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Playing a gig at a coffee shop for tips and not compromising on your vision seems like a solid choice to me.

by trevyn 6y ago

Aeolun 6y ago
Until your house burns down.
black_puppydog 6y ago
> Making the world a better place by allowing big corporations to generate solid fake test data for their QA flows. --- Random Guy in a random Silicon Valley episode Not compromising your vision? Not to belittle Marak's work here, it's certainly valuable, but it doesn't sound like something that one does to make the world better, but like something that is useful (nearly) only in a corporate context and should be done for a decent salary. But you know, that's just like, my opinion...
- hazz99 6y ago
  I think regardless of the repository, participation in the FOSS ecosystem strengthens it and encourages more people to join. The very act of doing so makes the world a better place, indirectly. It's not the same as boots-on-ground charity work, no. But it's something.
  - black_puppydog 6y ago
    Yes, I don't want to say I disagree with their work, not at all! And while I thought this is classic corporate-centric coding, some people [1] seem to have a strong relationship with this: > Faker is love. Faker is life. I applaud this move. Someone sponsor this man! I can't edit the GP anymore, but it really seems to be a beloved tool. I guess we love the tools we use, even if they ultimately benefit someone else. :) [1]: https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046#issuecomment-724013983 https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046#issuecomment-7...
prepend 6y ago
Definitely, it would be nice. A key to this approach is being able to survive based on tips alone. It will make me really frustrated if I play for tips and then yell about how listeners should pay be $100k.
- Kaze404 6y ago
  The difference here is that you have thousands of listeners, and some of them are recording your music to sample in their #1 album.
  - prepend 6y ago
    Then it’s pretty easy to stop playing for tips or perhaps stop hanging out a sign that says “feel free to sample without paying me or even referencing me.” If I’m playing for tips, have thousands of listeners, and making an amount of money that doesn’t make me happy then that’s a good sign to stop doing that because people don’t value my music as much as I do. It’s really hard to understand what makes an album #1 as there’s so many factors. I think that’s why it’s so important to set up licenses beforehand. I don’t think it’s reasonable that I’m entitled to any percentage of a #1 album just because they sampled my CC-commercial licensed music.

Playing a gig at a coffee shop for tips and not compromising on your vision seems like a solid choice to me.

by trevyn 6y ago

Playing a gig at a coffee shop for tips and not compromising on your vision seems like a solid choice to me.

Aeolun 6y ago

Until your house burns down.

black_puppydog 6y ago

> Making the world a better place by allowing big corporations to generate solid fake test data for their QA flows. --- Random Guy in a random Silicon Valley episode Not compromising your vision? Not to belittle Marak's work here, it's certainly valuable, but it doesn't sound like something that one does to make the world better, but like something that is useful (nearly) only in a corporate context and should be done for a decent salary. But you know, that's just like, my opinion...

hazz99 6y ago
I think regardless of the repository, participation in the FOSS ecosystem strengthens it and encourages more people to join. The very act of doing so makes the world a better place, indirectly. It's not the same as boots-on-ground charity work, no. But it's something.
- black_puppydog 6y ago
  Yes, I don't want to say I disagree with their work, not at all! And while I thought this is classic corporate-centric coding, some people [1] seem to have a strong relationship with this: > Faker is love. Faker is life. I applaud this move. Someone sponsor this man! I can't edit the GP anymore, but it really seems to be a beloved tool. I guess we love the tools we use, even if they ultimately benefit someone else. :) [1]: https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046#issuecomment-724013983 https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046#issuecomment-7...

prepend 6y ago

Definitely, it would be nice. A key to this approach is being able to survive based on tips alone. It will make me really frustrated if I play for tips and then yell about how listeners should pay be $100k.

Kaze404 6y ago
The difference here is that you have thousands of listeners, and some of them are recording your music to sample in their #1 album.
- prepend 6y ago
  Then it’s pretty easy to stop playing for tips or perhaps stop hanging out a sign that says “feel free to sample without paying me or even referencing me.” If I’m playing for tips, have thousands of listeners, and making an amount of money that doesn’t make me happy then that’s a good sign to stop doing that because people don’t value my music as much as I do. It’s really hard to understand what makes an album #1 as there’s so many factors. I think that’s why it’s so important to set up licenses beforehand. I don’t think it’s reasonable that I’m entitled to any percentage of a #1 album just because they sampled my CC-commercial licensed music.