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Thanks for the reply and transparency. I am actually a little surprised and refreshed that you were able to post infrastructure costs ($15k in Sept). I'm assumi

Thanks for the reply and transparency. I am actually a little surprised and refreshed that you were able to post infrastructure costs ($15k in Sept). I'm assuming this is on AWS Lambda? > Then they started selling premium plans for beefier servers, but no one bought them.. I still think this has validity, especially with high-tech products that have a free plan. How do you know how big the business can grow in terms of revenue when the vast majority of your users are free? In my experience developers are a VERY hard crowd to get to pay for things while being enthusiastic early adopters.

amasad 8y ago
> I'm assuming this is on AWS Lambda? No we built our own. I started working on it in 2015 before much of the seeverless hype. > How do you know how big the business can grow in terms of revenue when the vast majority of your users are free? You don't. You have some plan and some people back you knowing that you're probably wrong about part or all of it. If you're careful and don't balloon the company (we're 6 people and hire very very slow) and get to default alive then you can have a near infinite runway to figure it out. One rule of thumb is that if your developers are making money using your tools then they're more likely to pay. We all know devtools is a tough space but we're very driven, ambitious, yet conservative at the same time. Take every opportunity to cut burn and make revenue.