Garry Tan on Engineering

Monetizing Open Source: Business Models That Generate Billions 🎪 Maintain an open free for everyone 🎟 Offer a basic cloud hosted option 🚀 Add features and support as customers scale ⚖️ Keep commercial needs balanced with the open source foundation t.co

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Why it worked

Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
Gives away something genuinely useful before asking for anything.
Uses short lines and white space, which makes a long post feel quick to read.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
The opening line stands alone, so it reads completely before the post is expanded.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Short lines with heavy white space, built to be scanned.
Tone: punchy
Mechanisms: Reciprocity
Written for: Engineers and technical teams

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Engineering AI Revenue

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