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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5051393" data-attributes="member: 8835">Well, I like money, and I like ENWorld and I am actually looking for a new job...A big barrier for me is that my current day job ties up enough of my time that it's hard to commit to a second project and maintain a family life, so I'd be hesitant to volunteer to, so as to not let anybody down.Though I'd be happy to help out where I can or review some designs.Here's some techno mumbo jumbo on me, and what I've found in doing this kind of work.  Might give a sense of perspective when considering candidates.I've worked on VB.NET and C# with SQL Server to do web applications and linux with PHP and MySQL for web applications (including having to completely rewrite from one platform to another due to politics).  I haven't done anything with vBulletin or external apps (all my work was for internal corporate use, sadly no public portfolio).  I do have a a patent on one of the things I made.In general, I can design the rough DB in about an hour or two, fine tuning it as discussions with the customer reveal more complexity.It should take less than a day to code up the objects and GUI needed to administrate a table in the DB.  That's 1-2 objects per table with admin screens (UI) to make it work.  Some are faster than that.  The point then is, a basic app* can be worked up from nothing in about 3 months or less, and then fine tuned to make it look pretty and the customer facing screens to be made more robust and user-friendly.*by basic app, I mean one with 20-50 tables.  Smaller stuff, goes faster, especially when you've got existing  screens, libraries and frameworks you can use.I'm a little busy this weekend, but if I have time I'll post some table definitions that would model a User having gaming preferences, that queries could be written to "find who likes what I like and is nearby".   It's probably 3-5 tables to do it.With that, you could compare what others propose, and identify some shortcomings (and skill set differences).  Nothing's more dangerous than an incomplete design that makes expanding harder.</blockquote>

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