The commoditization trap: why software needs community to thrive
Software commoditizes fast. Without an economic moat, open source and giants like Amazon can erode value. Build a community-driven ecosystem to endure.
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On taking shortcuts to build communities
This post is about building communities around products and how many companies take shortcuts by throwing money at the problem. It's not about money, but about building for the community without expecting anything in return.
Swinging back to positivity
2023 was a year full of micro-traumas that led me to a negative mindset. In this blog post, I talk about how I'm working on swinging back to positivity.
OSS and extrinsic motivators
More and more, we see open-source projects being backed by investment rounds . It's positive for the projects because they can innovate faster and sustain themselves by paying people to work on it full-time, making money one of the main dri…