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btown 8y ago
I'm guessing you're OP? I have to say, I've never seen someone create a full DCF in response to an internet comment I've made! At a high level, it's a really cool build you've put together. You might consider writing down some of your methodology and assumptions in the blog post, as it's unclear from the post alone where those multi-billion figures come from. And someone could reasonably argue that there's overlap between the categories you've chosen; for instance, is a big part of the goodwill value of a NPM download realized in the improvements to recruitment and code quality? Even so, even if many of the assumptions are inaccurate, the order of magnitude may very well be correct... and if so, it does speak to the open-sourcing of React being a very valuable move for FB, even if payoff is spread out over time. Taking a step back, I think you'll find a big segment of Hacker News really dislikes clickbait in the way you titled and structured the first blog post. It's a shame, because I think your devil's-advocate analysis deserves more attention. Certainly the followup deserves discussion.
- astorplaceCLI 8y ago
  Thanks for your feedback! I think it would be cool to do some more analysis of the technology industry like what's the NPV of sponsoring a hackathon or a conference? Does it matter what type of company you are and things like that? Interesting, I thought of the NPM aspect as separate and didn't account for the fact that as a repo gets more popular, the higher the chance for better code quality. I really regret the clickbait and won't be doing that again in the future. I think the way that people responding means the future of open source is bright however.

btown 8y ago

I'm guessing you're OP? I have to say, I've never seen someone create a full DCF in response to an internet comment I've made! At a high level, it's a really cool build you've put together. You might consider writing down some of your methodology and assumptions in the blog post, as it's unclear from the post alone where those multi-billion figures come from. And someone could reasonably argue that there's overlap between the categories you've chosen; for instance, is a big part of the goodwill value of a NPM download realized in the improvements to recruitment and code quality? Even so, even if many of the assumptions are inaccurate, the order of magnitude may very well be correct... and if so, it does speak to the open-sourcing of React being a very valuable move for FB, even if payoff is spread out over time. Taking a step back, I think you'll find a big segment of Hacker News really dislikes clickbait in the way you titled and structured the first blog post. It's a shame, because I think your devil's-advocate analysis deserves more attention. Certainly the followup deserves discussion.

astorplaceCLI 8y ago
Thanks for your feedback! I think it would be cool to do some more analysis of the technology industry like what's the NPV of sponsoring a hackathon or a conference? Does it matter what type of company you are and things like that? Interesting, I thought of the NPM aspect as separate and didn't account for the fact that as a repo gets more popular, the higher the chance for better code quality. I really regret the clickbait and won't be doing that again in the future. I think the way that people responding means the future of open source is bright however.