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I'm curious, what exactly would a VC or MSFT want with htmx? Just talent? or the actual product/tech?

• recursivedoubts 3y ago
  I don't think there's much VCs would want w/htmx: it's a really simple concept implemented in a single js file w/no moats or obvious market opportunities as far as i can tell, and I'm a one man shop. I think I got the calls because htmx trended on twitter a couple of times. MSFT might want it because it's gotten a lot of attention lately (finished #2 in https://risingstars.js.org/2023/en#section-framework https://risingstars.js.org/2023/en#section-framework for 2023) and would give them a front-end library in the game w/ React, Vue, Svelte, etc. On the other hand, i've made the social media account pretty toxic/funny (same thing) for a big tech company and now the library is 0BSD, and htmx's agnosticism towards back end tech doesn't really dovetail w/ the Microsoft ethos.
  • gen220 3y ago
    VCs have taken a few positions in FOSS recently [1][2]. I also don't understand the financial reasoning of investing in the companies, for what they are. My guess is that it's an option on having influence on relatively influential developers in the mid-to-later stages of their career. [1]: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/16/sequoia-backs-open-source-data-validation-framework-pydantic-to-commercialize-with-cloud-services/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/16/sequoia-backs-open-source-... [2]: https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/sequoia-open-source-fellowship/ https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/sequoia-open-source-fello...