When I was promoting #Jamstackyears ago one of the points that I emphasized most was that it's great to avoid technology- and vendor lock-in.
But then the vendors came.
I guess that was inevitable. If all you offer is a "nicer" way of building and distributing static sites then companies who can do it cheaper will catch up. It's most likely just the same infra underneath. You need to offer something that makes people prefer your platform over others.
@deadparrot not sure if you thought about the same, but I see a lot of companies and services being offered nowadays, where it also feels a bit like "this can attract VC, so lets make it a company"
@wolframkriesing Oh, 100%. And you can blame a lot of this on VCs. Just look at the disaster that was Gatsby.js, where there was no strategy whatsoever, just a few buzzwords and lots of community support.
And the goal is never to create a sustainable business, but to blow up evaluation and hope to be swallowed by a bigger fish.
Add comment