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This sounds a lot like Tidelift, without their enterprise supply chain features?

• nevernude 4y ago
  We are similar in that we use a monthly subscription that ultimately pays open source developers but I'd say that's where the similarities end. Tidelift is focused on security and vetting dependencies which is a noble effort! StackAid is focused on eliminating any friction and allowing many many more developers to be financially supported and make a living developing open source.
  • karmelapple 4y ago
    Glad to see you doing this! I like the value add that TideLift does, but the minimum buy-in for TideLift was more than we were willing to spend as a small startup. I felt bummed that we weren't able to help. No such problem here, though - expect me to signup very shortly :)
  • dflock 4y ago
    Having security and vetting make it much easier to get corporations to pay for a Tidelift subscription - it means that you get something tangible to point to, justifying the purchase. CFOs are more reluctant to pay for just straight up donations, which is why some projects sell "support", etc... Your service is a great idea and I would love to see it take off - and I think you'd make it much easier for developers to get work to pay for a subscription if you provided some tangible feature in return. Just start with something simple and completely automated - like license checking. Startup's don't generally do this initially, until at some point some compliance person makes them - and then the CTO needs to get someone to setup a bunch of tedious license grovelling stuff. No one wants to do it and it's annoying - people will pay for it.