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It's also just good vibes to contribute to the projects you like.
Going by others like Sean Barrett or John Carmak when they switch companies they noticed that all the source they wrote is left there under corp license. Now they have to build it all over again. Sean made stb headers public domain so he could use this stuff in other contracts and he specifically negotiates this part. Sound the same here if harpoon is netflix only, what is prime gonna do at the next job?
As a former maintenance tech: investing in your tools is an investment in yourself
Best quote ive heard "From outhouse to penthouse" - Prime
1. Shelter 2. Food 3. Medical bills After that, you care about what you're talking about.
"Outhouse to penthouse" 😂
I feel like I go in phases. I always want to work on my hobby projects for learning but sometimes you just have to give that a rest and go all in on the money stuff
It's little bit easier to state this when you have a Netflix salary 😂
Primagean: mouse is cringe Primagean making Picasso level infographics enlarging his wisdom: honey get my mouse
everytime I fell for the "I can make some extra money from that" I lost interest in something I was passionate for
Piracysoftware vibes with the drawing vids
As much as I value Prime’s wisdom here, I don’t think a single conclusion follows from his premises, lol
Making money off of something like harpoon is probably (a lot) more work than making harpoon. Making it into a commercial project would also shut off the contribution tap as well. Not all software are viable products you can make money off of, but you still want/need them.
"Not evrything is about money" and other infamous phrases always said by people who have enough money to live
That’s a very obvious and simple look at things. Open source exploits and reveals one of great advantages of software: practically zero delay feedback loops. You build a piece of useful software and it immediately pays you back by not only what you put into it, but how it interacts with all the other software—the business cycle and the feedback loop is so short that it’s practically nonexistent. That’s why software companies of 50 people can make a billion-worth product. It’s worth to actively participate in open source, know how it works and steer it to better places.
"It's not about money, sometimes you need to enjoy" - that is what I will tell them at bank
I had a passion project that I started this year, got derailed, and tried to figure out a way to maybe make a good side hustle out of it, but ultimately decided that wasn't what this project was about. Setting it free and open source is way more valuable than making money. It's good for the soul
Learning- 100% agree. Prevent burnout - also 100%. But it's not true that those tools will make you more efficient and would raise hourly rate. They're obsolete the very minute you jump on a new project and don't have time to maintain it.
It's never about the money. It's about the honey the money buys.
Kid: Mom, can we have please get piracysoftware? Mom: No we have piracysoftware at home.