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This video was not a rush job, but purposefully shows off a couple of visually-focused changes as a teaser for our upcoming major release. None of these change

by wbond 6y ago

This video was not a rush job, but purposefully shows off a couple of visually-focused changes as a teaser for our upcoming major release. None of these changes could actually be implemented as plugins - they all are much deeper architecturally than you may be aware, and the implementations open up a number of features for packages along the way. In terms of our development pace, we did large releases in 2017, 2018, 2019 and have put out over 50 builds in the past year leading up to ST4. We have addressed over 600 issues on the GitHub tracker during the current dev cycle. We do work differently than open source software, but we've got some upcoming changes with ST4 that will shorten our release cycles moving forward. Open sourcing Sublime Text isn't a rational thing, as there is no massive tech company who would be donating the primary engineering resources for the project.

bogwog 6y ago
Good to know, and I'll be looking forward to seeing the full changes. > Open sourcing Sublime Text isn't a rational thing, as there is no massive tech company who would be donating the primary engineering resources for the project. Just sayin, there are porn video games making $20,000 per month on Patreon. I think something as popular and beloved as ST could make a lot more than that. I'd personally pay at least $5/mo to support a full-time development staff for my most important development tool (by far), and that's way more than the $80 I paid once for ST3 back in ~2016.
- bachmeier 6y ago
  > Just sayin, there are porn video games making $20,000 per month on Patreon. Is that $20,000/month rolling in from businesses? I don't know anything about ST's financials, but I'd expect that to be the source of most of their revenue. Businesses have a habit of not paying for things unless they have to.
  - therealdrag0 6y ago
    I find the opposite. Most places I've worked have offered to expense dev tools.
    - bachmeier 6y ago
      Probably only dev tools that were not otherwise available for free. It's hard to imagine a business agreeing to make a recurring donation to an open source project for a text editor.
- geodel 6y ago
  > Just sayin, there are porn video games making $20,000 per month on Patreon. I can see porn fans paying for their goods. But as a developer I found them remarkably ungenerous about paying for their tools. It is good that you like to pay but you are in very small minority of devs who pay for good tool when free alternatives exist.
  - baby 6y ago
    I’d pay.
  - dralley 6y ago
    I shelled out money for a license the day they announced that they would be providing RPM repositories for active license holders to use. Sublime Text was and is my favorite editor, but it used to be a real pain in the ass to install.
- breck 6y ago
  This isn't a bad idea. Maybe there's a way ST could hedge their risk ("if we hit a certain threshold, we'll publish the source"). I also would back it and spend more than the ~$200 or so I paid for ST2, ST3 and Sublime Merge 2. They are 2 of my absolute favorite tools. I wonder how much SQLite makes. Could be a model to emulate. That being said, definitely not something to rush into. If this is only a little risky for them now, I expect it won't be risky at all in a year or two, given trends in new business models for creators.

by wbond 6y ago

bogwog 6y ago

Good to know, and I'll be looking forward to seeing the full changes. > Open sourcing Sublime Text isn't a rational thing, as there is no massive tech company who would be donating the primary engineering resources for the project. Just sayin, there are porn video games making $20,000 per month on Patreon. I think something as popular and beloved as ST could make a lot more than that. I'd personally pay at least $5/mo to support a full-time development staff for my most important development tool (by far), and that's way more than the $80 I paid once for ST3 back in ~2016.

bachmeier 6y ago
> Just sayin, there are porn video games making $20,000 per month on Patreon. Is that $20,000/month rolling in from businesses? I don't know anything about ST's financials, but I'd expect that to be the source of most of their revenue. Businesses have a habit of not paying for things unless they have to.
- therealdrag0 6y ago
  I find the opposite. Most places I've worked have offered to expense dev tools.
  - bachmeier 6y ago
    Probably only dev tools that were not otherwise available for free. It's hard to imagine a business agreeing to make a recurring donation to an open source project for a text editor.
geodel 6y ago
> Just sayin, there are porn video games making $20,000 per month on Patreon. I can see porn fans paying for their goods. But as a developer I found them remarkably ungenerous about paying for their tools. It is good that you like to pay but you are in very small minority of devs who pay for good tool when free alternatives exist.
- baby 6y ago
  I’d pay.
- dralley 6y ago
  I shelled out money for a license the day they announced that they would be providing RPM repositories for active license holders to use. Sublime Text was and is my favorite editor, but it used to be a real pain in the ass to install.
breck 6y ago
This isn't a bad idea. Maybe there's a way ST could hedge their risk ("if we hit a certain threshold, we'll publish the source"). I also would back it and spend more than the ~$200 or so I paid for ST2, ST3 and Sublime Merge 2. They are 2 of my absolute favorite tools. I wonder how much SQLite makes. Could be a model to emulate. That being said, definitely not something to rush into. If this is only a little risky for them now, I expect it won't be risky at all in a year or two, given trends in new business models for creators.