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calc

An estimator for hourly rates on professional services contracts

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What it is

An estimator for hourly rates on professional services contracts

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

That $1 bid was someone who wanted to do the project for free. Just thought that should be disclosed. "I figured it would be cool to be a part of this first micro-purchase…

toomuchtodo used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week7 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-10-26 20:13:05 UTC to 2016-01-29 22:56:47 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012342015-10-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 4 submissions, 0 commentsOct 262015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-12-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsDec 72015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJan 25

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Oct 262015-10-26 00:00:00 UTC2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC440
Nov 22015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 92015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC110
Nov 162015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 232015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 302015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 72015-12-07 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 142015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 212015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 282015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 42016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 112016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 182016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 252016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

7 sources
toomuchtodo·Jan 29, 2016Recommendation phrase
That $1 bid was someone who wanted to do the project for free. Just thought that should be disclosed. "I figured it would be cool to be a part of this first micro-purchase experiment and demonstrate that there are people — at least one but I think a lot more — willing and excited to help out on meaningful, civic-minded initiatives," he said in an interview with Federal Times. "I love working on little web projects in my free time. This is $1 more than I make on those and this one actually helps people." http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/acquisition/gsa... https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/11/06/micro-purchase-lessons/ https://github.com/18F/calc/pull/256
In 18F Is Testing Micro-Purchase Auctions

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