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Ask HN: What software needs would you outsource?

12 pointsby audacealmost 9 years ago

4 comments

hacknatalmost 9 years ago
Anything where I have a well-defined thing that I want, but I don&#x27;t have the talent or expertise to do it myself. For me that&#x27;s design work, but for you it could be setting up a database, creating a kernel module, etc. I view outsourcing as a way to save money in the long term, but good outsourcing should cost a lot up front. If you&#x27;re looking to save money <i>right now</i> by outsourcing, you are probably going to get what you pay for.
Madawaralmost 9 years ago
Probably anything that needs Photoshop and any fronted design that I cant just use a bootstrap theme
bizzleDawgalmost 9 years ago
I&#x27;ve been considering outsourcing the creation specific ReactJS (and react native) components where the interfaces&#x2F;state can be defined by me.
dorfussalmost 9 years ago
Integration if you don&#x27;t know the system you have to integrate with. Establish some sort of a protocol (simple example: passing xml data), ask what this other system needs as input. The rest of integration I&#x27;d outsource.