estimates, but it seems like there's a lack of looking at the research in this area of software engineering. Most people have…
ohpauleez on HN
Spreadsheets
From 1 comment
Is there any more to this app than a spreadsheet/data input form?
elevenfist on HN