Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of money?

Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by thrdbndndn on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:18AM (#27117713)

1. His language sounds like he knew Henry personally. I will take it with a grain of salt. But same applied to creator of the Babel, since he could have beef with Henry.

2. He said lots of circumstantial things about the matter. Namely: 130K isn't high for NYC; he could have and probably had better offer easily; he didn't need to maintain Babel but did, etc. All these are good but didn't answer the direct question, is he worth 130K for his work in the project. Even with the understanding that lots of work is in private, his public contribution in recent years seems to be way too low to not make people raise eyebrows.

3. Also, it's funny he said "is 130k too much for someone to maintain Babel" to the creator, who probably earned way less for creating Babel from scratch.

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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by EvanYou on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:35AM (#27117915)

I do know Henry personally and Henry actually consulted me when he was debating whether he should quit his job to work on Babel full time. We also occasionally talk about the burdens of OSS maintenance so I know first hand how hard he's been trying to keep Babel afloat.

That said, a statement from the current most active paid contributor to Babel is probably more convincing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27116357

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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by gaoshan on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:44AM (#27118670)

The linked comment above is one that people interested should read. Especially people who only read the relatively inflammatory and context free initial tweet.

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