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It has boring well written docs. in fact very boring, and very well written. the video is a banger though, I have no idea why you'd want less creativity in an o

It has boring well written docs. in fact very boring, and very well written. the video is a banger though, I have no idea why you'd want less creativity in an otherwise boring space

thierrydamiba 2y ago
It appears that at least one person working on this is connected to Prime-a tech streamer that has blown up recently. So I think there are some people who don’t love the idea that tech is being driven by content creators. But the reality is a well marketed product will always perform better than a well engineered product. Given the fact that all these tools are interchangeable based on where you want to sacrifice, I actually think it’s pretty cool they are doing this kind of marketing. You can’t win in that area on just product. And I think that really brothers a certain kind of HN poster.
- diggan 2y ago
  > But the reality is a well marketed product will always perform better than a well engineered product. Maybe not exactly a "product" in the normal sense (but neither is a Terraform-in-JS thingy so) but Linux beat every other competitor (in the server space) by just being "better", rather than "more marketed". I'm sure there are more examples out there proving "well marketed" doesn't always win.
  - thierrydamiba 2y ago
    You have to consider your audience, and of course there are exceptions-but I think you’re thinking of Linux the wrong way. Those PR messages are a form of marketing in and of themselves. It doesn’t have to be a commercial on Fox during football on Sunday. You have to be authentic and speak to your audience.
- joshmanders 2y ago
  https://anoma.ly/ https://anoma.ly/ This is a YC company.
  - thierrydamiba 2y ago
    Interesting I was not aware of this. Wish them all the luck and hope they become the next unicorn. The people working on this seem extremely competent.

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It has boring well written docs. in fact very boring, and very well written. the video is a banger though, I have no idea why you'd want less creativity in an o

by wagslane 2y ago

It has boring well written docs. in fact very boring, and very well written. the video is a banger though, I have no idea why you'd want less creativity in an otherwise boring space

thierrydamiba 2y ago
It appears that at least one person working on this is connected to Prime-a tech streamer that has blown up recently. So I think there are some people who don’t love the idea that tech is being driven by content creators. But the reality is a well marketed product will always perform better than a well engineered product. Given the fact that all these tools are interchangeable based on where you want to sacrifice, I actually think it’s pretty cool they are doing this kind of marketing. You can’t win in that area on just product. And I think that really brothers a certain kind of HN poster.
- diggan 2y ago
  > But the reality is a well marketed product will always perform better than a well engineered product. Maybe not exactly a "product" in the normal sense (but neither is a Terraform-in-JS thingy so) but Linux beat every other competitor (in the server space) by just being "better", rather than "more marketed". I'm sure there are more examples out there proving "well marketed" doesn't always win.
  - thierrydamiba 2y ago
    You have to consider your audience, and of course there are exceptions-but I think you’re thinking of Linux the wrong way. Those PR messages are a form of marketing in and of themselves. It doesn’t have to be a commercial on Fox during football on Sunday. You have to be authentic and speak to your audience.
- joshmanders 2y ago
  https://anoma.ly/ https://anoma.ly/ This is a YC company.
  - thierrydamiba 2y ago
    Interesting I was not aware of this. Wish them all the luck and hope they become the next unicorn. The people working on this seem extremely competent.