Nostr Web Client

I'm thinking of adopting the entire project of an abandoned open source codebase and make it into a paid product under a new name. I can only contribute to about 40% of its codebase because I don't know any JavaScript.

One idea is to find reliable paid freelancers on the usual platforms like fiver and hope to find someone reliable for the long-term to handle security & bugfixes.

Still, browser extensions, complex microservice architecture, requires infrastructure, monitoring, eventually fork Android/iOS apps (current ones support self-hosting).

I know for a fact there's demand for it and the alternatives don't compare to it.

Any suggestions from fellow nostriches? Perhaps there a platforms where I could find developers who want to get paid in sats per issue solved or something like that?

Fernando Bittencourt 1y ago

Managing software development is not easy. There are few cases where someone outside the field can do it. My suggestion is to find someone from the development field to be your partner and then start hiring the team.

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HERMETICVM 1y ago

I’m actually somewhat experienced with software development and I’ve written JS code before but taking over a huge codebase is still quite the challenge. I’ve been mostly working the operations/DevOps side so I’m not completely unfamiliar with what’s headed my way.

I think I’ll stick with my approach and hope to find someone who wants to join in after having worked with a couple of freelancers.

Appreciate the response btw!