> So what we are missing now is a 500GB framework that can write the config file for the programming language that is writing a config file for the actual program I wish to use. That exists since 1960. It's called LISP. The e.g. https://guix.gnu.org/ uses with great success, the Guile Scheme dialect of LISP, to be precise. And FYI the "framework" is:

  $ ls --human-readable --size $(readlink $(which...

- Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

> inventing a brand new purely functional language programming language. ISTM that if you dislike that, then there's GUIX. https://guix.gnu.org/ Very briefly, AFAICT, it's "Nix but using Scheme". - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

And just wait till you discover Arch Linux, Gentoo, Guix, or NixOS. Source: 11 months ago

Https://guix.gnu.org for example. It did load before an update but it doesn't anymore. Source: 12 months ago

Is it? Seems to me it's used for some pretty cool stuff, heard of Guix? Source: 12 months ago

This is https://tidelift.com/ ! Others too, I think. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

This problem has already been partially solved by Tidelift. He even mentions them in his blog post, they used to send him $1000 a month. Unfortunately it sounds like they're not legally allowed to fund him at the moment because Russia. $1000 a month is not a lot considering the amount of work this guy is putting in, so Tidelift's model may not be sustainable but it's still an interesting business model. Source: over 1 year ago

> Business idea: If there was a single corporate intermediatory who Isn't that what tidelift [1] is doing? [1] https://tidelift.com. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

Depending on the FOSS you use, yes. Eg, https://tidelift.com/ . Is it more convenient to find commercial/proprietary vendors instead? Or to use warranty-less software and pay for your own staff to track changes and be ready to maintain the software yourself? - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

Alternatively, companies like tidelift are trying to fix this; you may want to check with them if they'd be interested in adding your project to the fold, though I believe they are focusing more on libraries in library-heavy ecosystems such as java, nodejs, and python. Source: over 1 year ago