Absolutely fantastic. I spend about 30% of my time in Python and 30% in Node.js, using WingIDE and Aptana, respectively. I'm not going to abandon my current IDEs, but this has the potential to change my workflow significantly.
Does anyone know what kind of "prototyping tools" they're referencing?
I'm not interested in this position, but I am in the middle of creating my first Android app and I'd love to know what additional tools might be available to enhance my workflow (I'm just using Eclipse and JDebug).
It's possible they were turning down the terms of the deal. If someone offered me 1M for my site, I'd take it in a heartbeat. If someone offered me 1M and I had to dance nude in the lobby for a year... I'd still take it. But some people wouldn't and observers would say they turned down 1M.
I hire developers from time to time. I avoid the situation you are currently experiencing by asking for a development plan which includes milestones and a requirement for "reasonably" documented source code. After agreeing on a price, the fee is split based on the milestones, and paid as code is checked-in and the milestones are reached. If the developer doesn't meet the schedule or decides to bail on the project, then another developer can pick up where the previous "coder" left off.
I think your tag line should read "a naturally zesty enterprise" as opposed to "a natural zesty enterprise". And what is it, exactly, that makes you "zesty?"
You would have generated the target 40K in profit if you'd have simply taken the time you spent on developing the odds application, and put it into building a poker bot and playing limit hold'em instead.