Ask HN: Not a design or code ninja - how do I pursue a great idea?

Everyone in a startup has to do things they don't want to do, or aren't good at, in order to get off the ground. Knuckle down and learn enough to prototype your idea far enough to land some tech talent. At a very bare minimum, you're going to need a solid demo to land a competent tech co-founder. If you want to found a startup, get used to wearing a lot of ill-fitting hats. :P

It's something of an exhausted topic here on HN, but "idea guys" are a dime a dozen, and ideas have no intrinsic worth. You need to bring something tangible to the table, be it design or code work, or the money and connections necessary to make the design and code happen under someone else's steam. I'm not trying to be harsh, so please forgive me if it comes across that way, but "I have an idea and no money or practical skills to bring it to fruition" is so common that it's almost cliche; the way out of that is to make it happen, even if it involves developing skills that you don't necessarily want to turn into a career.

You cant make money without spending any aside from doing all the dev yourself which you have no apparent interest in. however, having everything documented very detailed will ensure that you get something you can build on top of if you decide to outsource anything.

If you knew these things to be true then you would certainly have no problem overcoming the relatively low hurtle of beginning to code up an mvp from scratch by yourself.

A lot depends on just how difficult the technical aspect is. You can pretty much forget about building Google this way.

Regarding your next question, Stackoverflow is good for the technical questions, Sparkmuse is still small but is a good community for entrepeneurs.