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I'll bite, I'm interested in the OSS dev tools field and I agree with your stance on investment money tending to corrupt good products. It's a big trade off. Wh

I'll bite, I'm interested in the OSS dev tools field and I agree with your stance on investment money tending to corrupt good products. It's a big trade off. What are you working on? Do you have a website to share? Is it just you right now or do you have partners or employees?

gavinhoward 3y ago
I am surprised at the interest, thank you! One note: technically my software isn't quite Open Source; it's source available. [0] I will have my first release in less than two months, hopefully. It will include a scripting language and a build system. If the language gets interest, I'll expand it and build the standard library. If the build system gets interest, I will expand it. The end goal is Nix for mere mortals. If neither gets interest, I will have to move to my next idea: VCS with project management and that handles large, binary files. Beyond that, we'll see. I have a business website, but not yet for those projects. I will at release, including tutorials. You can read an old commit of design docs at [1], [2], and [3]. It's just me; I want to run my business like Hwaci, the SQLite guys. That also reduces overhead and will let me provide excellent support [4] for paying clients. [0]: https://gavinhoward.com/2023/12/is-source-available-really-that-bad/ https://gavinhoward.com/2023/12/is-source-available-really-t... [1]: https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/yao https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/yao [2]: https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/rig https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/rig [3]: https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/yar https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/yar [4]: https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/issues/66 https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/issues/66
- ushakov 3y ago
  Why would anyone pay for what you’re building? SQLite is not a business model anyone in the world could meaningfully replicate, don’t hope for it.
  - gavinhoward 3y ago
    You may be right. However, there are rumblings that standards and liability will be imposed on the industry. In that case, I would be well-positioned as someone who could accept that liability for a price. Your run-of-the-mill build system created by volunteers? Not so much.

gavinhoward 3y ago

I am surprised at the interest, thank you! One note: technically my software isn't quite Open Source; it's source available. [0] I will have my first release in less than two months, hopefully. It will include a scripting language and a build system. If the language gets interest, I'll expand it and build the standard library. If the build system gets interest, I will expand it. The end goal is Nix for mere mortals. If neither gets interest, I will have to move to my next idea: VCS with project management and that handles large, binary files. Beyond that, we'll see. I have a business website, but not yet for those projects. I will at release, including tutorials. You can read an old commit of design docs at [1], [2], and [3]. It's just me; I want to run my business like Hwaci, the SQLite guys. That also reduces overhead and will let me provide excellent support [4] for paying clients. [0]: https://gavinhoward.com/2023/12/is-source-available-really-that-bad/ https://gavinhoward.com/2023/12/is-source-available-really-t... [1]: https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/yao https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/yao [2]: https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/rig https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/rig [3]: https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/yar https://git.yzena.com/Yzena/Yc/src/branch/master/docs/yar [4]: https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/issues/66 https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/issues/66

ushakov 3y ago
Why would anyone pay for what you’re building? SQLite is not a business model anyone in the world could meaningfully replicate, don’t hope for it.
- gavinhoward 3y ago
  You may be right. However, there are rumblings that standards and liability will be imposed on the industry. In that case, I would be well-positioned as someone who could accept that liability for a price. Your run-of-the-mill build system created by volunteers? Not so much.