Re:RethinkDB: why we failed
by webmaven on Thursday January 19, 2017 @08:34PM
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> Many people have very strong feelings about the developer tools market. Engineers love building developer tools, so they badly want developer tools companies to thrive.
> I am hesitant to dismiss the market entirely – partly because I don’t want to generalize from a single experience, partly because I don’t like saying “it cannot be done”, and partly because there are quite a few exceptions. GitHub, MongoDB, and Docker have built formidable companies. GitLab and Unity seem to be doing well.
I think the mentioned examples are less developer tools companies than developer services companies.
> I am hesitant to dismiss the market entirely – partly because I don’t want to generalize from a single experience, partly because I don’t like saying “it cannot be done”, and partly because there are quite a few exceptions. GitHub, MongoDB, and Docker have built formidable companies. GitLab and Unity seem to be doing well.
I think the mentioned examples are less developer tools companies than developer services companies.