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Would you pay someone to review your code?
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Jozsef
Would you use a website where can request for a code review on your project?
Yes! And I did so, for a month it was the best $700 I spent. I used a service called PullRequest. For more context, I was a completely self-taught developer. I literally didn't know another developer so pushing code to experts every single night who could share best practices with me was amazing.
Thanks for this link. I'll check them out.
I am thinking to launch a website where project owners can request a PR and professional coders can apply for it. I just don't know how to monetize it yet.
Yes, I would pay someone to review my code. That way, I can analyze and observe best practices as a developer in a company.
To me, this makes sense under either of the following conditions:
As an individual it might be harder for me to see the value in it from the start and depends how well you transmit that value proposition and the associated cost.
Most developers I know would probably not pay for it, but most of their bosses/clients might feel differently. 😂
So i guess my advise would be to focus on B2B.
thanks for your note :)
what if the website would be similar to Upwork, only difference is that on this website you can only post and search for" code quality" related work?
Interesting niche.
It might work, but you need to make it different than a typical outsourcing website where you get paid by the hour.
Instead it would be more interesting to hire that code for a monthly subscription to answer RFCs and PRs. Basically as a customer you get valuable feedback for things you want to build from a professional with experience and as a dev you get a monthly commitment from multiple clients you can spend a few hours per day to review PRs and give feedback to RFCs without spending the time to code anything, just sharing knowhow you already have.
Might be a good shift for devs answering questions on StackOverflow (could that be a target for your marketing?)
this might work too, but in this case the scalability is limited
This is a CEO/CTO decision.
The idea makes sense when you have a product that starts to gain traction and you want to make it more stable but your tech team is already busy.
I don't think such service would be used by one-man armies stitching a MVP together.
But, to bring you some clarity: Products exists already, that means the market/demand exists. You "only" have to find a position/niche in that market that makes you unique compared to the competition.
if by any chance your project it's a django/vue/react project, I'd gladly review it for 30 min and talk with with you for another 30.
After that who knows, I just love talking with entrepreneurs.
No, I wouldn't
I was asked to do paid code reviews by formal coworker. So I think they are people that could find it useful.
But how would you solve the elephant in the room - allowing 3rd-parties to access someone elses code?
It's possible to get a secure way to review the code without allowing someone to download/copy it, leaving you in control of everything the reviewer does.
I worked in a team where they used AWS Workspaces to allow access to sensitive information like this.
However for this kind of service if you establish proper security/legal protocols (like others) do you may not need to go on that route.
Still, they have to have access to the big part of source code to make the review worthwhile....
The idea is to create a platform where the code reviewer and project owner/tech manager can find each other. How they work together is upon their decision.
I see it as an obstacle why a lot of people wouldn't seek this help even if they otherwise benefit from it. It could work for a single maker building its product (as he's a sole owner).
I don't want to discourage you, just pointing it as a real concern.
you mean the obstacle is the "elephant in the room"?
Yes, cannot imagine it would be allowed on a project I am in, for example.
hmm what if reviewer get temporary read access to reposity ?
Yes, but they the source code is not protected and there is no contract between the company and the reviewer, right?
No, I wouldn't. I might have done when I was a much more junior engineer, but then I probably would not have the finances to.
Most devs already know what are the best practices. Whatever you are going say in review they may already know.. Instead you can ask code cleanup, you will not just review it but also clean it and optimize it.
I wouldn't bother. If I wanted a second opinion I'd just add a static code analysis tool into my workflow.
I'm wondering about this question too. It seems like Github is starting to help developers monetize their repos with sponsorship. This could be a step to subscription based repos, and inevitably monetizing PR reviews.
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