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Marak.com
Personal blog · marak.com/blog · on HN as _Marak_programmingstartups
Marak.com is a personal blog at marak.com about programming and startups. Since 2012, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Monetizing open-source is problematic”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Marak's 2021 post on monetizing open source as a case showing the limits of the current funding model. The post is cited as evidence, not praised.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Monetizing open-source is problematic3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-05-23
- Time Loop Software (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-11-09
- Time Loop Software2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-25
What Hacker News says?
Hey David! I love the sustainable work you are doing for developer tools. We were emailing back in 2021 about one of the many products you and your team have built for developers. Exciting conversation, for sure! If anyone is interested in reading about my experience with ReTool's approach to developer tools, I have a link: https://marak.com/blog/2021-04-25-monetizing-open-source-is-...
Comment linking /blog/2021-04-25-monetizing-open-source-is-problematic
on “Form to DB”Submitted Monetizing open-source is problematic as a story · 460 points
HN discussionOk human. You can read the Hans Moravec paper on CTC and time loop logic to understand Novikov self-consistency principle is formalized, yes you must run the computation for as long as it would have already taken or result will never arrive. 11 years ago I wrote some examples of how password cracking would look like using such setup. https://marak.com/blog/2013-05-13-time-loop-software I say through "through use of…
Comment linking /blog/2013-05-13-time-loop-software
on “Mariposa – A programming language with time-travel”Submitted Time Loop Software (2013) as a story · 22 points
HN discussionPlease let me know if anyone has any questions about Sutra.js, or why JavaScript game development in 2024 is a smart idea. Sutra.js part of Yantra / Mantra / Sutra, there is a dev blog here: https://marak.com/blog/2024-01-11-yantra-mantra-sutra I've spent approximately 13 months with WebGPU + WASM + CSS + JavaScript, building high-performance gaming solutions that run in browser. It's possible to run graphics at Nin…
Comment linking /blog/2024-01-11-yantra-mantra-sutra
on “Sutra.js – Behavior Trees for JavaScript Game Development”Submitted Marak: The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated as a story · 13 points
HN discussionI have setup a GitHub discussion on this very topic. Some references before we start. 1. This triggered the discussion https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-adopts-business-sou... 2. If you think the current situation is OK, read this paper https://yuyue.github.io/res/paper/sponsor-chi2022.pdf 3. Another case that points out inefficacy of the current model https://marak.com/blog/2021-04-25-monetizing-open-source-…
Comment linking /blog/2021-04-25-monetizing-open-source-is-problematic
on “What needs to be changed with OSS monetization model”Submitted Visual Open-Source Cron Editor as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Faker.js No MIT: Corps Face Millions Now as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AYYO's Odyssey: Reinventing Retro with Play-to-Earn as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted On building a software development team as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using HTML Tags to Build Video Games as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Time Loop Software as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Time Loop Software as a story · 1 points
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