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I love Supabase, commercial open source in general, and agree with lots of this post. However this comment feels off: > In software ideas are cheap. Value is

I love Supabase, commercial open source in general, and agree with lots of this post. However this comment feels off: > In software ideas are cheap. Value is almost always created in execution of ideas. I've heard this phrase around things like "I have this cool idea for a startup - will you sign my NDA before I tell you about it?" However, when you're open sourcing your software, you're not just providing an idea, but a significant portion of execution of that idea too. Sure, code isn't the full execution - that expands to sales / marketing / support / etc. However, the article is a little glib towards the value of the code, suggesting it's worthless without sales / marketing /etc. I don't think that's true.

codegeek 3y ago
"suggesting it's worthless without sales / marketing /etc. I don't think that's true." Code is not worthless but it almost is without sales/marketing/talking to customers. If I could split the value, it would be 90% sales/marketing/customer validation and 10% code. I run a low 7 figure bootstrapped SAAS (not open source) and I can tell you that code is mostly shit anyway and keeps evolving.
Towaway69 3y ago
I think code is worthless once it has been created. This is because the cost of copying is zero. You can't copy a house for zero but software yes. The process of creating the code and solving all those little unseen problems is for what developers are paid. Hence selling software is so profitable. If you don't sell software, you won't make money with it. Software is not like a physical object in a our shared reality.