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Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you?

9•smalltorch•1h ago
I need someone to partner with me to launch my application. I am a construction professional and have created a application that is in a untapped field. It is an amazing tool, completely offline, no cloud, no accounts, no subacription. No one wants that crap! All the mobile apps built for us construction professionals are terrible I have tried them all.

I've approached numerous mobile app developers and all of have no avenue for consulting or partnering to launch an application. They all charge insane fees before a build even takes place.

Where do we find you!

Comments

bigyabai•1h ago
India or Pakistan. No technical lead wants to work for $10/hr with an "ideas guy" that has their head in the cloud. Pay the market price, or see what happens.
smalltorch•1h ago
I would pay a lot to launch what I have. Who has captured this market?

I don't really need a technical lead...they would have no understanding of what I made or why it would be useful.

I've tested it in the field and I know it works for exactly what I want it to do.

Imustaskforhelp•55m ago
How much/ What exactly are you willing to pay?

And what exactly do you want from the person, do you want them to build their app?

scorpioxy•26m ago
So what do you need then? Your posts are a bit confusing. You asked for solo senior developers but then you say you need help with pricing and trademarks and also say you don't need a technical lead.

I would suggest you organize your thoughts and write down the list of what you think you need and then either pay for a consult with a senior developer or chat with a trusted technical person.

From your posts, it sounds like you need more than one role and/or the services of an agency. If money is the issue and you think you have a good idea, then I suggest you seek funding.

smalltorch•1h ago
More context. What I have built goes for 1600 lifetime access on a desktop. I have successfully built an application for Android that does everything the field guys want.

It turns out...that's may be the easiest part. Google has successfully gatekept that last 10 percent of launching.

rbanffy•1h ago
What’s exactly the issue? What’s left to do?
smalltorch•1h ago
I have a working apk. I do not know what needs to be done to get testers, trademark a name, advice on pricing, advertising. All the things you want for a good launch to market.
tomwhipple•57m ago
It sounds like you need a marketing agency, not a developer.
thrtythreeforty•1h ago
Pay your $25, upload an APK, and it's launched. What's left?
georgemcbay•55m ago
There's a bit more steps than that for someone who hasn't yet launched a Play Store app. When I launched a hobby app I had to find and maintain 20 unique testers (they have since reduced it to 12, I think? it was 20 back in 2024) willing to test the app for 2 weeks before Google let me list it on the Play Store.

Though even this wasn't that hard... I easily found more volunteer testers than I needed on a relevant subreddit (the app is a PvP stat tracking app for a videogame, and I found plenty of people willing to sign up to test my app on a subreddit dedicated to that videogame).

That said, because of the unique testers requirement it was a much bigger pain in the ass to get listed on the Play Store than the Apple App Store (my app is written with kotlin multiplatform and supports Android/iOS/Windows/WASM).

scorpioxy•21m ago
Wow it changed a lot since the last time I did it. I wonder it if has to do with the type of app or permissions it requests. Back then(10 years ago so way back then), payment was all that was required. You had to wait for some automated reviews and tests and potentially a manual one which could flag issues depending on the permissions you request but it was straight forward. Apple, on the other hand, always had a manual review and was quite strict in what they would accept.
georgemcbay•3m ago
It is a requirement for all apps (my app just uses the most basic permissions for internet access and nothing else).

I think Google did it this way to put some sort of filter on the amount of submissions without having to spend much time manually reviewing everything, foisting things on to the developer.

smalltorch•11m ago
This is actually a pretty big hurdle for me. I don't use social media and the I have tried to post on Reddit but it's impossible to post with new account filter these days.

That's the exact approach I want to take though, kotlin multiplatform.

orionblastar•59m ago
Read this: https://www.pellsoftware.com/the-best-places-to-find-the-rig... It should be enlightening.
moralestapia•37m ago
I was trying to find a blog post that beautifully explains it but cannot at the moment.

In one sentence, no one (with skill) will work for you for free.

smalltorch•26m ago
I am willing to pay a totally fair price...still where are these people?
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