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These libraries seem really cool, and I can clearly see why that have such popularity. It's a little less clear to me how you monetize this type of stack. Giv
by martypitt 3y ago
These libraries seem really cool, and I can clearly see why that have such popularity.
It's a little less clear to me how you monetize this type of stack. Given such an impressive fundraise, in a tough climate, I wonder what the market opportunity the VC's have backed is.
BTW: At the time of writing, the link to Charm Cloud in your blog post is broken.
- pjmlp 3y agoBack when selling SDKs were a common thing, e.g. see BYTE and DDJ ads, a company could manage selling such library. Nowadays it is less clear.
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoYes, the problem is adding paywall to open source doesn't work as it breaks experience. I use many open source tools that if they are paid I will pay them, but too lazy/frugal to donate them if it doesn't help me.
- cjrp 3y agoIsn't the usual business model to add premium support / feature requests / consulting on the side?
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoTheir current commercial offering is Charm Cloud (https://charm.sh/cloud/ https://charm.sh/cloud/), which seems to offer "next-generation networking, data storage, identity, encryption and multi-machine support". That said, I'm worried it'll go in the direction of Warp (https://www.warp.dev/ https://www.warp.dev/), where they require a sign-up before using it (etc).
- anentropic 3y agoThanks, that Cloud page explains a lot better why this is a product!