Building open-source alternatives to proprietary tools often requires breaking certain assumptions that we hold about how tools ought to be built. It is not enough to make your open-source tools self-hostable, but make them scalable enough so you can offer them yourself for free.

Building open-source alternatives to proprietary tools often requires breaking certain assumptions that we hold about how tools ought to be built. It is not enough to make your open-source tools self-hostable, but make them scalable enough so you can offer them yourself for free.