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I really wonder how do those frameworks creators earn for living? And why are there so many even if there are competitors like next.js who obviously hold the ma
by Obertr 3y ago
I really wonder how do those frameworks creators earn for living?
And why are there so many even if there are competitors like next.js who obviously hold the market
- aatd86 3y agoThey have a react job to fund their side-project (/jk) :o)
- revskill 3y agoThat's the best feature of React: To pay the bill.
- promiseofbeans 3y agoEternally rasing more VC money. The core devs were previously snowpack and skypack, both VC funded that never got bought or sold a product.
- maccard 3y agoToday, I'm not sure. But a few years ago, you raised VC money, gained a user base, used that to raise more money, and then ran a 10 person team on $20m for a while. I think the next step is a docker desktop move,or a hashicorp move where you offer a managed offering on top of your open source project.
- fyzix 3y agoThere no doubt that writing a popular frameworks boosts your status which could make it easier to get a job at VC funded startups. Vercel hired the top devs working on React and the creator of svelte. Netlify hired the creator of solid. Some rely on donations from companies that use their frameworks. Eg: Evan You (creator of Vue)