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Isn't Charm just a collection of libraries for building CLI tools? Why does this need VC funding? Why does everything need to be monetized?
by lopkeny12ko 3y ago
Isn't Charm just a collection of libraries for building CLI tools? Why does this need VC funding? Why does everything need to be monetized?
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoDo you think people contributing to Charm shouldn't get paid? A project the size of Charm couldn't work with just volunteers.
- BoorishBears 3y agoA venture fails if it becomes a lifestyle business. Does it make sense that a collection of CLI libraries would be deemed a failure because it "only" pays all of the devs well enough to live deeply comfortable lives but can't produce a 10x return? Is a CLI library what you think of when you think of "won't be ruined by chasing 10x returns?"
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoSo what are you proposing? You could say the same thing about everything in life: If you take money you are expected to return the favor. Open source is no different. Life is all about compromises and they definitely need VC money now to pay developers well by putting resources in cloud.
- BoorishBears 3y agoSorry but that's nonsense. There are almost no cases in life where being extremely profitable and self-sustaining can be considered a failure mode, that's a unique property of venture capital, and venture capital is not the only form of capital. Most times you're given money you're not expected to pay it back with 900% gains.
- surgical_fire 3y agoI understand the concern is not about the contributors getting paid, but to all possible perverse incentives that come bundled with VC money. I understand the concern. Charm is a very nice set of open source libraries and tools for the command line, but it is certainly not something easy to monetize. The push to grow and monetize can certainly make it a lot worse.