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nlh | on: Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open
I am a HUGE herdr fan - discovered it a few months ago and it's exactly what I need for my workflow. Thousands of others have discovered it as well, which is awesome.

I have such mixed feelings about this - YC means VC means commercialization means enshitification. I really wish that weren't the case, but it so very often is.

Here's hoping this one's different...

(PS I am a big YC fan in general! I don't mean to sound anti-YC or anti-VC or anti-capitalism. But when it comes to low-level essential development tools, I'll never forget what happened to Warp, which started out as such a nice clean terminal project and turned into an absolute money-chasing mess.)

scubbo | parent | next
> I am a big YC fan in general

Genuine question - why?

an0malous | parent | next
It’s literally the VC playbook, the whole point of the funding is to undermine competitors with subsidized/free products and then raise prices/enshittify. Anyone who thinks it’ll be different this time is fooling themselves.
tomhow | parent | next
> YC means VC means commercialization means enshitification

It doesn't have to be that way. YC partners are supportive if you just want to take the YC funding and nothing more, keeping the team small and just focusing on making the product better for customers. Indeed YC advises against taking VC if you don't need it.

abirch | root | parent
Yes there are companies such as Streak. It's possible to pay back early funders so it's a win-win.
Fervicus | parent | next
> Here's hoping this one's different...

It won't be.

tamimio | parent
Yeah, it’s great but with this, it’s probably the time to find an alternative, I probably can see where this will be in a year or so.
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