johnj-hn

Then maybe you don't need them. Only you can answer that for yourself. That's kind of the point of my post. It seems like you're looking for an argument here, and I don't want to argue. I have no idea whether or not you need a team. Maybe you'd be better off spending money on tokens. I don't know.

Because agents alone cannot create good software. You are paying for people who understand how to use the agents. LLMs are a tool, and software engineering as a discipline ain't dead yet.

Sure but if it's open-source then anyone is free to fork it to keep it going, if they want to. That's the beauty of open-source.

Ok, I see where we diverge now. My project is free and open-source so there's no money at play here. It's a labor of love. I agree with you if you're talking about a for-profit product that you'll probably do better with a team.

I imagine that this will happen organically if Luxury Yacht ever grows to the point that I can't maintain it alone anymore. Although given that it's such a niche thing, with a relatively limited scope (relative to your Linux comparison) I don't really see this happening.

The more likely outcome is that something happens to me and I can't maintain it anymore. But if there's sufficient interest in keeping it going, anyone can fork it and pick up where I left off.

Can you talk a little about what "further" means to you?

Yeah I understand what you're saying here. Some of that is just me dealing with imposter syndrome. I pretty much know what a good app looks like, and I have definitely been through a lot of iterations to get Luxury Yacht to where it is today. Thanks.

Perhaps. I think AI changes the equation here. Honestly, AI changes what "solo developer" even means.

I don't want to add telemetry. And I think this is where the solo vs team thing matters. I can just say "no telemetry" and I don't need to argue with anyone about it. I make the decision and live with the consequence.

I don't really need to know how many people use the app. It would be cool to know, but not necessary.

If someone wants a feature, or a fix, they can open an issue.

Author here. I know not everybody loves the name. If I was trying to sell it I might be concerned about that. But it's open-source, and I'm not trying to make any money off of it, just trying to give something back to the community.

I was originally trying to name it something serious-sounding and I quickly found out that pretty much everything decent is taken. And even if you can come up with a good name that's not already in use by three other projects, good luck getting a decent domain for it.

I'm also a musician, and I've been through the drama of trying to come up with band names many times in the past. Here's what I've learned: the name matters, but only so much. If people like a band, they're gonna listen no matter how dumb the name is. Do you think Metallica is actually a good name? How about Def Leppard? Lynyrd Skynyrd? The Beatles? Those names are kinda stupid and nobody cares, lol.

Same thing with software. If the product is good, people will use it, and they are not going to care much about the name. I think Luxury Yacht is better than some made-up word that doesn't mean anything but maybe has some vague connection with kubernetes if you squint at it just right, like a magic eye puzzle.

Just my opinion, though. I'm not wrong, and you're not wrong, we just think about things differently, and that's OK!