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<p>Well, the graphical editor is really a facade needed to do further work. I’m not aware of any that have the features I need to proceed, so the first task is to adapt or build an editor that does what I need. Then proceed from there.</p>
<p>I’m after something that gets into graphical software design. That is, GUI-based software design. Nothing like I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a bunch of stuff.</p>
<p>I have some ideas that I’d like to see fleshed-out that could result in some interesting snapshot projects along the way.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s something a couple of college students who need a summer project could help with?</p>
<p>(I hesitate to say “interns”, but … whatever works. Except I can’t pay them anything.)</p>
<p>-David Schwartz</p>
<blockquote><p>On May 17, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@camerontech.com> wrote:</p>
<p>On 05/17/2016 06:38 PM, David Schwartz wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>Hey, guys, I have a very general question</p>
<p>There’s an idea I’ve had for quite a while, and was chatting with someone recently who suggested I set up an open-source kind of project for it.</p>
<p>The problem is, I don’t really want to do the programming on it. I want to be the architect and direct some other developers.</p>
<p>So what’s the best way to find a couple of people who’d like to work on an app part-time?</p>
<p>Honetsly, I don’t care what it’s implemented in initially; a browser app is fine, but it needs to read and write to a file system (local and/or cloud-based).</p>
<p>Right now I’m just looking to build a proof-of-concept model and extend it one step at a time.</p>
<p>The main architecture is an interactive graphical editor roughly similar to Visio, but then it goes off into some interesting directoins.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p></blockquote>
<p>I've actually toyed with an idea like this for a while. I have an idea for a project, but my problem is that I am not qualified to code it. I'm just not a very good programmer at all, much more a sysadmin type.</p>
<p>The only way I can really think to get something like this going is to maybe pay for the first version of development, like a cheap offshore developer in Russia or India, then make it open source. If it's a good idea, if there's enough interest in it, if there's enough value in it, you'll attract contributors. It's a heck of a lot easier for folks to look at what you've got and tell you how to make it better than to start with a clean sheet of paper. See <a href="https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=3cK2FVJjyu2N-2Bxco034fZmcqd4CBKIc9As-2Fy6egIUulbtScFFSgeuhpZHhkRl-2BcoQOcsiuzT9-2F8pb1wNffyx3O2Z-2BXHTET55dE5DF4SMmPM-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeay-2BdA4WDe-2FUMiY9iqFROSZJVcM5MgTC-2FzTUzeilIpUlLrWMNQSG4zMlFPmYKWsASUXtAoDXzw03GAIFq3Oc2-2FMYd2-2B5-2BHFU06rllIDsUTylrMRhwfPHJYd0guo7uRkY4UdrLRmaYPPgI8c0YrJjXno1L8XJvvUkfSyQcqmAwM40-3D">https://medium.com/@ienjoy/mcdonalds-theory-9216e1c9da7d#.5b83cmmoh</a></p>
<p>Just a thought.</p>
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