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My first real startup started off as a hosted service and then when it shut down I tidied up some loose ends and re-launched it as a self-hosted open source pla
by benologist 12y ago
My first real startup started off as a hosted service and then when it shut down I tidied up some loose ends and re-launched it as a self-hosted open source platform (http://playtomic.org http://playtomic.org).
Doing that has taught me people largely prefer hosted services with no responsibilities even though I streamlined the setup down to just a few minutes of work.
My next startup will be parallel opensource + hosted so it can go either way.
- PortfolioProfit 12y agoThat is good idea to do both, but not sure how employer feel about their employee do other stuff (of course, at our own free time)?
- benologist 12y agoThat's a completely separate issue that you need to explore - some places claim ownership of anything their employees do even at home at night, in some places that's not even legal.