Just wondering: Is there any website where people could ask for help/contributions for some software project? In github for example you can send a pull request and contribute in that way but is there any place the request comes from the author him/herself?
<a href="http://www.weekendhacker.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.weekendhacker.net/</a> might be what you're looking for. I think I learnt about it on HN, too.