I think the future of “sustainable” open source software is doing things the @TheLarkInn way.
AFAICT, Sean:
• Hustles to produce content about how great Webpack is
• Responds nicely to every hater on Twitter
• Reaches out to companies using it and asks for money
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Sounds a lot like content marketing, brand management, and sales! A lot of high output devs who fuel open source seem to be mad at companies for not reaching out and giving them money. Someone has to go give others the activation energy to decide to pay!
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But I think one reason developers find open source exciting is that they want to program without having to do content marketing, brand management, and sales :)
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Yeah that is what I was getting at in the linked tweet. I’m basing this partially off of what I heard
@TheLarkInn talk about on@changelog. He thought Webpack was amazing, wanted to learn more, and in the meantime wanted to give back in any way he could.https://twitter.com/backus/status/971959549056901121 …John Backus added,
John Backus @backusWhy would others do what@TheLarkInn did for Webpack? Well, I know lots of people who aren’t in tech but wanna get into it. More that are in it but want to get deeper. I think a lot of people would jump to help fund and evangelize blockchain software and learn more in the processShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
ah, I didn't get that. I'm surprised that it was Webpack that figured out this model first, rather than some open-source project with more non-developer users who could help in this way
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Yeah I’m not sure why. Probably just random, but my guess would be: 1. A lot of people seemed to not understand/appreciate Webpack (hence blog posts) 2. A lot of people were negative about Webpack on Twitter 3. It is easy to tell if a company uses Webpack
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