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AirPair
airpair.com · Group blog · on HN since 2013
Company site connecting developers with experts for paid help, plus a blog of developer tutorials on Angular, Node.js, and AWS.
What HN saysCommenters mention it as a service for on-demand expert advice, mentoring, and short consultations, rather than discussing its articles.
147HN people shared it
44linked it in comments
157stories submitted
3.3Kstory points
7 years agolast shared
2013people per year2026
Most-shared posts
- 1Homepage19 people · first shared 2013
- 2Angular vs. React – the tie breaker7 people · 99 points · first shared 2015 · 76 comments on HN
- 3Mistakes Developers Make When Using Python for Big Data Analytics4 people · 94 points · first shared 2014 · 45 comments on HN
- 4Mistakes Node.js Developers Make3 people · 217 points · first shared 2014 · 83 comments on HN
- 5AngularJS Performance in Large Applications3 people · 107 points · first shared 2014 · 57 comments on HN
- 6Choosing the Right JavaScript Framework3 people · 105 points · first shared 2014 · 90 comments on HN
- 7Choosing a Web Framework: Django, Flask, or Pyramid3 people · 81 points · first shared 2014 · 63 comments on HN
- 8AngularJS Tutorial: a comprehensive 10,000 word guide3 people · 15 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 9A Comprehensive Guide to Building a Scalable Web App on AWS – Part 13 people · 10 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 1080+ Speakers in the First Ever Virtual Software Conference (AirPair W14)2 people · 94 points · first shared 2014 · 28 comments on HN
- 11Rails JS frameworks: Ember.js vs. AngularJS2 people · 74 points · first shared 2014 · 49 comments on HN
- 12Is Pair Programming Worth It? AirPair Interviews Pivotal Labs2 people · 47 points · first shared 2013 · 40 comments on HN
- 13The mind-boggling universe of JavaScript module strategies2 people · 38 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 14Node.js Tutorial – Why Node Is Outgrowing Rails2 people · 24 points · first shared 2014 · 5 comments on HN
- 15Announced Winners of AirPair Developer Writing Competition2 people · 23 points · first shared 2015 · 2 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
edwinwee · 2017-08-01
You might want to look into Upwork,[0] PeoplePerHour,[1] or Airpair.[2]
There are also some great third-party e-commerce integrations that are pretty simple to set up: https://stripe.com/works-with/categories/ecommerce
Shoot me an email at [email protected] and I'd be happy to help you get started.
[0] https://www.upwork.com/hire/stripe-freelancers/
[1] https://www.peopleperhour.com/
[2] https://www.airpair.com/
arafalov · 2015-01-18
If you mean for a short advice/discussion, then something like https://www.airpair.com/ might be worth looking at.
stevejalim · 2014-10-24
I can't speak to what it's like to "sell" time on http://www.airpair.com/ -- never tried -- but it might be worth a look
mariogintili · 2014-05-04
I have the same problem here! I'm looking for a mentor as well. I think getting a mentor in the context of software development is n times harder than in others sector's I'm afraid. Best thing I can recommend you is to pair with people who are more experienced, and maybe in other projects. Maybe give http://agileventures.org/ | http://www.airpair.com/ | http://www.pairprogramwith.me/ a chance? hope it helps.
mrisse · 2013-05-31
Ideas like this and http://airpair.com are really exciting to me. Being able to summon an expert on demand and quickly solve problems outside of your expertise sounds great. Check out http://www.meetup.com/remotepairprogrammers/ if you're interested in a "free version" of this concept.
ablekh · 2019-12-03
Please check out the following posts: 1) https://devel.tech/features/django-vs-flask; 2) https://www.airpair.com/python/posts/django-flask-pyramid. Hope this helps.
this2shallPass · 2018-11-10
https://www.codementor.io/
https://www.airpair.com/
https://hackhands.com/ (not sure if still active)
https://officehours.io/ (not sure if still active)
ekiara · 2017-04-24
Are there similar services or sites for guidance or mentoring on devops and system administration problems? Or could the options already suggested here: https://www.codementor.io/ and https://www.airpair.com/ also be used in this way.
ckozlowski · 2016-05-19
I think this is a great intro into the different components.
https://www.airpair.com/aws/posts/building-a-scalable-web-app-on-amazo…
If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out to our forums, or drop me a line. =)
AngeloAnolin · 2015-07-16
I am subscribed and get my Angular Newsletter weekly from this site[1].
Although the newsletter also involves the anticipated changes for the 2.0 version, they do provide good articles as well related to the latest Angular release.
If you are on Twitter, you could also follow @AngularJS[2].
Also, Egghead[3] and Airpair[4] normally provides good articles related to AngularJS, although the latter has more diverse web topics.
[1] http://www.ng-newsletter.com/
[2] https://twitter.com/angularjs?lang=en
[3] https://egghead.io/
[4] https://www.airpair.com/posts
nitrogen · 2015-02-09
Air Pair (https://www.airpair.com/) is one example of such a service that was mentioned at last year's Railsconf.
joncalhoun · 2014-12-09
Office hours with experts sounds like Helpouts[1], AirPair[2], and I think there are 2-3 others out there that I am forgetting. Some are targeting specific markets (eg programmers) but the end goal would seem similar for them all.
[1] https://helpouts.google.com/
[2] https://www.airpair.com/
ebiester · 2014-11-16
There are a few ways.
First, join a project with a technical coach. I've been lucky enough to be on two and grown tenfold. I credit my time pair programming with some great programmers on industry code as vital to my current skill level.
If that isn't in the cards, I'd suggest airpair and code katas. http://www.airpair.com/agile-software/coach-and-trainer-ron-lichty/ is a giant name that's probably a bit expensive, but there might be other experts on there.
Unfortunately, it's not likely to be cheap. I'm hoping to start an organized curriculum at some point, but I don't know that I'm at the level to proclaim myself an expert at this point. :)
johnatwork · 2014-11-09
You could try to get used to it with something like http://www.airpair.com/ or pairing with someone you know.
The main thing is, don't get too obsessed with making it work. Most of the time they just want to know how you work, and if they could get along with you. When they talk, listen, and think ahead to the bigger picture of what you are building before replying, and implementing.
Try to relax, reflect his thoughts with your own observation/planning, and you will do fine.
rip747 · 2014-10-15
"There no "documenting" feature in our roadmap"
how is this better then SO?
at least http://www.airpair.com/ puts up their videos for free (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6ZQp3RdEU_9kFNrRB-rIQ) for all to see. You might want to consider that
jkresner · 2014-02-17
Welcome to our space! This looks very similar to AirPair.com (my startup), Wizpert, Codementor, Sudonow.com, anyfu.com, googleHelpouts, onscreenexpert.com
Would love to know how you guys differentiate?
In case you're customer that needs help, if you don't want to wait through the hackhands private beta and request an invite, you can get help in the next hour like hundreds of other folks that have been doing this for a year now:
http://www.google.com/+AirPair
If you need rails specifically (seem hackhands only support rails right now?). Have a look through some of our experts:
http://airpair.com/ruby-on-rails
lukethomas · 2014-01-23
While I certainly agree that have blog.domain.com may not be the best move in terms of SEO, I do think it's important to prioritize users clarify/navigation above SEO benefits.
Next, I'm curious if you have a sitemap file? I see your using the Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress, which means typically it lives in /sitemap_index.xml. Clearly you have a custom url setup w/ your app, but I'm questioning whether this is setup? From my past experience, this is the first thing you should do.
Finally, your top navigation links apparently go to specific categories of posts, and I can't help but point out that your title tags could probably be improved (i.e. - http://www.airpair.com/backbone.js). Fortunately since your using the Yoast plugin (good choice btw), you can change this under Titles & Metas -> Post Types.
chaz · 2013-11-25
Check out http://www.airpair.com/, https://helpouts.google.com, and https://www.liveninja.com/. I haven't used any of them, but I think potential in this space, especially outside of the tech space.
DanielKehoe · 2013-11-17
It's not clear to me what this site offers that isn't already provided by other sites. Avdi Grimm has a great site [1] with links to many resources for pair programming. For matchmaking with remote pairing partners, Avdi's site lists [2], [3], [4], [5].
[1] http://www.pairprogramwith.me/
[2] http://rubypair.com/
[3] http://letspair.net
[4] http://emberpairs.com
[5] http://www.airpair.com/
positivejam · 2013-10-07
Recently saw a company on HN that does something similar: http://www.airpair.com/
Don't know much about them, but they seem to be making a go of it. Apparently there's at least some demand in the space!
Permit · 2013-10-02
Are there any experts beyond: http://www.airpair.com/experts ?
I'm working on a C# extension to Visual Studio and some of the interfaces I've come across have little (or no) documentation on MSDN. I'd love to get in touch with an expert who works on Visual Studio extensions or works directly on Visual Studio at Microsoft.
Do you often find new experts? I'd love to pay for someone to help me with this particular problem.
astrism · 2013-05-31
I like the approach that http://airpair.com took, they let the mentors choose their desired rate. They also let the students choose from a list of qualified applicants.
nnq · 2015-01-03
> Since Node.js runs on a single thread, everything that will block the event loop will block everything. That means that if you have a web server with a thousand connected clients and you happen to block the event loop, every client will just...wait.
Read more at https://www.airpair.com/node.js/posts/top-10-mistakes-node-developers-…
This kind of thing would be big enough for me to just recommend to most average developers to just stick with PHP or whatever they are using now. At least the one-thread/process-per-request shared-nothing architecture successfully mitigates the effects of unavoidable developer stupidity (or of "code you've pushed to production without review after more than a couple beers" if you want to put it more 1st person...).
Simply because: 1. bad code will inevitably be written, 2. bad code will inevitably end up, among other things, blocking the event loop, and 3. the application will need to keep working speedly, form the user's perspective, despite having bad code sprinkled in it.
Isn't there any "automagic" way to prevent this from happening with node? ...something like, if a request takes more than XXX ms, than at least start handling new requests in new threads?
ing33k · 2014-10-01
Checkout http://www.airpair.com/
rahilsondhi · 2013-06-05
Try posting your need on http://www.airpair.com/
pandeykartikey · 2018-11-09
This article compares both on various parameters like complexity, packaging, templating etc. https://www.airpair.com/angularjs/posts/angular-vs-react-the-tie-break…
shabble · 2018-10-06
Your first couple of points reminds me of a talk[1] about using a graph database for tracking all sorts of entity and quest dependency relationships to assist in game balancing and content creation.
[1] https://www.airpair.com/neo4j/posts/modelling-game-economy-with-neo4j
mtmail · 2018-01-20
Which car to buy?
There's too many. Unless you can list a couple of requirements and where you come from (e.g. programming languages you already know, what the company already uses in-house) it will just be guessing.
From your earlier question (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16193739, user re-registered) "Ask HN: Why use Flask instead of Django?" "I have no programming skill."
First three duckduckgo results for "flask django":
https://gearheart.io/blog/flask-vs-django-which-is-better-for-your-web…
"Django vs Flask vs Pyramid: Choosing a Python Web Framework" https://www.airpair.com/python/posts/django-flask-pyramid
https://www.quora.com/Should-I-learn-Flask-or-Django-Im-a-beginner-and… - 48 answers
mudbutt · 2017-09-08
It drives me crazy when I hear things like Angular4+ is better for "Large Ambitious Applications with large teams" when in reality Angular4 suffers from the same slow down/performance problems as Angular 1.x.
https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/14041
https://www.airpair.com/angularjs/posts/angularjs-performance-large-ap…
I mean it's like they ignored all of the lessons and knowledge the industry has learned and produced a Framework that has issues built in! But I guess the Framework was designed with consulting in mind.