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Yes, but I think there is a middle ground between no money and massive VC money which will mandate sooner or later terrific growth, other rounds, and then an exit.

Yeah, I'm a software dev, and I agree. that's exactly the kind of argument I use. But if they are usually quoted 100k$ for such a specific piece of software, they are probably fine vibe coding it and dealing with the eventual bugs or errors later...

I hear that all around me. Two examples:

- In a powerline construction company, some people (non-devs) vibe-coding internal apps to help with the planification of the construction, like connecting to the land register automatically and mailing all the people on the path of the new powerline. - An industrial company where they vibe coded an internal social network.

In both cases the apps are a bit rough on the edges, but they work and people are happy. I really think we will see more and more arbitrage between buying and vibe-building.

It seems VC money is not really compatible with open source

The algorithmic feeds are to blame. This would happen less with a chronological feed.

I think we will see in the future algorithmic feeds addiction rehab, algorithmic feeds self-exclusion lists (like for casinos) and even algorithmic feeds ban, which would probably be a net positive for humanity.

Had to scroll this far to see meteors being mentioned. It was the first framework I started my js journey with.

And it was doing exactly what is described here, using a reimplementation of mongodb, in the frontend: minimongo.

Exactly, do we need social media in the first place? I guess most people's family/friend circle do not exceed some dozens of persons. Having different messaging groups seems ideal, more targeted and more genuine interactions than shouting in the void in the hope of getting "likes"...

Great initiative! Having a bootstrapped business I'm a bit sad that there is no option to skip the funding and valuation info. It seems you can only exist in this world if you are burning someone else's money :)

Also, isn't that just 99% of OSS projects out there? I maintained a project for the past 7+ years, and despite 1 million downloads, tens of thousands of monthly active users, it's still mostly me, maintaining and committing. Yes, there is a bus factor, but it's a common and known problem in open-source. It would be better to try to improve the situation instead of just flagging all the projects. It's hard enough to find people ready to help and work on something outside their working hours on a regular basis...

I just watched the first Black Mirror episode (latest season). While I'm all for science and progress, I don't see a world where you don't pay a subscription for your brain to work.

I’ll second this. It seems that a lot of people assume it’s possible (or easy?) to make a living from open-source projects.

It’s probably due to a few famous projects being massively successful (think Vue.js), but I believe it’s directly tied to the project's size (audience), the maintainers' activities (conferences, etc.), and the type of audience. This last point is important—individuals are more likely to donate, while companies often need months of convincing, and it usually doesn't work, or they expect their logo everywhere with analytics (CTR, etc.) to justify it, which is basically advertising.

I have a sizeable seven-year-old open-source project (Mockoon) and, over its lifetime, I’ve received low four figures in donations, which is awesome, but far from enough to make a living from it.

Now, I’m creating a cloud version of the software, which has started generating revenue. It’s a lot of work, but leveraging the open-source success and sell something seems like a safer path.

Both my kids learned on a "draisienne" and they hoped on a regular bike like it was nothing the first day they got it. Kids in the neighborhood who didn't learn on a draisienne, but instead got small wheels, really struggled with balance, and some are still scared to ride their bikes to this day (I'm talking 5-9 years old kids), while my kids are riding with no hands. I don't know if it's enough to see a pattern, but I'm convinced :)

I would bet on money laundering.