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  • I still make little static sites on occasion. There’s still free options for hosting, I’ve got some on GitHub and used to use netlify til they changed their free tier. Sticking a static site into aws s3 +cloud front is super cheap if you don’t have much traffic. The nice thing is that they run forever without any intervention.












  • As someone who started and still works in a co-op, it’s because it’s hard. Banks don’t understand worker coops and won’t lend money to you without a real person to attach the risk to, which means founders have to take an enormous risk which it can be hard to compensate them for. The legal structure isn’t common so you are limited in the lawyers who can set one up for you. Others have mentioned the cost problems - I started a software dev coop so we didn’t have a large capital outlay but it did cost nearly 10k just in setup costs.

    It took a lot of work to get to where we are, with little supporting resources. In contrast, I started an LLC in half an hour and $150 registration fee to the government. So no, it not just “what people choose”.




  • MaungaHikoi@lemmy.nzOPMtoProgramming@programming.devNew mod
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    1 year ago

    Obviously!

    I didn’t put too much in my intro as I don’t think I’m all that interesting and I didn’t want people to think I was getting a big head. Short version of my relevant bio:

    • I’m a 15+ year veteran of the software dev industry
    • I run a small contracting company (a sub-5 person cooperative)