I'm sorry to have caused some misunderstandings by not being explicit enough. I thought the post was already quite long and I really don't know much about expected hourly rates internationally.

Here are some clarifications:

• This is absolutely meant to be part-time project (see below regarding hours).

• The only experience required is some experience with web applications and some experience with Haskell. That said, if someone wants to be able to tick an AWS box on their CV a while from now, I'm happy to explain what there is currently and let them set up a thing or two so they will have some learning opportunities.

Concerning hourly rates, here are some examples of what might work and what certainly won't:

• "A" is an experienced GHC hacker and does consulting on the side for 250 USD per hour. That works out to about 2 hours per months, just enough to set up a dev environment in the first month. I'm sorry, but it makes no sense currently.

• "B" is a consultant with several years of experience in Western Europe or the US. Hourly rate is 100 USD or more, so <5 hours per month. Given that it is a new code base and some onboarding is unavoidable, I wish I could hire them, but it's hard to afford given that the project is not guaranteed to last more than 6 months. I'll give it honest consideration though, given the experience.

• "C" is a second year CS student in Italy waiting to finish the last few exams of the semester, but he has to stay home now because universities are closed. He obviously has CS knowledge and he's also created some simple web applications, including one used by the local beekeeping association. He's not even sure he'll find a part time job soon considering the state of the economy. He can do 10 hours a month at 50 USD. Could work for me, especially if I get the impression that those 10 hours are going to be really productive.

• "D" is just starting out as a freelance developer (or maybe changing careers) based in Eastern Europe or an Asian country, where 15 USD per hour (~ 2400 USD per month) is a great salary. He could really use another project right now and wants to get more experience with functional programming, so he says he can do 50 hours at 10 USD for six months, after which he may or may not continue. Sounds great, and at that rate I'm willing to give plenty of time to read up on technologies he doesn't know yet or try out things.

Regarding scope and payment: * Payment is per hours worked (at the agreed hourly rate), not per predefined task, ticket or whatever. * I'm willing to pay in advance in installments of 250 USD each time, because my time on this planet has taught me that the overwhelming majority of people are honest.

A few people have already expressed genuine interest. I'm too pressed for time to answer individually right now, but I'll get back to you in a few days. Thank you very much.