seele

I'd like to share with you my "weekend" project - LStack (http://lstack.com/), simple web application built as a by-product of another project I'm working on (on which I've tried to get HN feedback few weeks ago - see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3194597).

LStack was born of frustration with one specific limitation of other bookmarking apps (like Delicious). I'm doing a lot of research for my projects and I needed to store some attributes about bookmarked articles, companies, webapps, courses and certifications info, etc. My tags, plain text description fields, notes were becoming a mess.

I needed my bookmarks annotated with parameters like "price = 100 USD", "integrated with = facebook", "integrated with = twitter", "filetype = pdf", "filetype = doc", "funding = 1M USD", "prep = gmat", "prep = lstat", "payments = paypal", "payments = credit card", "type = news", "type = company", "type = product", "contact email = support@company.com", "supported language = english", "stage = private beta", etc.

So about month ago I've spent few days to implement LStack which allows me to save not only bookmark but also additional "structured" data connected with it. The webapp is still very raw and not even close to feature-rich predecessors like Pinboard or Delicious, but I've successfully switched to it and extensively use the unique smart tags feature.

What do you think of the application? Do you face similar problem? Do you find the webapp useful? I'm wondering if anybody could be interested in additional, especially "premium" (paid) features. Do you think something like LStack has a chance to become a business, not just hobby side-project?

Best regards, Seele

I've build a first prototype of web platform that will allow companies and individuals involved in open source projects easily provide professional certification services around their products / technologies.

Do you think there is any demand for such product?

IMHO the service will be valuable for:

a) OSS authors and contributors - as a source of money to support their efforts,

b) professional users of OSS (developers, admins, etc.) - giving them opportunity to improve their knowledge, prove their professional credibility, promote their expertise,

c) clients using OSS in their projects and businesses - making easier for them to find experts in specific products / technologies (esp. less popular).

I will be happy to hear your feedback on the idea.

In the meanwhile we're preparing for private beta.

If you're interested in beta invitations, please visit http://www.certihub.com/

Best regards, DD

PS. I have a technical background, plus tech and design skills, yet I'm looking for a partner with experience in front-end development (HTML5/CSS/jQuery) and UI & UX design. I believe that magic things happen when you collaborate with talented people, so if you're interested, please contact me at certihubhq /at/ gmail.com.