You need a quick API integration. The freelancer goes dark mid-project. You hire an agency, pay 5x markup, wait 2 weeks. Your engineer is drowning in tech debt work. You want to outsource it, but hiring and managing contractors is almost as much work as doing it yourself.
Our solution: We productized software development. Instead of hiring or negotiating with vendors, you describe your task, get a fixed-price quote instantly, and a vetted developer gets to work. Most tasks ship in 1–3 days. No contracts. No management overhead. No surprises. We've delivered: - Bug fixes (critical production issues resolved within hours) - API integrations (Stripe, Twilio, third-party platforms) - UI/UX updates (responsive design, polish work) - Database optimization (queries cut from 2s to 50ms) - CI/CD automation (teams going from manual deploys to daily shipping) - Test infrastructure (legacy code now covered with automated tests)
The model: We vet developers across multiple tech stacks (.NET, Node.js, React, Python, Go, etc.). When you submit a task, we match it to the best developer for your stack and requirements.
Everything is transparent pricing—no hourly rates, no scope creep. Why this works better than alternatives: - vs. Freelancers: Variable quality, unpredictable timelines, no recourse if work is bad - vs. Agencies: Expensive, slow, overkill for small tasks - vs. Hiring: Takes weeks, adds payroll, you're stuck with capacity you don't need
Traction: Early users include Y Combinator startups, bootstrapped SaaS founders, and digital agencies managing multiple client projects.
Customers report: 50% faster turnaround than traditional hiring 30-40% lower cost than agencies Team focus stays on features, not maintenance work
We're starting with small dev tasks, but the vision is bigger: make it frictionless for any software business to access expert help on-demand, at any scale. You can see it here: https://www.flexytasks.dev/
We're in early launch and actively looking for feedback from the HN community.
What small dev tasks are slowing you down right now? What would make outsourcing actually appealing to you?
The demo includes:
TEACH (learn a rule from two examples)
COMPOSE (several learned rules used together) TRANSFER (a rule learned in algebra also works in logic and sets)
SIMPLIFY (multi step deterministic rewriting with a visible trace)
CODEMOD (teaching a codemod from two examples)
It runs on a CPU and produces a reasoning trace for every step. I would be interested to know what people think or where it breaks.
This "radioactive pooping knights" idea came from an Irish primary school chess website [2]. Really simple idea, two knights moving around the board leaving poo behind... Don't be the one forced to step on it.
* best played with sound on.
[1]. https://minichessgames.com/#/movement/knight
[2]. https://ficheall.ie/
*highly subjective, may not be better for you to play with sound at all ;)
p.s. Any "buy me a coffee" goes to my daughter. Annoyingly they only pay out once you get above $10 USD and I think it's currently sitting at 9.85 or something!
Should I make it public?
I built NanoAI because I was frustrated with the fragmented workflow of AI art. I found myself constantly context-switching between Midjourney (for generation), Photoshop (for fixing errors), and other web tools (for upscaling or background removal).
My goal with NanoAI is to solve this by unifying the entire lifecycle of an image into a single interface.
What it does:
All-in-one Workflow: Generate, edit (in-paint/out-paint), and upscale without leaving the canvas.
Granular Control: Instead of just re-rolling prompts, you can fix specific parts of an image instantly.
Browser-based: No local installation or complex ComfyUI node setup required.
I'm trying to validate if this "integrated" approach is actually faster for professional workflows compared to using separate tools.
I’d love to hear your feedback on the UI/UX and what features are missing from your current stack.