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The sidekiq ruby gem (https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq) is a good example of a small open source project that earns a livin
by pjungwir 11y ago
The sidekiq ruby gem (https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq) is a good example of a small open source project that earns a living for its author, Mike Perham. He sells licenses to a closed-source version with some enhanced features. I'm sure he also gets consulting work from being the author. This seems like a more "approachable" example than e.g. PostgreSQL.
- mperham 11y agoYep, Sidekiq is my full-time job. I choose to sell a closed-source product rather than support. Selling support means I would be incentivized to provide poor documentation and/or make it complex/hard to setup/manage. Instead a recent customer called my wiki documentation "the best and most extensive" he'd ever seen.
- BorisMelnik 11y agosweet, either way you are setting yourself up for some sweet consulting in the future.