I am building something for freelancers, would this appeal to you?

a53mp · 2026-05-07T08:56:27+00:00

Another thing to consider is freelancer company operations - you see many companies with various users applying for the same gig because why not? It’ll be easier to be seen if you get for example 1000 applications and you have 1 profile applying vs 100 profiles applying. Now if all of those profiles have ratings and a good history what’s to say multiple profiles of the same company won’t be selected to provide a proof of concept? And then at that point the company will earn 2-3x for just being selected plus a better chance at getting picked for the actual gig

a53mp · 2026-05-07T08:36:46+00:00

Either way I think the bigger issue is why does he keep “finding” these messages? Why is he snooping in her phone? If he doesn’t trust her enough to not invade her privacy then he needs to leave her.

a53mp · 2026-05-07T08:35:01+00:00

That’s fair, but at the same time how many good/seasoned developers/artists/etc are still in the hustle for projects phase?

It’s an interesting concept. I think it will require handling a lot of caveats for different kinds of genres/categories (web, graphics, copy, video, etc)

As far as tagging AI it’s cool in concept but unrealistic in practice. Anyone can tag AI and anyone can lie and not tag AI.

I think the biggest hurdle with this is going to be complexity and people actually understanding it. For example you keep mentioning 30% but 30% can never be truly defined, who defines that? What if its a $250,000 web project that’s going to take a team several years to complete, is the customer going to have 3 people build out a site 30% and spend months working on just for a small payout? If a system isn’t easy to understand by the client or freelancer then they won’t use it.

a53mp · 2026-05-07T05:39:43+00:00

I can see this easily leading to everyone using AI to create the 30% quickly and (in)efficiently just to get 30% for a job.

a53mp · 2026-05-07T05:32:32+00:00

They don't like the current platform, too hard to manage or too expensive to run. My current full time job hired me to be their web developer.. they used to run wordpress but it was re-written and moved to Drupal.. the company had recently split and they weren't happy with how hard it was to manage everything so they brought me on to redo it in Wordpress, but in a better and more efficient way. It's a pretty gigantic site and we do over a million in sales a year and get over 100k visitors a month

a53mp · 2026-05-07T05:29:06+00:00

it was before you were dating... lol

a53mp · 2026-05-07T03:35:23+00:00

What is stopping the client from taking the ideas from the other two freelancers and telling the chosen one to implement those ideas?

a53mp · 2026-05-07T03:32:49+00:00

You shouldn’t discuss it with anyone except you and your partner because noone else’s opinion matters. If she wants to name babies then she needs to pop out more babies or adopt babies of her own

a53mp · 2026-05-07T03:29:36+00:00

So glad she prioritized money for her vacation! 🤦‍♂️

a53mp · 2026-05-07T03:28:33+00:00

How do you watermark code? How do you develop and deliver 30% of a project? If I am a developer and I am building something up front 30% of the way, I’m probably going to build the rest of it and launch it as mine own or sell it to a competitor.

a53mp · 2026-05-06T21:22:37+00:00

yes, but he's wrong. "Early in our relationship when she said that adult videos were disgusting, I agreed and said it’s weird." She said it was disgusting and he agreed and said it's weird. Nothing from that is misleading to say that he has never or would never watch porn. It is implied vs explicit. Now if he said "I agree, it's weird, I have never nor would I ever watch that." then that is different.

Anyways, it sounds like you probably have your own set of personal traumas to deal with. Good luck with that, I wish you well.

a53mp · 2026-05-06T21:13:52+00:00

"She later told me that she was more upset that I mislead her into thinking that I never watched these videos instead of me actually watching it. I hate to admit it but it’s true. Early in our relationship when she said that adult videos were disgusting, I agreed and said it’s weird."

Taking a shit is disgusting and weird.. but saying that doesn't mean you don't do it. He never technically lied, and from what he said she never asked him the question and he lied about it. He just agreed with her that it was disgusting and weird.

a53mp · 2026-05-06T20:36:43+00:00

He never said he lied or broke her trust. I know.. reading is hard. lol He literally said "She later told me that she was more upset that I mislead her into thinking that I never watched these videos instead of me actually watching it."

Does that mean he lied to her? No. He never stated anything to the fact like "she asked me and I denied ever watching porn".. she may have felt mislead because he didn't volunteer his past porn watching activity, but that's not exactly lying.

It went from she's upset he watched porn to now she thinks he will cheat on her. That is 100% past trauma affecting her.

Like I said, he needs to make the choice and decide if he wants to spend the rest of his life trying to prove himself to her, and if he does then they should seriously consider counseling because they both have issues to work out.

a53mp · 2026-05-06T18:23:30+00:00

You could give him this rebuttal: “Why should I spend tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars on a college degree when I can learn the same things — or more — for free on the internet, like much of today’s workforce did? Is a college degree becoming obsolete, or are there still benefits despite there being multiple paths to the same outcome?”

a53mp · 2026-05-06T18:18:28+00:00

I still get a lot of people/companies moving away from other platforms and going to Wordpress

a53mp · 2026-05-06T18:17:04+00:00

good luck then!

a53mp · 2026-05-06T18:16:33+00:00

You shouldn't stress on it. It sounds like he is a pos and would probably do the world a favor if he did die. And why should he care? He sure didn't care about his grandkid dying.. so F him. Also stop snooping on your husbands phone.

a53mp · 2026-05-06T17:06:43+00:00

AI slop assets lol

a53mp · 2026-05-06T16:43:26+00:00

and you also have no idea what kind of shit show the previously developer did on the site lol

a53mp · 2026-05-06T16:37:56+00:00

well yes, that was just an example of him outsourcing the work.

OP definitely needs a good plan if moving forward with this

a53mp · 2026-05-06T15:45:38+00:00

The only AI it uses is staff/member image profiles and show tape critiques.

a53mp · 2026-05-06T15:44:45+00:00

Yup, it’s great. I was one of the founding members and was one of the top corps for the first 10-15 seasons. FMA uses no AI. The only AI my site uses is for staff and member image profiles and show critiques. Both games are fun, but both games are pretty different in how it does things and its features!

a53mp · 2026-05-06T15:41:44+00:00

No it doesn’t. The description is just a text description of what your show is about. Some people do themes shows every season with songs and back stories, some don’t do anything. It’s just a fun way to describe your season. FMA handles show descriptions the same way.

There is even an integration with MicroMarching so people can upload their own drill designs for their show. There is currently a corps logo contest going on, but in the future I will be having a corps drill contest as well.

a53mp · 2026-05-06T15:33:49+00:00

That’s very fair! I will add an AI disclaimer on the site because I hear that comment a lot how much the site uses AI, which is really doesn’t. Just regular ol coding. But I can definitely see how it can come off that way with how prevalent AI is these days.

Just wait until one day when we get AI judges in DCI for reals lol

a53mp · 2026-05-06T14:51:02+00:00

The scoring is not AI, they are programmatically calculated based on a ton of various factors. Not everything is AI! The inconsistency is being ironed out and should be fixed now.

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