The Great Developer Hunt

[John]

Let’s Ask Ourselves Some Questions…

What happens when brilliant people get bored?

We’ve all seen it. Smart community members drift into endless token chat, news etc discussions because… well, what else is there to do while waiting for the next breakthrough? The dopamine hit of “wen moon” fills the void when you can’t contribute code but desperately want to help the project succeed.

What if we could channel that energy into something that actually accelerates development?

Here’s a thought: Instead of debating crypto and current events (not knocking it ,but …), what if our non-technical members (myself included) became our secret weapon for finding the talent we need and deserve?

So …

What does our project actually need right now?

I’m guessing (feel free to shout out add this requirement/wish) …

More Python, Rust developers who understand distributed systems
UX designers who can make complex tech accessible
Marketing minds who can communicate our vision and help amplify what Autonomi marketing are communicating
Legal experts who understand regulatory landscapes
Technical writers who can document properly

Who’s better at spotting talent in the wild - developers buried in code, or people who spend their time in communities, networking, and recognizing potential?

The Proposal: Community Talent Scouts

What if we created a formal “Developer Hunt” program?

Here’s how it works:

The Mission

Turn our passionate non-technical members into professional talent scouts.
Specific targets are given, recognition systems, and meaningful ways to contribute.

The Structure

Skill-based bounties: Clear rewards for finding developers with specific expertise
Quality over quantity: Better to find one great developer than ten mediocre ones
Verification process: Technical screening to ensure recruits can actually contribute
Recognition system: Public acknowledgment for successful scouts

The Targets

GitHub hunters: Find active developers working on relevant projects
LinkedIn scouts: Identify professionals with distributed systems experience
Community miners: Discover talent in other technical forums
Academic recruiters: Connect with university computer science departments

Imagine logging into our forum and seeing " XYZ forum buddie found the developer who just solved our (fill in the blank) problem" instead of “are we going to 5 cents, four cents, 12 cents or a dollar” ?

Which community would you rather be part of?

What drives people more - watching numbers (and energy) fluctuate or directly enabling breakthrough innovations?

When someone you recruited creates something amazing, you won’t just feel good about token prices - you will feel stoked that you built the actual future.

What happens to forum culture when contribution becomes more exciting than speculation?

The Implementation

Phase 1: Pilot Program

Select 5-10 enthusiastic non-technical members
Define specific skill requirements we need
Create simple tracking and reward systems

Test for 30 days

Phase 2: Scale What Works

Expand successful recruitment strategies
Add more specialized skill categories
Build relationships with technical universities

Create mentor-matching systems

What if the solution to our “not enough developers” problem isn’t waiting for them to find us, but actively seeking them out with the help of our most socially connected community members?

The Challenge

Are we ready to transform restless energy into recruiting excellence?

Who’s willing to become our first Developer Hunter?
I would be excited to join a team but someone with more experience in the software industry needs to lead and provide some training
material.

Because the best way to build the future isn’t to speculate about it - it’s to recruit the people who can code it.

Thoughts?
Who wants to lead?

[Dimitar]

Here’s a comment from one of the devs I’m courting: “I’m following things, but they haven’t made a java/kotlin api yet.”

Without APIs and documentation, the project is currently at the level of big enthusiasts. I’m not saying it can’t be done, @saykor managed without an api (I don’t remember what language he wrote :D)

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Check out the Impossible Futures!

[John]

bit of fun …

Thank You Note
Dear Meta, Google, Amazon - appreciate you training brilliant developers for 5-10 years, paying them millions to learn cutting-edge skills, then dumping them right when our Autonomi Forum is expanding a dream team, we couldn’t have planned it better ourselves.

Big Tech’s Beautiful Self-Sabotage …
“We need to cut costs to keep the foam parties and yachts!”
Fires the people who built their entire infrastructure

THE TECH BRO TRAGEDY UNFOLDS!

The Executive Meeting:
“We need to cut costs to maintain lifestyle!”
“The yacht payments are non-negotiable!”
“Private jet fuel is through the roof!”
“Solution: Fire all the people who actually build our products!”

The Tragic Result:
CFO: “We saved millions in salaries!”
CEO: “But who’s going to maintain the platform?”
Board: “That’s next quarter’s problem!”
Reality: Platform collapses, foam parties… CANCELLED!

Meanwhile in a quiet corner of the web …
Autonomi Forum “Right, thanks for the engineering team, lads!”
Ex-Tech Workers: “Finally, creative, meaningful work that won’t get cancelled for yacht money!”
Result: Building infrastructure that can’t be foam-partied away

haha

[John]

Thanks , just throwing out an idea, no timetable but as soon as those APIs and documentation …Timetable, lights, camera, action!

[Herodotos]

I can tell my experience as a developer what I need. I need from non programmers to create a simple website, which will link to existing projects in development. That website should have explanation what are they for, and how to install them and use them. Ideally with some welcome article and tons of screenshots.

I created web browser launcher, but there is no content. What I need is non tech people to create a welcome website, that will be uploaded to autonomi which can be loaded as a welcome page in the browser. With links to videos, and other websites. ChatGpt can create all of this, the user has to have very limited knowledge of html.

Simply we need a website that is a welcome page for new users on classic internet and another welcome page on autonomi.

We have reached the point, where there is no need for high skill developers as much, as there is a need for content creators and content uploaders.

[happybeing]

We’ve been able to create websites that work on web and Autonomi for a long time. I have a Publii (WordPress like) blog at toast.happybeing.com and on Autonomi via dweb open awesone which also lists several other Autonomi websites and apps.

There’s a problem that not many want to do this and that it still isn’t easy for non technical people, and without marketing this capability, it seems likely to continue to be under appreciated and underused.

I had thought people would love the idea and it would snowball, but it hasn’t so far.

[Herodotos]

@happybeing

I had thought people would love the idea and it would snowball, but it hasn’t so far.

That is what I am talking about. We need regular guys creating and uploading content far more than senior developers. We already have a software that can publish websites, that can browse them and a software that can install autonomi network into browsers. We mostly need non programmers to do their job, to write about existing software, to create screenshots, tutorials, videos about how to use it. And to create websites using those tools.

[TheGreatTit]

For that to happen, devs still need to integrate apps and come up with decent UI. No non-techies are gonna create non-tech, palatable tutorials for what we have, unless they’re paid to do so, which I believe is counter-intuitive. Paid PR articles always feel like cheap shills and that no longer works.

Anyway, yeah, if we can make uploading/downloading stuff intuitive and smooth for starters and have non-out-of-touch non-boomers putting fresh original content on the network, it should feel like the whole thing has a purpose.