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 :)
Readit News255kb commented on Show HN: StartupList EU – A public directory of European startups startup-list.eu... · Posted by u/umbertotancorre
Location: Luxembourg
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Angular, React, Nestjs, Node.js, JS/TS, Electron, Java, Google Cloud/Firebase, SEO
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumemonnet/
Email: guillaume[at]1kb.software
While bootstrapping http://mockoon.com I'm freelancing to keep the lights on. I'm good with building MVPs, challenge a crowded roadmap, cloud cost killing, email deliverability, desktop apps distribution, and tons of other things. If you need help to ship fast and cut through the noise, let's talk!
> It checks contributor patterns too. If 90% of commits come from one person who hasn’t pushed in months, that’s flagged.
IMO this is a slight green flag; not red.
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...
255kb commented on Neuralink Eyes Fundraise at $8.5B Valuation bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/randomghost1
It's insanity that a company literally developing mind control and mind reading (or as they sanitize it: bidirectional brain-computer interface) hasn't been shut down yet, but here we are.
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.
255kb commented on Ask HN: How do you make a living contributing to and/or creating OSS projects? · Posted by u/Brysonbw
I am guessing it's a hard thing to do unless you slam dunk something that hits absolute critical mass.
I have a bunch of repos with 500-1000+ stars. I've gotten folks who emailed me entire stories on how a project I created helped them get over being blocked on something, or how it kick started them into getting more involved with programming. I've on many occasions had folks email me asking me why I put some of the things I do up for free on GitHub.
All in all I've made around $17 in almost 10 years through donations (GitHub sponsorships).
But I don't do it for the money, although I'll admit it would be nice to receive income for doing something you'd happily do for free anyways. I create almost all of my projects based on a personal need and the idea of openly sharing what I can is built into how I operate given how much I've learned from others, I feel very strongly about returning the favor when I can with no strings attached.
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.
Still working on https://mockoon.com, an open-source API mocking desktop tool, after 7 years.
My focus is now on the cloud version which is key to guarantee a future where the tool is still actively maintained and independent (read: free from high growth/high profits pressure).
Indeed! This is an age-old method, this is what a dandy horse is for! In France, and surely many other places, you see the kids of young age on dandy horses ("draisiennes") coming to and from the school supervised by their parents. As a rite of passage towards the bicycle :)
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 :)
255kb commented on Ask HN: Is Upwork contracting through other people's accounts a thing? · Posted by u/teekoiv
I would bet on money laundering.
255kb commented on Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option recyclebin.zip/posts/anno... · Posted by u/gepeto42
Wouldn't privacy aware users prefer passkeys or passwords, instead of any kind of SSO?
In general, I do understand that use of SSO is due to convenience. Especially since in many cases websites provide less friction when signing up via SSO instead of using username+password.
That would be my guess too. I think convenience always win.
255kb commented on Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option recyclebin.zip/posts/anno... · Posted by u/gepeto42