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I'm building a desktop-first (SaaS-eventual) data IDE for developers [0]. Making a living? Not yet. It being desktop-first makes it as easy to try out in a cor

I'm building a desktop-first (SaaS-eventual) data IDE for developers [0]. Making a living? Not yet. It being desktop-first makes it as easy to try out in a corporate environment as Sublime. The data never leaves your machine. Desktop-first is a big deal in devtools for this reason. [0] https://github.com/multiprocessio/datastation https://github.com/multiprocessio/datastation

webmaven 5y ago
This reminds me of OpenRefine: https://openrefine.org/ https://openrefine.org/
- eatonphil 5y ago
  Neat project and wow acquired by Google! Good for them.
hermitcrab 5y ago
On the other hand, downloading software to your desktop is a risk (cf the Solar Winds supply chain attack). I recently got asked to fill in 30 question risk assessment questionaire before someone could upgrade to the latest version of my software (I declined).
- andris9 5y ago
  In these cases you could also ask for a 50x price as the “enterprise option”. Filling a compliance form is not just a nuisance, you could take in some liability, so decline it or make sure it’s compensated accordingly.
  - hermitcrab 5y ago
    I declined.
  - newaccount74 5y ago
    I've tried that. Introduced an "enterprise license" that costs a lot more and told people they needed to get the enterprise license if they want me to fill their stupid questionaire. Not a single company took me up on my offer. After hearing I would charge extra for the questionaire, they always just bought the standard license and filling the questionaire suddenly wasn't required any more.
    - hermitcrab 5y ago
      My experience is similar. If someone wants your product, they will usually find a way to get it. I had one company that used some sort of slush fund to buy a laptop to install my software on, to get around their IT people.
mbarbar 5y ago
Being that it's open source, are you planning for revenue to be 100% from the SaaS component or do you have other planned revenue streams?
- eatonphil 5y ago
  SaaS in the next year or two and eventually an on-prem enterprise server license yeah.

webmaven 5y ago

This reminds me of OpenRefine: https://openrefine.org/ https://openrefine.org/

eatonphil 5y ago
Neat project and wow acquired by Google! Good for them.

hermitcrab 5y ago

On the other hand, downloading software to your desktop is a risk (cf the Solar Winds supply chain attack). I recently got asked to fill in 30 question risk assessment questionaire before someone could upgrade to the latest version of my software (I declined).

andris9 5y ago
In these cases you could also ask for a 50x price as the “enterprise option”. Filling a compliance form is not just a nuisance, you could take in some liability, so decline it or make sure it’s compensated accordingly.
- hermitcrab 5y ago
  I declined.
- newaccount74 5y ago
  I've tried that. Introduced an "enterprise license" that costs a lot more and told people they needed to get the enterprise license if they want me to fill their stupid questionaire. Not a single company took me up on my offer. After hearing I would charge extra for the questionaire, they always just bought the standard license and filling the questionaire suddenly wasn't required any more.
  - hermitcrab 5y ago
    My experience is similar. If someone wants your product, they will usually find a way to get it. I had one company that used some sort of slush fund to buy a laptop to install my software on, to get around their IT people.

mbarbar 5y ago

Being that it's open source, are you planning for revenue to be 100% from the SaaS component or do you have other planned revenue streams?

eatonphil 5y ago
SaaS in the next year or two and eventually an on-prem enterprise server license yeah.