[Seeing whether projects are as open-source as advertised.]
[Seeing whether projects are as open-source as advertised.]
[Kris realized that micro-businesses weren't a good fit as they are often run by one or two people with less resources to risk on services. Switching to multi-location owners made her offering more appealing and an easier sell.]
[Industries or movements with many fans and haters always present a good business opportunity.]
When a politician says they'll tax the rich, they're not actually taxing the rich.
How the head of Obsidian went from superfan to CEO
[It was fortuitous that we generally appealed to developers because we launched our plugin system to many power users who also could build new functionality for themselves and share them with the community.]
[The Obsidian team gets by with one meeting a year in part by having one or two goals at any time: this way, the focus is often clear and people can be self-motivated to push things forward.]
i find this counterfeit money logic a bit weird where the seller avoids accepting large bills for small purchases, but if they accept them for large purchase it seems equally bad
What kind of environment does it breed when we hire people to watch other people do time?
beautiful to think about the long life trajectory of steps that led to meeting someone you love, and how the whole world played a part
"having a platform profile is like living in a single-room apartment, whereas having your own site is a castle with unlimited rooms."
The Economics of Programming Languages
[People expect the same project execution from a single-person as with a company without the 'traffic and acquisition' money that often finances such development.]
[Businesses who commercialize other open source projects save the cost of developing them, whereas authors who try to commercialize their own projects will be out competed by any entity with more resources.]
"The Open Source Way" is for businesses.