GNU Mes 0.24 released [major bootstrapping achievement]
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Published in 2022, this chronicle by @gnufx details the mechanics of building a profitable, self-funded business without venture backing.
Core Principles for Independent Builders:
Charging customers from day one acts as the ultimate filter for building software that solves genuine, high-urgency problems.
Keeping fixed overhead low and leveraging lean infrastructure allows founders to stay alive until market tailwinds kick in.
Small, repetitive improvements in customer retention and conversion rates yield massive returns over multi-year horizons.
Community Debate Themes:
The community focused on B2B customer acquisition channels, cold email vs SEO distribution, and balancing full-time employment with side-project development.
Now, since gcc 4.7.4 is the last of the iso c++98 compiler written in simple C, it has to be maintained "officially" forever and the most recent gcc, at all time, must compile using it... until the next toxic mistake done by the gcc steering commitee or iso working groups (moving gcc to c++ was a massive mistake).
GNU Mes is a Scheme interpreter and C compiler for bootstrapping the GNU System.
CATEGORY Bootstrapping & MRR →
HISTORICAL ERA Pandemic Bubble (2020–2022)
COMMUNITY SCORE 9 points
TOTAL DISCUSSIONS 3 comments
I took the liberty of adding an explanation to the title. The significance is:
so:
Gosh.