This sounds like a pretty good idea. I'd be willing to help someone build
something like this, or do it myself .. I'm just filling up with ideas on
this one :)
Todd Ashworth --
Certified ColdFusion Developer
Network Administrator
Saber Corporation
314 Oakland Ave.
Rock Hill, SC 29730
(803) 327-0137 [111]
----- Original Message -----
From: "McCollough, Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 12:05 PM
Subject: RE: Fwd: extreme programming
| Imagine a world where instead of daytraders, you have daycoders. You get
the
| specs for one single CF template, read 'em, code it, and turn it back in
an
| hour. And cha-ching, you get a hundred bucks. Or mabye fifty. Or if Hal's
| Filipino friends lock in on this action, you'll get a dollar and fifty
| cents. Hm, what's the Filipino peso trading at this morning?
|
| Anyhow, yes, I can see that if indeed a solid "black-box" protocol is
| developed, where a coder could pick up a spec and return a completed CF
| template, an automated service such as something running on
| www.secretagents.com could indeed broker out CF template development in a
| check-in, check-out paradigm, combined with a competitive bidding
structure.
|
| As a coder, you would register with the service in a fashion similar to
| EBAY.
| As a code architect looking for coders, you would submit complete code
specs
| to the server, and you would have the $$$ for payout in i-escrow, or some
| other on-line escrow account. Along with the code specs there would be a
| maximum payout for each code block, which I define as a single or group of
| related CF templates that will need to be coded up. These will be treated
as
| a logical unit, with a dollar value, and a time constraint.
|
| There would be a disclosure period, say 1 week, where prospective coders
| could bid on specific components. The bidding would start at the fixed
max,
| and be a downward bid, with lowest bid winning.
|
| At the end of the disclosure period, the winners get an access code, and
| they check out their chunks and start coding. If it should happen that not
| all of the code chunks sold, the code architect will have the opportunity
to
| cancel the entire project, or re-list it again, with perhaps an increased
| max payout. Of course, any additional $$$ will have to be uploaded to the
| i-escrow account.
|
| During the code phase, the coder can upload their code chunk to the app
| server so it can be hooked up to the test harness and verified.
|
| If the coder succedes in producing validated code in the time limit, the
| money is unlocked from i-escrow, with of course a 10% skim off the top for
| whoever writes this wonderful code brokerage app. If the coder fails, the
| code architect is given the opportunity to allow the coder some slack, or
to
| ban that coder from bidding on any further projects for that architect.
| Imagine the thumbs-up, thumbs-down in the gladitorial arena, if you will.
|
| So, in this environment, a freelance coder would register with the
service,
| and just sit at home and bid on pieces of projects. Because of the
| code-chunk paradigm here, you would get that wonderful parallel coding
| phenom where instead of one human coding for a thousand hours, you get a
| hundred folks coding for 10 hours each.
|
| Say, maybe I should quit workin' for Uncle Sam and do this on my own...
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