React Podcast
100: The Business of Remix with Ryan Florence and Michael Jackson
Jul 9, 2020
Ryan Florence and Michael Jackson discuss their business plans for Remix, React Router, and Reach UI. They talk about the impact of COVID on their business, the challenges of making open-source sustainable, and different models of monetizing open source software. They also explore the need for a framework that solves multiple problems in the React community and explain why they choose to sell their product instead of keeping it open source.
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- Ryan Florence and Michael Jackson created Remix, an application framework for React, as a response to the shift in their business plans caused by COVID-19.
- Charging for Remix allows Ryan and Michael to make their work sustainable while providing value, and the framework is built to satisfy their own needs and preferences as developers.
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The Birth of Remix
Ryan Florence and Michael Jackson discuss how COVID-19 forced them to shift their business plans and create Remix, a product that combines entrepreneurship, open source, and React.
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