Feb 25, 2010 View Comments
Next Sprocket: The Open Source Developer’s Marketplace
As a developer, I have come to appreciate how useful open source technologies is for me and everyone. Occasionally I come across a problem in an open source project that I can’t fix myself but willing to contribute some money to have it fixed. I am positive many other developers would too.
So I started Next Sprocket with my buddy Nitin. Next Sprocket is the Open Source Developer’s Marketplace.
The basic idea is for any developer to post a task for a reward, let others contribute to the money pot and allow other developers to solve the problem. All the transactions are done via Paypal’s Adaptive Payments API.
You can help by posting a task up or you can vote for us in the Paypal Developer Challenge. The PayPal Developer Challenge voting ends on March 5. The top 10 will be judged by the likes of Marc Andreessen, Scott Cook and many others for the winner.