Whenever this topic pops up we get the same few points made again, but progress seems to never be any nearer than before. In the end, the "dream" of being paid

Whenever this topic pops up we get the same few points made again, but progress seems to never be any nearer than before. In the end, the "dream" of being paid for your open source work seems to be very similar to having a small SAAS-like business but without having to do marketing, customer acquisition or any of that boring "business stuff" that comes with running a normal company. No leetcoding required! You just write code and somehow people will show up and pay you. It's a perfect fantasy for the HN audience, which is why articles about it come up so often.