Ask HN: Requesting a Few Hackers to Volunteer

5 pointsnh6y ago2 comments

I think I found a quick and easy solution to distribute food to needy individuals during this covid pandemic.

I need a few hackers to volunteer their time to help me code and throw something up online.

I will provide funding for servers.

Skills desired: Geocoding/image manipulation/twilio api/etc

This is purely a nonprofit social project. If you are able, please contact me at p2pfoodproject at google's email service.

I will post an update to HN community once we have an MVP up and going.

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smoyer6y ago· 1 in thread

I did some geo-coding a while ago but anything large scale is going to be costly as all the APIs have non-trivial fees for > hobbiest usage. Have you asked any geo-coding companies for free access? I bookmarked this site a few days ago because I still have a few itches I'd scratch if it didn't cost me an arm and a leg ... it should give you some idea of what a large-scale deployment of your application would cost - https://getlon.lat/.

I'd be interested in helping with your effort but I think you should describe your architecture and technology choices a bit. How do I know if I'll fit in? (and if you want to launch quickly, now isn't the time to have engineers learning on-the-job).

nhOP6y ago

Thank you for the feedback. Sent you an email.

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