We recently switched over from Paypal to Stripe, due to Paypal's increasingly destructive behavior wrt integrating into a website. Thanks for pointing out the Paypal text, I was able to fix that this morning. Also, we added SSL this morning. There's an insecure image on the page right now giving Chrome browsers a problem but we're addressing that atm. egsec, I'd like you to come give the site another try. If not, please contact me on twitter - @joebalfantz - and we can discuss other, and potentially more transparent, means of pledging.
This problem was fixed yesterday with the site. Please try the link again. We're in a pre-startup phase and that was the most traffic we had. However, we were able to fix these issues within an hour of identifying each root cause (the different metadata on the fund and the pledging issue). Details of the problems can be found here: jbalfantz.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/what-happens-when-you-break-your-sites-daily-usage-record-by-10x/ I hope that anyone interested in opening up the curtain in front of TrueCrypt will visit the site again - I offer my apologies to everyone who had a lousy experience.
UPDATE: All the major bugs found today have been fixed. Pledging to this fund should not be an issue anymore. We encourage anyone interested in helping move this project along to pledge $50 or $100. We have one pledge of $500 and another one on the way.
Trust me, I understand the cynicism, and we deserve every critical comment we received here. The good news is we can only get better. :) After the experience of Arturas and the iphone touchid fake $10k pledge, we all have to be on alert when money and publicity are involved.
Would you please contact me via twitter (@joebalfantz or @fundfill) or email? I'd like to discuss your issues and your potential pledge. Kenn and Matt have been working very hard to get the draft for the TrueCrypt proposal ready, and I've been tracking down issues for the site and handling the website. We pushed another version 10 minutes ago that fixed some of the pledging issues, so if you're able to try again, please do so.
My apologies. The killer fund issue has been dealt with, and we're tackling another issue that has been preventing some pledges from going through. I understand the rationale to look at other sites that do crowdfunding. Fundfill is specifically focused on rewards and bounties, and therefore doesn't have a particular person who will automatically win the money, as kickstarter and indiegogo would. This is designed to encourage the the auditing of TrueCrypt. All problems with this have been on Fundfill's side, and the lack of previous funds is because we are currently in a pre-startup phase. I understand the concern about using a site that doesn't have thousands of users on a regular basis, but I ask your patience as today's experience is already improving the site for future use.
d0ne, we are experiencing issues, and I'm trying to get them resolved as son as possible. Please note my message above. If you've registered with the site, we have your email, and I'll reach out to everyone once the issues are corrected. I'll post an update as soon as it makes sense to do so - for now you can see the fund and add money into your account, but the pledging to the TrueCrypt fund is broken. I'll update twitter as well - @joebalfantz, @fundfill
I'm the owner of fundfill, and yes, there is an issue with the site. We're working feverishly to get the issue resolved. It is preventing money from actually appearing in the fund. I'd ask anyone interested to register with the site, and I'll email everyone once this is working. We're in a pre-startup phase, so I can only beg your patience with this bug. Would a Bitcoin account satisfy any lingering doubts? If so, I'll set it up as soon as possible. Again, my apologies for the problems with the site - this is the most traffic we've had. You can contact me at jbalfantz [insert symbol here] fundfill. Or twitter @joebalfantz / @fundfill
I definitely agree with meric. I look at code samples/projects to gauge how good the developer is. Most likely the code will be read, not executed. So, good design is a huge plus, but well thought out programs or clever but readable code is a great-to-have. Documentation and commenting I ignore unless they're necessary (hard to read logic). I wouldn't OVER-optimize these projects either, since they'll simply be read over.