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RE: Steemit.com - Coding In The Community
Honestly, I'm shocked by your decision. You said recently that you have two children and you don't have enough time. And here is a decision that will take even more time.
I fully support your initiative, and I am very sorry that there is nothing I can do to help.
But is there a guarantee that the changes you make will be accepted, that your work will not be in vain?
Maybe a discussion is needed so that everyone can suggest quality improvements for steemit.com?
I was hoping that in writing this post, it would clarify some thinking for me. I enjoy coding and more so, problem solving. I have no doubt that if I'd achieved what I aimed to, then I'd be able to talk to the right people to get it deployed into live. The problem is, that the codebase, more specifically the front-end and back-end are so intrinsically interlinked that separating them is impossible. And therefore the wish to change it in the way that I need to extremely difficult, if not also impossible.
So I'm essentially highlighting that expecting community members to unravel it all and help improve steemit.com in some way is unlikely to ever happen. Especially without anybody getting paid a decent salary for doing it. Which reaches the conclusion, that for Steemit.com to improve, to progress then Tron needs to employ somebody. More than somebody A team.
In my opinion, without a significant and active developer community, this effort would be in vain.
Oh, and it's also something that there's no time pressure or demands on me to do. I can do it on my own terms so if I'm too busy, I won't do anything 🙂
The driving force behind any job is finances. I really liked the @remlaps offer of a 5% beneficiary setting. I would increase it to 10%. It is necessary to create a separate post where those wishing to finance this initiative would be registered. Then on the basis of their profits it will be possible to determine the approximate budget of the project. If it is significant, it will be possible to involve even third-party developers.
SC01 constantly supports developer posts. I think this case will be no exception. So this is an additional source of funding.
Having determined the approximate budget, we can move on to determine who will be involved in the development, and only then to the very concept of the project.
🤷♀️ Appropriate finances won't be possible from within the community no matter how many people support it. Even with sc01 support... unless it happens within a country that demands lower wages than we'd expect here in the UK.
A few other replies have mentioned a great big bundle of cash sitting around that was designated for this very purpose. I wonder if it still exists because if it does, suddenly we'll find a big appetite to do something!