Thanks! And great point. I've been kicking this around a bit. I was thinking that I probably didn't have enough post volume to justify that yet, but I think you could make a case for it on the Ideas tab.
What questions do you think would help determine preference? I'm thinking Software/Hardware and Skills would be the low hanging fruit.
Yeah, Skills feels like the obvious first step. I could also see tags around intent/goals helping — like people wanting to brainstorm vs people actively looking to build something.
I don't even mind redirecting to the site if it helps - that would prove that I actually owned it.
Another idea would be to have pledging.. people send crypto to an address and if a certain amount is reached, it is released to the owner. Well, maybe that is too complex/risky.. and too similar to crowdfunding, so just have people enter an amount, but don't make it binding. That would be good for people who want to jam, but have little to offer except for $.
I think a lot of altcoin owners would contribute to an ecosystem if they thought it'd help their position. So put a large disclaimer that any funds sent are ultimately entirely at the sender's risk - they may get/see nothing in return. Reputation-building and transparency is important here - but a crypto address could be monitored. One problem is people sending funds to themselves.
"Jam pledges and donations" could begin well but end up enshi##ified with scams eventually - even by users who build themselves up to be legit... until their very last project when they bail early with funds. At least with crypto, funds can be returned efficiently. That's important too.
Speaking of tinkering, you could have a builds/devices/setups section, with each containing multiple constituent parts (as ingredients) with their being a corresponding recipe for each. So users would be "cataloging their builds."
This is what is lacking here: https://clz.com/ but I think https://hackaday.io already does what I am talking about - a "Github for inventions."
You are welcome to use my domain for that too, but will people go to all the effort to upload their builds? What is the return? Are there IP or safety issues?
Perhaps you could focus on computers, and make it a help/troubleshooting destination, and way for people to be able to recycle things or look to that goal.
Solar and DIY energy builds is another large area. Could also focus on selling or affiliate commissions.
Maybe have a way for the site to load up with data using text files that people can either upload or keep on their own server. So there should be some type of syntax. Laboriously filling out fields is a time-sink in my view. Even signing-up can be seen as a pain. So local-first data entry with a little syncing app that gets the site to come and collect locally whenever its pinged is the goal.
Maybe a way for users to also download the entire site for off-line browsing? Is there a need for that? Keeping the entire site off-line would be interesting in the age of AI vacuum cleaners. "Group Sync" for all the text-content.
Awesome, thank you! Please let me know if you have any issues at all. I am in full-on dev mode making updates to the platform to make it better. You can reach out here or when you sign up just respond to the welcome email. That goes directly to me :)
I recently launched a podcast where I interview the best founders and VCs, asking them questions from a founder's perspective. The goal for the podcast is to give early stage founders an edge in building their company.
If you are an early stage founder, I would LOVE your feedback on any of the first three episodes. Specifically, what did you like/what did you not like/what can I do differently?
Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to give it a listen! I hope it's a worthwhile investment of your time.
(This is my first Hacker News post, so hopefully I did this right lol)
What questions do you think would help determine preference? I'm thinking Software/Hardware and Skills would be the low hanging fruit.