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Re:Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both ... by andrewvijay on Monday September 26, 2016 @02:25PM (#12584321)
Intriguing. But how does exponent make money out of this?
Re:Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both ... by jesseruder on Monday September 26, 2016 @02:31PM (#12584366)
Hey! I work on Exponent. Basically, we don't make money right now. Our plan is to eventually help developers make money and take some cut of that. We're open source so you'll never be locked in if we start doing anything you don't agree with. We talk about it a little more at https://docs.getexponent.com/versions/latest/introduction/fa...
Re:Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both ... by andrewvijay on Monday September 26, 2016 @04:37PM (#12585351)
That's totally cool. You guys seem to do a lot of work for free. Hope you get the money you deserve.
Re:Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both ... by kapv89 on Monday September 26, 2016 @03:26PM (#12584808)
I am using react-native for my startup too, and we thought of doing something like exponent before going the way we are going now.

A great option for exponent, once it reaches a certain level of maturity, can be a new type of browser.

Re:Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both ... by brentvatne on Monday September 26, 2016 @02:58PM (#12584594)
To add on to Jesse's answer, Charlie Cheever (co-founder of Exponent with James Ide) wrote a blog post about this recently: "Exponent is Free" - https://blog.getexponent.com/exponent-is-free-as-in-and-as-i...
Re:Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both ... by tkinom on Monday September 26, 2016 @03:05PM (#12584655)
I can easily see FB buy the team and fund them work on this full time. :-)