RubyPair
Consumer and social
developer matchmaking
SHOW HN2011
16points
6comments
#583of 1,097 in 2011
Top 54%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 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
Objections
Signing in with GitHub adds users to lists even if they cancel the form
From 1 comment
Just a heads-up: signing in with GitHub automatically puts you in both the Remote and In-Person lists if you just cancel out of the form that pops up after you authenticate.
damncabbage on HN
Unclear what the site does without signing up
From 1 comment
What does this site do? Is it a directory of developers who are willing to pair, or something more/else? Can I find out without signing up?
tomstuart on HN
Restricted to Ruby developers
From 1 comment
Why is this Ruby-specific? I see other language tags in other people's interests.
ahmetalpbalkan on HN
Requests
Support languages beyond Ruby
From 1 comment
Totally. Nola already had the domain so we went with that. I still see the app as an experiment. Once we get things more nailed down, I'm thinking about opening it up beyond…
sleight42 on HN
Integrate with pair.io for remote pairing
From 1 comment
Ok, we kind of glossed over that. I'll update the about page. In a nutshell: we're about helping kindred developer spirits find one another for local/remote pairing. Later on,…
sleight42 on HN
Questions
What does the site do and who is it for
From 1 comment
What does this site do? Is it a directory of developers who are willing to pair, or something more/else? Can I find out without signing up?
tomstuart on HN
Alternatives named
pair.io
From 1 comment
Ok, we kind of glossed over that. I'll update the about page. In a nutshell: we're about helping kindred developer spirits find one another for local/remote pairing. Later on,…
sleight42 on HN