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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kufikia - Learn Django or Rails, get help, get paid when you finish. launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    We had a lot of reasons we wanted to build our own help desk, the least of which (and easiest to mention) is that a three seat license to the top tier desk systems are well over $100/mo. Plus they were slowing us down quite a bit. Right now its only dependency is Django, it supports email alert for updates, has bundled style, a permission like public/private/internal status, optional anonymous questions/responses, categories, searching, and a few more I've missed. What I'd like to do is: extend tests, class based views, parse incoming emails as questions & response (this is important for…

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build real-time web applications with Django.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Learn to be an effective remote team member, and how to bui…

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

  4. 4AD
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    Sam Lambert from GitHub shares how he chooses systems

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

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    Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

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    Intermediate tutorials and concepts for Django web apps

    2016 · hellowebbooks.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8IM

    I'm writing a book which teaches Python/Django web app development for non-programmers, and fundraising on Kickstarter (passed minimum funding, 2 days left): http://hellowebapp.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1868398473/hello-web-app-intro-to-building-web-apps-with-djan It's basically the process I used to teach myself programming as a web designer a few years back, which I then launched a small web app (infant-version of WeddingInviteLove.com), which has grown into my bootstrapped startup which supports me full-time (WeddingLovely.com). Most…

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Building REST API's with Rails

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

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    Sean and Kyle talk the economics of open source software.

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

  11. 11IW

    Hey HN, I wrote a book teaching beginner web app development using Django, launching on May 4th (successfully Kickstarted last year.) Website: http://hellowebapp.com Highlights: - Aimed at people who have previous HTML/building websites experience. - Template-first development: see the web app as a website first, before setting up databases and models. - Generic “collection of things” tutorial. Readers are encouraged to create something using this rubric that means something to them (a blog, a directory of people, etc.) Adding creativity will make the material stick better. -…

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Balancing the demands of family, work & travel

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

  13. 13LJ

    I've been working for about 8 months on http://www.Learneroo.com, a site to teach programming and more through challenges. I created the site and all the content on it, and I'm looking for some feedback. Thanks!

    2013 · its alternatives →

  14. 14MD

    A couple of years ago I wrote Hello Web App (http://hellowebapp.com) to teach beginner Django web app development. It's aimed at non-programmers and designers, and walks folks through building and deploying a basic web app. I'm working on my third book to teach web design fundamentals to programmers (Hello Web Design: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1868398473/hello-web-design-design-basics-for-non-designers), so I've made Hello Web App free online during the Kickstarter campaign for the new book. The full Hello Web App tutorial can be accessed here:…

    2017 · its alternatives →

  15. 15HN

    Written in Erlang, lots of new features--I hope you find it cool/useful/interesting.

    2012 · icheishvili.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Give and get instant programming help.

    2016 · its alternatives →

  17. 17AI
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    Hey HN, Vibe coding or not, that's the question ;) I'm trying to be an indie hacker in my spare time. I'm a sysadmin / DevOps / SRE. I was tired of searching for my prompts in my notepad, so I built a small SaaS with Django to manage them. The idea is simple: store my prompts and add tags to each one to find them quickly. I'd really appreciate any feedback if you give it a try (and maybe spot some bugs?) :) Cheers, Guillaume.

    2025 · prompt-manager.com · its alternatives →

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    An AI Expert on Django That You Can Use in VS Code

    2024 · its alternatives →

  20. 20WW

    Over three months ago, I posted my book on HN and got tremendous +ve reponse. I am happy to inform that I have published the book to leanpub as per the comments I got on HN itself! It is pay as you go model, and the minimum is $0 because I wanted to contribute back to the FOSS Community

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    A while ago I started this side project to test if I could build a rich User Interface that would have about the same level of responsiveness than a "SPA-like" app, but using only htmx[1]... I still have plenty of stuff in my roadmap, but today it's in a playable state and I thought it could be interesting to share it - as it may be a nice demonstration of a relatively rich user interface powered by htmx :-) --> https://zakuchess.com As for the stack: it's built mostly with Django, htmx and Tailwind CSS. It uses a SQLite database, and is hosted (for free) at Fly. The characters'…

    2024 · zakuchess.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23MA

    Hi HN, I'm a solo developer learning to code, and I'd love to share my second real project: MapMyLearn, an AI-powered app that automatically generates personalized learning paths based on any topic you input. What it does: Takes a topic (e.g. "history of capitalism", "learn Rust", or "data storytelling") Uses AI to break it down into a structured course with modules and submodules Each submodule includes: - Detailed, pedagogical content (developed based on online sources to mitigate hallucinations) - A quiz of 10 questions - Recommended resources - An AI chatbot for Q&A - Optional audio…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Stop collecting courses. Start finishing them with AI.

    May 2026 · getmentora.online · its alternatives →

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