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I agree with most of this, except the last part. It is true that CodeSquish probably works better than the paid product, but it only solves 20% of the problems
by selcuka 2y ago
I agree with most of this, except the last part.
It is true that CodeSquish probably works better than the paid product, but it only solves 20% of the problems that the paid product does. You are in the lucky group of 5-10% of all people that the paid product targets whose requirements are fully covered with that 20%.
For the remaining 90%, it's either the paid product, or another free/open source product which may or may not exist.
Obviously there are exceptions to this, but in general, commercial products are bloated for a reason. People really need 20% of the functionality as the saying goes, but everybody needs a different 20%.
- munchler 2y agoI'm currently looking at purchasing a commercial product because CodeSquish has a fatal error and hasn't been updated in two years because the guy who maintains it has vanished off the face of the earth.
- Symbiote 2y agoHave you considered paying a developer to fix the bug? It might be less hassle.
- selcuka 2y ago> the guy who maintains it has vanished off the face of the earth How would you pay such a person?
- Symbiote 2y agoIt's open source — many developers would be willing to take on the work. Start by asking those who have contributed before, and any that use the software (if there's a forum, mailing list, Reddit sub etc). If it's on GitHub look at any forks.
- jagged-chisel 2y agoThat sounds like Software Product Management and how many businesses can handle that?
- antonvs 2y agoWhat kind of software is it in this case?