[HN Gopher] Geomys, a blueprint for a sustainable open-source ma...
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       Geomys, a blueprint for a sustainable open-source maintenance firm
        
       Author : mmcloughlin
       Score  : 129 points
       Date   : 2024-07-08 14:39 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | cpach wrote:
       | Very cool! I hope this will work out well and that we'll see more
       | companies like this launching.
        
       | buro9 wrote:
       | I'm really glad to see `bluemonday` in such company, but I'm also
       | really happy to hand over the reigns to a group of engineers that
       | can focus on OSS.
       | 
       | I am the author of https://github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday but
       | being a maintainer is a journey, you make a tool for yourself,
       | you realise others will benefit and open it up to others... time
       | passes... and then you realise you are that tiny pillar in the
       | XKCD comic about dependencies, and that when you make a casual
       | update to the project that multiple security companies ping you
       | to ask the impact and scope of the change, implications, and of
       | course others ping you to say that it breaks their individual
       | workflow.
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       | I've known Filippo for almost as long as that library has
       | existed, and I know it's in a safe pair of hands, and that Geomys
       | is going to be a good home to all of the OSS projects that they
       | have in their portfolio.
       | 
       | It's definitely a journey, how should these foundational elements
       | be supported and funded? This is one answer to that question, and
       | I'm glad it exists as my spare cycles were very few, I'm also
       | really glad for Filippo being so key to it, if anyone will make
       | this work and do a good thing it will be him and those who he
       | surrounds himself with.
        
       | digging wrote:
       | This is pretty exciting to see. I'm not an OSS maintainer myself,
       | mostly due to lack of focus/energy, but the prospect of working
       | with a company such as Geomys is inspiring. And I've been wanting
       | to learn Go anyway...
        
       | 20after4 wrote:
       | Great idea and well thought out execution. I suspect this will be
       | a successful business for a long time to come.
        
       | peter_d_sherman wrote:
       | >"The model and pitch also came into clearer focus. Truly, it's
       | simple: if you're betting your business on a critical open source
       | technology, you
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       | 1. want it to be sustainably and predictably maintained; and
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       | 2. need occasional access to expertise that would be blisteringly
       | expensive to acquire and retain.[5]
       | 
       | Getting maintainers on retainer
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       |  _solves both problems for a fraction of the cost_
       | 
       | of a fully-loaded full-time engineer. From the maintainers' point
       | of view, it's steady income to keep doing what they do best, and
       | to join one more Slack Connect channel to answer high-leverage
       | questions. It's a great deal for both sides."
       | 
       | I love it!
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       | I love your business model!
       | 
       | More power to you, your company, and other future Open Source
       | maintenance companies!
        
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