open-source
Can Patreon Save Open Source?
Can Patreon help sustain open source projects financially?
Most Don't Pay. But Those Who Pay, PAY
This strategy is closely related to the concept of “whales” in gaming, in which 1 to 2 percent of users drive 80 percent of gaming companies’ revenue (View Highlight) I've noticed something similar with Stenography. Most users don't pay at all, but those who choose to pay disproportionately choose the
The Trillion Dollar Dev
I was first attracted to open source – public code that everybody relies upon – after observing that its developers are creating trillions of dollars in economic value, while giving away their code for free. The common explanation for this discrepancy is that open source is a volunteer group effort, like Wikipedia.
Open Source Maintainers Have to Read the Comments
For me, it was open source developers that helped me make sense of the future. They've long experienced the frog-boiling that came with prior social norms of “everybody participates” butting up against the reality of “participation doesn't scale.” And they have to figure it out in a way that other