On 05/17/2016 06:38 PM, David Schwartz wrote:
> Hey, guys, I have a very general question
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> So what’s the best way to find a couple of people who’d like to work on
> an app part-time?
> 
> 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).
> 
> Right now I’m just looking to build a proof-of-concept model and extend
> it one step at a time.
> 
> The main architecture is an interactive graphical editor roughly similar
> to Visio, but then it goes off into some interesting directoins.
> 
> Any ideas?

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.

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
https://medium.com/@ienjoy/mcdonalds-theory-9216e1c9da7d#.5b83cmmoh

Just a thought.

Thomas
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