Ask HN: Interested in collaborating on a small site using this novel style?

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12 years ago

I want to build a small website using a do-the-right-thing approach, near-to-pure functional style, in a dynamic language, without any existing frameworks i.e. minimal and back to basics. This is as an learning / experimental exercise or, in other words, for fun! Anyone, ideally in the London area, interested in collaborating with me on it? Or know someone who might be?

I've been programming since 2002 but design and architecture has always been my thing. I'm not fussy who I work with as long as you are nice. Just want to do something with someone else for a change

What the website does doesn't matter much to me. I was going to do a Twitter clone because that's very simple and everyone gets what it is supposed to do/be. But it could be anything really

I really want to try using a layers-based architecture where data goes through a pipeline starting with the database and HTTP request, through various stages, until a response is formed and sent to the client; sort of analogous to the way a compiler works. It's a bit different from MVC and I think it could be pretty sick :)

Here's a rough rundown of the architecture: http://pastebin.com/he89yYHC I could explain it in more detail to anyone interested

I also have a flexible design process that would allow the design within each of these layers to emerge quite naturally so it's not big design up front

If interested please tweet at me @parallelist_ or respond to this thread here

Thanks!

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