Re:Ask HN: How do you monetize personal code if it's not an ...
by antonvs on Monday April 14, 2025 @08:08AM
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The problem is that unless you have something very valuable and hard to replicate - which is by far the exception - any businessperson who's willing to do all the work of bringing something to market can typically hire developers to implement it for them, and be in total control of the product, instead of depending on someone whose motivations don't align with the business they're building.
In short, there's nothing in it for them except a hard to manage risk.
But who'd be happier tending to the day to day of keeping their own service growing and running well than other kinds of employment.