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Congrats to dev.to on the fundraise. This feels like a positive and exciting development for open-source companies built in the open. dev.to is a unique and in
by ajsharp 7y ago
Congrats to dev.to on the fundraise. This feels like a positive and exciting development for open-source companies built in the open.
dev.to is a unique and interesting service -- a company built in the open on open source technology, and has grown a large community based largely on that open-source culture.
A discussion I'd like to see from the dev.to founders is how they plan to evolve what is primarily an open-source community into a software company that operates that community. This seems like an important discussion to have, especially for an open company, as the concerns/goals/responsibilities of the dev.to community are different than those of the dev.to software company (the company that will sell software to other companies).
A few questions that come to mind:
* To what extent is the dev.to community values/rules/etc are codified somewhere?
* What happens in the event of an acquisition, or if a new leadership/management team is brought in?
* To what extent are the dev.to community values the values of the company, vs the values of the current company leadership? (this point is sticky, as all companies are a reflection of the people who operate it, yet, "company culture" is a very much a thing)
I'm optimistic and excited to see how dev.to navigates these challenges. It's a unique opportunity to experiment with new models not yet seen in venture-backed companies or commercial enterprises in general.
- tonystubblebine 7y agoDitto. Congrats to this team. Good people and good for the community.
- nickjj 7y ago> dev.to is a unique and interesting service -- a company built in the open on open source technology I don't want to be negative and please correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they only open the platform well after they grew to a substantial size? I don't know exact dates but I vaguely remember maybe reading a post there where the main guy said the platform wasn't open until well down the line. It doesn't really matter in the end, this is more of a question on the accuracy of openness.
- bhalp1 7y agoA lot of good things here. I think I'll try to address a lot of this in an upcoming blog post or two. I'd get into it now but I'm a bit tired from an exhausting day of making this announcement. You can follow me at https://dev.to/ben https://dev.to/ben to get notice when I get a chance to flesh some of this out publicly.
- type0 7y agoI wish you would disable the so called social login (twitter, github) and just use passwords with 2fa, or at least would add selfhosted Gitlab integrations for open source developers https://gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org https://gitlab.freedesktop.org https://salsa.debian.org https://salsa.debian.org just to name a few