I probably completely misunderstand you, but it seems to me we have to find a solution that works with lone wolf developers.
The alternative sounds way too centralised. Nostr Corp anyone?
It is better it falls apart and gets replaced by the next iteration of the same concept than the idea and community getting hijacked and redirected into something essentially different.
Lone Wolves can work on small, simple projects. Microapps and plug-ins, and stuff.
They cannot build enterprise-level systems.
I'm also having a hard time trusting lone wolves enough to pay for their services, if there's nothing beyond them to make 'em reliable?
Lone wolf ded = service ded
Yeah, I'm focusing on the "Lone Wolves" we've marked as suppliers, as we have regular interaction with them and they're less-likely to just get bored and wander off. They're more like independent contractors, where you have a real business relationship.
i dont see it as being a lone wolf, because its open sauce.
I also have supported many enterprise level customers doing this same kind of thing with an incredibly small team doing all the heavy lifting (2 people) .. with the invention of automation, you may be surprised how many companies skate by with a single burnt out dev or contractor on the pager duty or doing the bulk of the 'work' that the company charges enterprise level moneys for..
contractor yes, lone wolf.. ehhhh, 😂 ya killin me smalls 😁
Hey, some of these guys don't even talk to anyone else about their project. They show up, tell everyone "I built a thing." and disappear.
I've worked on big maintenance projects with one dev, but if he quits, then the project is basically ded.
Like that meme, where one library block holds up the entire Internet block-tower. 😂
