Selling Software is better for everyone.

Software you can own.

I am taking a stand against SaaS and selling software people can own. Peeling back the onion one layer at a time.

Using the Once.com license (did you know they allow that?) I am joining the the post–SaaS era.

The first product is in pre-sale, with $100 discount until launch.

Double-Zero is more than an email dashboard and API.

Double-Zero is a piece of software you can buy and own. To modify as you wish, and do whatever you want with. Commercially or otherwise.

Double-Zero

Own your Email Dashboard

Free as in speach.

$250 /once

A dashboard and api for AWS SES

Markdown templates
Send broadcasts
Multi-recipient tracking

00 is a dashboard and api meant to be used with your own SES account. You can buy it once and use it forever.

Play this card cut out the leach.

Once upon a time you owned the software you paid for. Sometimes you owned some software you didn’t pay for either way it was yours to use. Eventually you were forced to rent most of it.

On the professional and consumer level we became complacent to the rental scheme that was forced upon us.

This has caused headaches on both sides, and invented new problems consuming all of silicon valley’s web talents attention.

Meanwhile I think popular opinion has shifted. People miss owning things. Small businesses miss the mostly free internet. Big businesses miss the privacy and mote that comes from ownership & improvements.

I think one in every 5 free tier SaaS customers would pay for software they were confident they could build on-top of and become profitable from. I think even higher rates of paying customers would switch.

All this without having to worry about churn.

The Technomancer’s Opinionated Guide to Open Core Software

Listen up, digital alchemists. We’re about to dive into the swirling vortex of Open Core software. But this ain’t neutral ground - we’re planting our staff firmly in the soil of opinionated wisdom. Gather ‘round as we unveil the secrets of balancing openness with profit, and why AGPL and the “Once” license are the true north of our moral compass.

The Noble Pursuit and the Harsh Reality

Before we explore the arcane arts of Open Core, let us acknowledge a truth known to all good wizards: In an ideal world, we would freely share all our knowledge and code, spreading enlightenment across the digital realms without concern for material gain. This noble aspiration burns bright in the heart of every true technomancer.

However, we do not cast our spells in a realm of pure light. Dark forces lurk in the shadows – corporate daemons, profit-hungry specters, and the relentless demands of survival in a materialistic world. These entities wield powerful dark arts that threaten to extinguish the flame of open source idealism.

Thus, we find ourselves in a precarious balance. To combat these forces and maximize our impact, we must ensure our own sustainability and power. Profitability becomes not just a goal, but a necessary shield and weapon in our arsenal. By mastering the art of Open Core, we craft a compromise that allows us to share vast knowledge freely while also generating the resources needed to continue our noble work.

But take heart, clever mage, for this guide reveals arcane tricks to turn darkness against our adversaries. Like a master of mystical judo, you’ll learn to use the corporate daemons’ own weight against them. Their fear of AGPL becomes our strength. We’ll teach you to weaponize this fear, draining their seemingly infinite coffers. By mastering these arts, you’ll beat them at their own game, transforming their rules into conduits for our cause. Each license sold becomes a victory, liberating knowledge from those who would hoard it.

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