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Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

634 points david927 | 2 comments | 24 Aug 24 22:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.873s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
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ecuaflo ◴[24 Aug 24 23:42 UTC] No.41342892[source]▶
A marketplace for github repos: https://gitsell.dev

You can even buy the app itself on it. It’s going to be my starter for all other projects too, so I’m adding all the common CRUD app features. Also it aims to be lowest cost possible, which is free for now. I try not to tie it to specific technologies when possible to make it as easy as possible to switch providers in the future.

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firesteelrain ◴[24 Aug 24 23:47 UTC] No.41342929[source]▶
Just curious why sell read only access?
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ecuaflo ◴[25 Aug 24 00:04 UTC] No.41343015[source]▶
Read-only makes it so a buyer can’t push to main or modify the repo configuration. So to stop someone from paying to “grief” it in the worst case, and just to stop buyers from making changes the owner didn’t sign off on in more typical cases. They can still raise issues and submit PRs, to my knowledge.
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firesteelrain ◴[25 Aug 24 00:14 UTC] No.41343084[source]▶
But this is for private repo? Because most repos I interact with on GitHub are public and already read only
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1. ecuaflo ◴[25 Aug 24 00:21 UTC] No.41343145[source]▶
Yes it’s intended for private repos. As it stands you could add a public repo but there wouldn’t be much point unless you’re using it as a way to accept donations, though I think GitHub Sponsors is more apt for that. Typically when you add someone to a private repo, they get full write access.
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2. firesteelrain ◴[25 Aug 24 00:33 UTC] No.41343220[source]▶
Interesting use case thanks