My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech

Re:My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech by kevindong on Sunday February 23, 2020 @12:46AM (#22395352)

There's nothing wrong with open sourcing bad code---we do live in a free world after all. But much like they were free to open source it, I'm free to critique it, not use it, and not support it.

It's just striking that the team behind the project calls their code "production-ready" despite it objectively not being true. Furthermore, they have the audacity to try charging for a support contract for what is undeniably going to be buggy code. Albeit I suppose it's still admirable they open sourced their code at all.

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Re:My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech by catoc on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:44AM (#22396203)

> "... it's a free world, I'm free to critique it"

He didn't say you're not free to critique it. He asked that if you do, critique it in a useful way: don't just shame it, but instead articulate what exactly sucks and how it could be done better.

If you failed and are brave enough to show your failure to the world, let's appreciate that and learn from it, not bash it so that afterwards no one dares releasing anything anymore (not saying you did this, just explaining his point).

Kudos for opensourcing!

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Re:My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech by matz1 on Sunday February 23, 2020 @10:04AM (#22397115)

People are free to shame it too.

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