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Ask HN: What are the Top JavaScript libraries you can’t live without?
Re:Ask HN: Open-source Maintainer – why do you do it?
on Monday October 10, 2022 @10:12AM (#33151653)
And did you fix a problem you had yourself or was it a problem by someone else - esp. if you used a new programming language?
Re:Ask HN: Open-source Maintainer – why do you do it?
on Monday October 10, 2022 @10:10AM (#33151623)
What do you mean by "practical aspects have become a huge burden"? Is it fixing bugs, adapting to changing environments, feature requests by user, communicating with your userbase, or something else?
Ask HN: Open-source Maintainer – why do you do it?
If you've written or maintain open source software, why do you do it? What's your motivation? And would you be more motivated if you got paid for it?
Re:Ask HN: Does donation-based funding of an OS library work?
on Sunday October 09, 2022 @03:39AM (#33138935)
If you are so keen on having disclaimers maybe you should also disclaim in which FAANG companies you worked and which SaaS Startup you are speaking for (as mentioned in your bio).
Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:33AM (#33138509)
But open source libraries have a price point of zero - competing on a lower price would be negative. Other paid libs at least have a price that sustains the developer and/or company behind it.
Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:28AM (#33138479)
Yes, thats my observation too. While sometime you find libraries that can be bought (e.g. ExtJS), there is no real market for libraries as everybody is used to use open-source, pay nothing, and adapt it to their needs.
Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:16AM (#33138451)
But isn't this a little bit perverted system? We build a software app or library that has great value for other people and companies and we do not get paid for this but have to find ways around it to get something back. Imagine that would be the case with normal jobs - we go to work at Google without a salary and then have to find ways to pay the bills with helping other with SEO.
Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:06AM (#33138421)
My hypothesis is that Open Source Software (Linux, OpenOffice, etc.) is a great gift because there isn't enough money to buy commercial software. However, open source libraries can be seen as a problem because today you can't easily build and sell libraries as everybody expects and uses open-source libraries.
Today, you have to build a bigger useful library, start a company around it, advertise, and sell it as a product - which is a big monetary investment. Starting with a small useful library and slowly receiving some money could help developers to get more interested in developing libraries - especially when young or living in low-wage countries.
Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
on Sunday October 09, 2022 @12:51AM (#33138358)
Do you know of any statistics on the demographics of HackerNews? I hoped that it is not mainly focussed on the US.
Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
on Sunday October 09, 2022 @12:46AM (#33138340)
The plan with PayDevs is to give maintainers a choice - it's their decision to monetize or not monetize their open-source libraries. Furthermore, the sourcecode still stays open - only the convenient access to build modules / compiled libraries will cost a dollar a month.
Re:Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
on Sunday October 09, 2022 @12:43AM (#33138329)
No, I just want to hear different opinions from different parts of the world. Just because we live in the western world with high salaries does not mean that this is the norm.
Ask HN: How do developers in low-wage countries view Open Source?
Open source libraries help us developers to write bigger systems faster, but the availability of open source also reduces the possibility to build and sell own libraries.
Re:Tools for building a subscription/SaaS product
on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:55AM (#33105669)
Btw. Stripe and PayPal also have subscriptions out-of-the-box but I'm not sure what ChargeBee offers more.
Furthermore, have a look at Paddle (https://www.paddle.com/) they cover the worldwide tax handling and have subscriptions (AFAIK they operate as a "middleman" and you only have to have a business relation with them and not your customers individually).
As for landing pages - there are platforms offering them such as Unbounce https://unbounce.com/landing-page-templates/ (even if a little bit pricey). Personally, I would integrate the landing page on your website / same domain - this will help you site with SEO.
Ask HN: Open-source Maintainer – have you ever had a burnout?
If you've ever maintained open source software and got burned out: * Why did you start in the first place? What was your motivation? * What did you do against the burnout? * And would you have been less burned out if you could have worked full-time on the OSS with a salary and without another job?
Re:Ask HN: Does donation-based funding of an OS library work?
on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @02:12PM (#33084405)
And what is your problem discussing the topic? I have an opinion (like you) and I just want to know what other thinks of donations and if it works for them.
Ask HN: Does donation-based funding of an OS library work?
There are several tools to support raise donations / sponsoring such as Github Sponsors, OpenCollective, etc. - but how much do you can make and is it enough to live from it?
Re:Ask HN: Would you work full-time on your OSS project if you had the...
on Monday October 03, 2022 @11:16AM (#33068683)
An did you try to monetize your project? And if so using which approaches? Donations, dual-licenses, paid support, etc.?
Re:Ask HN: Would you work full-time on your OSS project if you had the...
on Monday October 03, 2022 @11:14AM (#33068656)
But in general you would if you had enough traction / income, right?
Ask HN: Would you work full-time on your OSS project if you had the money?
Would you work full-time on your project if you could pay your bills with it? Would you go part-time?
Ask HN: How do I earn enough money to work full-time on an open-source library?
Ask HN: What is your NPM deploy workflow?
Is everybody just using 'npm publish' from his computer or CD server? Are there other workflow? What are the pros and cons?
Ask HN: Do you know your Open-Source history?
Julia Ferraioli has started a timeline for the Open-Source history on Github: https://github.com/juliaferraioli/opensource-timeline (see timeline.csv).Nice idea - if you know more facts maybe chip in? ... or give her a star!
Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020)
on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @03:14PM (#32584343)
For a curated list of monetization approaches have a look at https://github.com/PayDevs/awesome-oss-monetization
Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020)
on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @02:36PM (#32583823)
Completely agree, no developer of an open-source software has explicitly stated that a) his software is open-source and b) that he adheres to OSI's definition.
Most developer just uploaded their project to GitHub and attached a license. If OSI defines some licenses as open-source or not is irrelevant. Legally only the license is binding.
Ask HN: Would you publish your OSS package in a closed registry to monetize it?
Re:Ask HN: How to Monetize Open-Source Software?
on Saturday May 07, 2022 @09:04AM (#31294173)
Interesting, can you elaborate how a "premium user" pays if he wants to host the system by himself? Does he contact you directly or is there a payment system where he gets a code?
Re:Ask HN: How to Monetize Open-Source Software?
on Saturday May 07, 2022 @08:33AM (#31294009)
Can you tell which page you had the problem on? I only see links to bounties.network without the "www" subdomain (see https://github.com/PayDevs/awesome-oss-monetization/search?q...) and I couldn't find any link to inkscape - maybe you were on another list we referenced at the end?
Re:Ask HN: How to Monetize Open-Source Software?
on Saturday May 07, 2022 @05:01AM (#31293102)
I feel you that the current situation is not good, but nobody is forcing developers to share their projects as open-source or to use a license that is company-friendly. If the maintainer(s) do not want companies to profit from the OSS without giving back they could easily use a copyleft License (e.g., GPL) or switch to a closed-source approach.
And btw. it's not super easy for companies to contribute on a voluntary basis - their investors or stakeholders would not allow/like it. What they can do is declaring it as "donations" and paying it from the marketing budget.