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Take-home projects are not the best way to judge skills (atleast in their current form). In the future, there would be some centralized solution so we don't waste time again and again.

Liked the concept. It's like applying free market models for developers! But I'm curious about anonymity? How does it work?

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take a look at SnowPlow :)

That doesn't sound so nice as it would create an additional point of failure that I'll have to support.

I want to use a tried and tested, managed service whose uptime/maintenance is something that I don't have to worry about.

I made a chrome extension + desktop software a while ago so people can shield themselves from this spontaneous blocking of websites and service. You can get it from http://getolive.org

Hopefully, it will be of some help to you guys :)

There goes another series of my productive hours

We're a game discovery service for iOS games and we're pretty new. Need your opinions.

Here's the link to the product: http://apppulp.com

That article was amazing and thanks for this line:

"If I had given up one day earlier I would have thought that no one cared, but really there was no one to care. There's a difference."

Most inspirational thing I've read after getting the 'we are sorry' mail from YC.

Thanks :)

Oh .. sorry, I am not a native English speaker and in my society, such issues usually dont arise. But thanks for pointing out, I'll analyze all the content on my site from this perspective =)

Hey, thanks =)

OK. So you're saying is that the 'presence of reward' is the major factor and magnitude is minor (although it should be proportional)? Makes sense.

Erm .. even if I am not talking any money from them and its not on 'chance'?

Basically, I'll just ask them to sign up and integrate a piece of software in their games which will track their game's performance. In the end, the games with the best usage stats would win. The data will be open for everyone to see so there are no concerns about the fraud.

Do I still have to follow lottery/gambling-related laws? :|

Hey, thanks.

Yes, its a premium reward. I am thinking of creating a bundle of useful resources like software licenses, ads space on top forums, etc.

The 'ability to take actions' point is a great one. I'll include that.

Would you mind telling me a bit more about the 'testing' part? I didnt quite get it =)

So .. we're all CS guys here. Does anyone have any idea as to how such a system can work? Just curious as to how they're making it work.

My service is about iOS Games. Its a discovery service.

onion2k mentioned the 'playing with new stuff' part as well. But, I guess you're right, unless I dont somehow communicate with them, I'd never know.

And for communication, your link looks great. Right now, I am using Signals by Hubspot to keep track of emails and user behaviour. It does almost the same thing as well. Will try the tips part as well. Thanks!

"Nobody is willing to accept responsibility for the problems and everybody believes they will somehow be resolved without their personal intervention."

When I look at my surroundings, majority of the people are struggling to make ends meet. Food, healthcare, jobs - this is what bothers them. Expecting them to take actions with not-so-visible outcome and be concerned about something which will happen sometime in future with unforeseen circumstances is a bit un-realistic.

This holds true for a huuge part of world's population so I guess 'adapting' is the only way now.