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> the most popular UI system (especially for AI models) Like others earlier in the thread I'm symphatetic to this company/project, but your code/project being

by Maro 8mo ago

> the most popular UI system (especially for AI models) Like others earlier in the thread I'm symphatetic to this company/project, but your code/project being referenced often in AI output in itself doesn't imply that the thing needs to be a business. bash, curl, awk, Python code with numpy imports, C++, all sorts of code is constantly being generated by AI, doesn't mean curl or numpy should be its own company, or that the AI Labs need to fund them. As other fave written, making $1M+ already feels like a lot, maybe this shouldn't be a company, just 1-2 people who have a great time supporting this thing. I wonder if curl or awk have that kind of funding even..

FelipeCortez 8mo ago
> doesn't mean curl or numpy should be its own company, or that the AI Labs need to fund them. you'd be surprised https://numpy.org/about/#sponsors https://numpy.org/about/#sponsors https://curl.se/sponsors.html https://curl.se/sponsors.html
- Maro 8mo ago
  Great point, thanks for making it. Following onward, NumPy has a non-profit called Numfocus who is behind it: https://numfocus.org/ https://numfocus.org/ https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/454547709 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/454... Apparently they have an annual budget of ~$10M. From the contributors, it's easy to recognize the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (so Meta), Google, MSFT. This is great. Having said that, I'd still say that $1-2M for a CSS library seems more than enough. Not everything needs to be "scaled"..
patates 8mo ago
When very important tooling does not have very impressive funding, you get the xkcd 2347 situation very quickly.
- no-name-here 8mo ago
  That’s the All Modern Digital Infrastructure relying on a dependency a Nebraskan has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003 one: https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/
- rurban 8mo ago
  Not very important. Just sugar for webdevs. Change the pricing model and you'll better off

by Maro 8mo ago

FelipeCortez 8mo ago

> doesn't mean curl or numpy should be its own company, or that the AI Labs need to fund them. you'd be surprised https://numpy.org/about/#sponsors https://numpy.org/about/#sponsors https://curl.se/sponsors.html https://curl.se/sponsors.html

Maro 8mo ago
Great point, thanks for making it. Following onward, NumPy has a non-profit called Numfocus who is behind it: https://numfocus.org/ https://numfocus.org/ https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/454547709 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/454... Apparently they have an annual budget of ~$10M. From the contributors, it's easy to recognize the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (so Meta), Google, MSFT. This is great. Having said that, I'd still say that $1-2M for a CSS library seems more than enough. Not everything needs to be "scaled"..

patates 8mo ago

When very important tooling does not have very impressive funding, you get the xkcd 2347 situation very quickly.

no-name-here 8mo ago
That’s the All Modern Digital Infrastructure relying on a dependency a Nebraskan has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003 one: https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/
rurban 8mo ago
Not very important. Just sugar for webdevs. Change the pricing model and you'll better off