CodeBlimp
Dev tools
technical interviewing platform
SHOW HN2016
113points
40comments
#318of 2,264 in 2016
Top 15%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Privacy: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, fast interface and landing page
From 3 comments
Great interface. What is the front end built on?
Omnipresent on HNGreat looking landing page, the clarity on the images is particularly good and and it loaded super-fast here in the UK. The service looks really good too. Good luck gaining…
Teeboo on HNI don't have much to add to the discussion other than me finding this truly impressive. I hope you can get a sliver of the lucrative interviewing market, your execution is…
smnscu on HN
Useful concept for remote interviews
From 2 comments
A great idea for those who have no idea how to hire people!
askyourmother on HNReally nice concept. Any plans for Java projects?
floydax on HN
Objections
Price is high for simple screening interviews
From 2 comments
Hopefully this question isn't so out of line, but why is this service and services like coderpad.io so expensive for simple interviews? With coderpad, $50/month for at most 20…
reikonomusha on HN50 $/mo for 20 interviews seems pretty cheap to me? Estimating an engineering employee costs 100 $/hr, then 2.5 $/interview is way less than you're spending on the person…
akavi on HN
Sandbox security and malicious code risk
From 4 comments
It's a great root access shell - world connected - with python. Supercool. May this configure a security issue?
Joh_ita on HNYes I thought that this might be the case. Have you considered that someone could use your demo page to run his own malicious code? Hey, just wondeiring eh :)
Joh_ita on HNThat's not the point. You are not preventing malicious pad users from setting up outgoing connection and attacking other systems. Hint: exploits.
nimmer on HNI was able to do ``` rm -rf bin ``` Maybe don't let your users do that? Uptime on the box was 13 days as well - you should probably just spin up fresh on-demand boxes for this.
strong_code on HN
Logo resembles LinkedIn's and value proposition is thin
From 1 comment
A bit of constructive criticism here. First, the most obvious thing that called out to me - have you noticed that your logo is eerily similar to Linkedin's? It uses a similar…
dsacco on HN
Requests
Add a demo video to the homepage
From 2 comments
It would be nice to have a video demo of it on the homepage. I would like to get a high level overview without having to try it out myself. Do people ask interviewees to code a…
dominotw on HNA bit of constructive criticism here. First, the most obvious thing that called out to me - have you noticed that your logo is eerily similar to Linkedin's? It uses a similar…
dsacco on HN
Support for other Linux distros like CentOS
From 1 comment
Good idea, looks useful. I am assuming it run Debian based OS. Does it also support any other choice of OS or Linux flavor your can work with, maybe I want to interview a…
hassanfarid on HN
Java and Visual Studio support
From 2 comments
Really nice concept. Any plans for Java projects?
floydax on HNAnything looks to mean "anything that can be installed on Linux". How can I install e.g. Visual Studio?
tener on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Cloud9 and CoderPad?
From 2 comments
Does this provide additional features that a collaborative IDE like Cloud9 (https://c9.io/) doesn't?
lojack on HNHopefully this question isn't so out of line, but why is this service and services like coderpad.io so expensive for simple interviews? With coderpad, $50/month for at most 20…
reikonomusha on HN
Are machines ever deleted?
From 1 comment
very cool.. now i don’t have to setup a VM on my machine. quick question: do you ever delete these machines?
ahmedm on HN
Alternatives named
CoderPad
From 2 comments
Hopefully this question isn't so out of line, but why is this service and services like coderpad.io so expensive for simple interviews? With coderpad, $50/month for at most 20…
reikonomusha on HNI'm the guy that runs CoderPad, and I agree with your assessment. We believe our entry level pricing to be actually rather cheap, and our customers generally agree.
akanet on HN
Cloud9
From 1 comment
Does this provide additional features that a collaborative IDE like Cloud9 (https://c9.io/) doesn't?
lojack on HN
CodeBunk
From 1 comment
CodeBunk pricing is pretty cheap compared to either of above. $9 for 20 interviews
spicavigo on HN
Collabedit
From 1 comment
Hopefully this question isn't so out of line, but why is this service and services like coderpad.io so expensive for simple interviews? With coderpad, $50/month for at most 20…
reikonomusha on HN