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Gigster Wants To Be the Uber of Software Development (techcrunch.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.

HughPickens.com writes: Josh Constine writes at TechCrunch that a company named Gigster is trying to bring the Uber business model to software development. Simply: a user sends them an idea, Gigster passes it on to developers who sign up to build software, and when it's done they send back a functioning app. After converting product requirements into a development plan, they let their group of remote developers start hacking away at the code. It has already resulted in a dating app for Muslim millennials, a way for citizens of the developing world to buy electricity, and has over fifty more projects in the pipeline. The entire development process goes through their app, and they charge a flat fee rather than an hourly rate. Gigster developers who satisfy customers can earn karma points and qualify for higher-paying contracts. One major caveat: Gigster will still own the code to the app it designs for you, and it "leases" the software to you. They say they want to be able to reuse certain components on other projects.

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  1. Puper wants... by Moof123 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Puper wants to be the Uber of your bowel movements.

    Use the app to send in your request for texture, color, and any add-ons (corn being a favorite). Puper will show up to your door with your "delivery"!

  2. Re:Requirements by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    But this isn't in your antiquated "real world", old man. This is in the CLOUD.

  3. Case Studies by coop247 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Their highlighted case studies (https://gigster.com/success-stories) are quite funny. One of them is a "site down" page. The financial planning one breaks the second you change a value. The others are Twitter Bootstrap sites with minor modifications. Success!

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  4. Why no "uber" of prostitution? by tekrat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Simply call it "body sharing" or "body gigs" so you can skirt prostitution laws. Make an app where you rent out your sexual favors. After all, if Uber can ignore Taxi laws, escorts should be able to do the same.

    But what they need is an app -- hmmm. Maybe these guys can make that app for me, and I'll start a business worth 40 billion like Uber.

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