Estimated duration
~4h
Deadline
Not specified
Location
📍 Remote only
USD
I’m looking for a curious junior developer or technical student for a small paid trial, ideally leading to a longer-term working relationship.
To apply, pitch me a tiny app that you personally wish existed and would actually use. Before pitching, spend a few minutes searching the web to make sure the obvious version does not already exist. Related products are fine—tell me what you found and why they do not quite solve your problem.
Keep the pitch short. I’m not looking for a business plan, market-size estimates, or a polished mockup. I want to see whether you notice interesting problems, think independently, and can keep an idea small.
I’ll review applications after they have been open for approximately 24 hours and choose one applicant whose idea and working style seem like a good fit. Before work starts, we’ll chat and agree on the smallest reasonable prototype scope for the fixed $20 trial. You may use LLM coding tools; access can be provided for the build.
The prototype does not need to be production-ready or polished. It should demonstrate the agreed central idea, run on Linux or the web, and include source code and basic run instructions. The exact scope and delivery timing will be agreed in conversation before work begins.
This is also an experiment to find someone I genuinely enjoy working with over time. If we work well together, I have an ongoing stream of unusual technical work: prototyping apps, contributing to open-source projects, testing and improving my software, automating workflows, game and LLM-agent experiments, and researching ideas that may or may not work.
Potential ongoing work would be fully remote and asynchronous, mostly discussed through chat, performed with Linux, Git, and LLM-assisted development, capped by agreed paid hours, and initially budgeted around $100 per month depending on rate and fit. I’m happy to teach, but I’m looking for someone who can also teach themselves, ask good questions, investigate problems, and verify what an LLM produces. Curiosity, kindness, honesty, and an open-minded, informal working style matter.
Please spend no more than about 10–15 minutes applying. I will not use or develop an unselected applicant’s idea without contacting and paying them. The $20 prototype is a standalone paid trial; recurring work is possible but not guaranteed.
After selection and a brief scoping conversation, deliver the mutually agreed tiny prototype demonstrating its central interaction. Include source code, Linux or web run instructions, evidence that it runs, and a concise note stating what works, what remains incomplete, how it was tested, and what you would try next. Completion is based on honestly delivering the agreed scope, not on commercial success or pretending unfinished parts work.
EVIDENCE DETAILS
Provide a source repository or downloadable source link, screenshots showing the runnable prototype, run instructions, and a short verification and limitations report.
Comfortable working asynchronously through written chat
Able to use Linux and Git or learn missing details independently
Willing to use LLM coding tools critically and verify generated output
Application idea must be personally useful and informed by a brief web search
USD
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