CodeDoor

Web and SaaS

freelance marketplace

SHOW HN2013

12points
13comments
#1,246of 1,739 in 2013
Top 72%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Execution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Open sourcing the code under a usable license

    From 1 comment
    • BIG kudos for open sourcing your code with a usable license. This sounds like an interesting project! One nitpick: I signed up for a programmer account and, when I was originally…
      3riverdev on HN
  • Interesting project, good luck with launch

    From 2 comments
    • BIG kudos for open sourcing your code with a usable license. This sounds like an interesting project! One nitpick: I signed up for a programmer account and, when I was originally…
      3riverdev on HN
    • Awesome! Good luck with the launch. Looks like it could be very useful.
      sqs on HN

Objections

  • Payments not implemented yet

    From 2 comments
    • Hi, We literally just launched, so that's why we don't have that many developers yet. CodeDoor is the go-between, although we haven't implemented payments yet. Soon! The vetting…
      rhc2104 on HN
    • Contractor fee + 12.5% = Client fee So, CodeDoor ends up taking 1/9 of transactions. I've commented out the payment stuff I have right now. Obviously, I'd like to get that out…
      rhc2104 on HN
  • Sign-up form save button not visible

    From 1 comment
    • BIG kudos for open sourcing your code with a usable license. This sounds like an interesting project! One nitpick: I signed up for a programmer account and, when I was originally…
      3riverdev on HN
  • Only finds contributions in user accounts, not organization repos

    From 1 comment
    • One other point of frustration was that it appeared to find only contributions within my and other user accounts, but not organization accounts. For instance, my (and others')…
      3riverdev on HN

Requests

  • Support Ohloh in addition to GitHub

    From 1 comment
    • It would be nice if you supported ohloh in addition to github, since it tracks a much broader set of open source projects.
      tokenrove on HN
  • Show what CodeDoor does as go-between, with guarantees and vetting

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool! I tried searching for C and Go programmers and got no results. I saw one for JS, though. Just signed up and will check back. It would be cool if there was more info…
      sqs on HN
  • Escrow without a timer, with peer review

    From 1 comment
    • This might be a good place to list some issues I have encountered while being a contractor online: * I've been burned a few times charging by project or by milestone instead of…
      zackmorris on HN

Questions

  • What payment terms apply?

    From 1 comment
    • Where is the page on payment terms? Is there one? Unless you have it buried in the Terms.
      insteadof on HN
  • Does CodeDoor act as the go-between and what guarantees exist?

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool! I tried searching for C and Go programmers and got no results. I saw one for JS, though. Just signed up and will check back. It would be cool if there was more info…
      sqs on HN

Alternatives named

  • oDesk

    From 1 comment
    • This might be a good place to list some issues I have encountered while being a contractor online: * I've been burned a few times charging by project or by milestone instead of…
      zackmorris on HN
  • ooomf

    From 1 comment
    • Hi, I'm glad you like the daily rate. I'm hoping that a daily rate will prevent contracts that are too short (as you it's not that cost efficient to get) I like escrow in…
      rhc2104 on HN

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